Category: Department of Counseling Psychology

Forty School of Education student-athletes named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars

Shining a light on their work in the classroom, an outstanding 127 student-athletes from the University of Wisconsin sports teams were named 2022-23 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars, as announced by the Big Ten in June. Of these, 40 are students pursuing degrees in the School of Education. The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of …

UW–Madison’s Goldberg offers expertise on mindfulness and injury recovery in Outside magazine

UW–Madison’s Simon Goldberg, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology and a core faculty member at the Center for Healthy Minds, recently offered his expertise on how mindfulness can support injury recovery to Outside magazine.  In the article, Goldberg points out worry and negative thinking can impede the process of …

School of Education research on Asian American pain, college admissions for underserved students earn funding through UW–Madison inclusion initiative

By Laurel White Two School of Education research projects aimed at reducing opportunity and inclusion gaps for socially and economically disadvantaged populations have been awarded funding through the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education’s Increasing Social and Economic Inclusion initiative. Shinye Kim, an assistant professor in the Department of Counseling Psychology, …

UW–Madison professor emeritus quoted in New York Times Magazine

The New York Times Magazine utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Bruce Wampold for its “The Therapy Issue” in an article that is headlined, “Does Therapy Really Work? Let’s Unpack That.” Wampold, an emeritus professor of counseling psychology in the School of Education, speaks about research on the subject, saying: ​​“I think the evidence is fairly …

Health Promotion and Health Equity alum headed to med school

By Sofie Schachter Diego Cisneros, who recently graduated from UW–Madison with a bachelor’s degree in health promotion and health equity, will be starting medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles in August. The Health Promotion and Health Equity (HPHE) program was co-created by the School of Education’s departments of Kinesiology, Counseling Psychology, and …

UW–Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds will research machine learning predictions of well-being

UW–Madison’s Simon Goldburg, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology and a core faculty member at the Center for Healthy Minds (CHM), was quoted in a recent article from CHM about a multi-phase project focused on using artificial intelligence to support users’ emotional health. UW–Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds is …

UW–Madison’s Wright is author of new book, ‘Emotionally Responsive Teaching’

UW–Madison’s Travis Wright is the author of a new book released in April that is titled, “Emotionally Responsive Teaching: Expanding Trauma-Informed Practice with Young Children.” Wright, an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, is a nationally recognized expert on resilience and emotionally responsive teaching, especially for children developing in the …

Meet some of the School of Education’s amazing spring 2023 graduates

On Saturday, May 13, UW–Madison will celebrate its Spring 2023 Commencement. We reached out to a few of our graduating students from bachelor’s to PhDs to learn more about their favorite memories, advice for incoming students, and future plans.  Scroll down to learn more about these graduates — who are just a handful of the …

Alum Castillo named Salem State University’s first assistant vice president for HSI and MSI initiatives

UW–Madison alumna Elisa Castillo will be the first to fill a new senior-level role created by Salem State University to prepare the university to better serve students of color.  Castillo has been named assistant vice president of Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Minority Serving Institution (MSI) initiatives, a role she will assume in July 2023. …

UW–Madison’s Goldberg quoted in STAT news report on Mindstrong’s downfall

Simon Goldberg, an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, appeared in an article in STAT news, which delivers journalism about health, medicine, and the life sciences. The story, headlined “How Mindstrong’s rush to roll out a ‘smoke alarm’ for mental illness led to its downfall,” discusses the recent failure of the …