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Professional Work
Podcasts
February 2024
Story TimeÂ
With Dr. Jennifer Bird
Discussion of some of my history, what led to my getting into Family Therapy, and my research on the white American fundamentalist evangelical culture.
Dr. Bird's work focuses on inviting others to think quite honestly about the role that the Christian Bible plays in our world.
She encourages people to think for themselves about what is and is not in there!
Articles and Publications
White American Fundamentalist Evangelical Power and Control Wheel
Social inequality and abuse are prevalent within the White fundamentalist evangelical culture and permeate society; therefore, the Duluth model was the inspiration to highlight influencing cultural factors and tactics used by those with power and privilege within the religious subculture possibly to exert power and control to aid those affected by the religious subculture and clinicians. Examining a few underpinnings influencing the cultural framework is necessary to initiate a conversation on how culture may perpetuate a cycle of power and control.
Dissertation- Narrative Inquiry: White Fundamental Evangelical Construction of a Mental Illness Paradigm
Integrating spirituality with mental health treatment increases treatment efficacy; however, there increased mental illness stigma has been found by those who hold to fundamental values. The problem addressed within this study was a need to understand how the White fundamental evangelical culture constructs meaning around mental illness. The purpose of this qualitative narrative inquiry study was to explore how the religious culture socially constructs a meaning around mental illness.