Category: Department of Counseling Psychology

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

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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

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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

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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

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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’

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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

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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

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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

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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 …

Health Promotion and Health Equity is among UW–Madison’s fastest-growing majors

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The School of Education’s program in Health Promotion and Health Equity (HPHE) is among UW–Madison’s fastest-growing majors. The HPHE program launched in 2019 in the Department of Kinesiology in collaboration with the departments of Counseling Psychology and Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education. The degree ranks number 7 on a list of undergraduate majors that added the most students from fall 2018 to fall 2022. The …

Following pandemic, educators are not all right but meditation could ease burden

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By Heather Harris, Center for Healthy Minds Approaching the three-year anniversary of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many can attest to the mental health challenges that came with the sudden changes to everyday life as the disease took hold. In schools, teachers and support staff were forced to revamp lesson plans for virtual and …