2026 Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling...

2026 Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling Conference

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8:00am CDT

Addressing Misdiagnosis in Diagnostic Assessment Through Clinical, Cultural,& Experiential Training Trinity 2 Table 18Erica Pouncie • Erin Kaszynski Anger and Grief in University Honors Students: Assessing and Treating the Phenomenon Trinity 2 Table 11Meredith Rausch Assessing Agentic Identity Pathways in Autism: Implications for Counseling Practice Trinity 2 Table 10Kaiqi Zhou • Sang Qin Assoc Btwn Pornography Consumption & Romantic Relationship Outcomes with Exploration of Genre Trinity 2 Table 14Sarah Mendoza Beyond the Paper: Transforming Counselor Education Through Experiential Research Trinity 2 Table 4Aishwarya Joshi • Marjorie Shavers Effects of Parental Motivations and Stress in Perceived Outcomes of Child's Play Therapy Treatment Trinity 2 Table 9Mario Sobrino • Nicole Palacios Exploring Wellness and Identity Transition in New Counselor Educators: A Methodological Dialogue Trinity 2 Table 8Mihee Woo Faith-Based REBT May Reduce Posttraumatic and Discrimination Stress in Justice-Involved BIPOC Adults Trinity 2 Table 13Kimberly Pearson • Erin Kaszynski From Stories to Concepts: Guiding Grounded Theory Dissertations Trinity 2 Table 6Duc Huy Lam Initial Psychometric Evaluation and Applied Utility of the Counselor Self-Discrepancy Inventory Trinity 2 Table 12Seth Robinson • Christina Daou • Donghun Lee Mapping Peace: A Conceptual Exploration of Embodied Anxiety and Christian Integration in Counseling Trinity 2 Table 5Brittany King Needs Assessment of Older Adults: Implications for Ethical and Evidence-based Practice Trinity 2 Table 3Enobong Inyang Pilot study for the MARS Group: Preliminary findings and practical challenges Trinity 2 Table 16David Johnson Students’ perceptions of School Counselors' Helpfulness and Accessibility: From the Source Trinity 2 Table 1Joe Howell Teaching Program Evaluation: Challenges, Resources, and InnovationsQu Chen • Jasmine Reynolds Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to Examine Trauma Teaching in Counselor Education Trinity 2 Table 15Yoon Suh Moh • Yu Pan • Laura Dawson-Fend Using Q Methodology to Examine Subjectivity: A Dissertation Study as an Illustrative Example Trinity 2 Table 2Renyi Huang Visualizing Cultural and Identity Transition: Photovoice with Japanese Expatriate Wives Trinity 2 Table 7Yuima Mizutani • Hanyun Li Who Tells Our Stories when We're Both In and Out? Insider-Outsider Research with Black Women Trinity 2 Table 19Kathy Altidor • Linzy Andre

9:05am CDT

A Relational-Cultural Perspective to Research Identity Trinity 2 Table 1Ericka Cables Anti-Fat Bias and the Diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa in Fat Clients Trinity 2 Table 8Cassandra Pilcher Body Art in Higher Education: Tattoos, Piercings, Outcomes Among African American Female Students Trinity 2 Table 5LaVelle Hendricks • Dimitra Smith Bridging Disciplines: Designing and Implementing Interdisciplinary Outcome Research in Counseling Trinity 2 Table 17Kara Schneider Curating the Stories of CES Doctoral Student Identity: A Pilot Dramaturgical Narrative Inquiry Trinity 2 Table 10Laura Rea Do We Really Know what Burnout is? Examining Conceptual and Methodological Challenges of Burnout Trinity 2 Table 3Shing Yee Bay Exploring the Relationships Between Parental Support & Mental Health of Black College Aged Women Trinity 2 Table 2Jessica Barnes Forgiveness and Political Reconciliation Trinity 2 Table 20Richard Balkin From Couch to Campus: Clinical Counselors Engering School Counseling Through Alternative Licensure Trinity 2 Table 19Leanne Campbell Integrative Sandtray Supervision with CITs: A Single-Case Research Design Trinity 2 Table 13Victoria Siegel International and Cultural Understanding of the Social Determinants of Mental Health Trinity 2 Table 14Parker Short • Megan Thrasher Is Dieting an Evidence-Based Practice? Measuring What Matters Most in Size-Inclusive Counseling." Trinity 2 Table 11Kari Slater Keeping the Humanity in Human Subjects: Prison Research and Ethics Trinity 2 Table 6Leigh Holman Relational Approach to Ethical Decision-Making: A Content Analysis of Counseling Literature Trinity 2 Table 12Diane Smedley • Ross Spears Student Outcomes and School Counselor Perspectives on the Hope Intervention: A Mixed Methods Study Trinity 2 Table 7Sangeun Lee The Impact of Trauma Work: Counselors’ Lived Experiences of Witnessing, Strain, and Growth Trinity 2 Table 4Lin Chiu, PhD, LCPC, LPC, NCC Using Rasch Analysis to Strengthen Assessment Tools in Counselor Education Trinity 2 Table 16Sahar Sheikh Virtual Reality in Counselor Education: Experiential Learning and Multicultural Competence Trinity 2 Table 9Chukwuebuka Onyia When Ideas Outrun Evidence: Accelerating Counseling Research Translation Responsibly Trinity 2 Table 15Donna Sheperis

10:10am CDT

A Reckoning with Gender, Race, and Objectification: Immigrant Women’s Body Image in Turbulent Times Trinity 2 Table 10Carley Gimenez • Dr.ClaireMartin Assessing Covert Trauma: Does technology have a role? Trinity 2 Table 2Carmen Gill • Clara Bossie • Kelly Emelianchik-Key Becoming a Researcher: Doctoral Students’ Journeys in Researcher Identity Development Trinity 2 Table 12Ashley McGee • Sarah Streitmatter Behind the Walls: Conducting Community Engaged Research in Correctional Settings Trinity 2 Table 7Leigh Holman Capturing Complexity and Centering Equity: Single Case Design for Practice-Based Counseling Research Trinity 2 Table 14Olivia Lewis Data Collection with College Students and Emerging Adults: Best Practices and Sampling Strategies Trinity 2 Table 11Matthew L. Nice • Tiffany Spisak Disrupting Objectivity: Positionality-Conscious Activism as Reflexive Praxis in Counselor Education Trinity 2 Table 5Sravya Gummaluri Does Mental Health Service Use Moderate Risk for Youth Violence Involvement? Trinity 2 Table 15George Richardson Examining Mothers’ Ability to Recognize Sexual Grooming Behaviors of Child Sexual Abusers Trinity 2 Table 13LaTrivia Mayers • Danielle Boyd From ABD to PhD: Rewriting the Dissertation Journey Through Connection, Culture, and Sisterhood Trinity 2 Table 1Lynell Williams • Denise Hawkins From Value to Practice: Consensus-Based Supervisory Strategies for Cultivating Cultural Humility Trinity 2 Table 3Mashal Bilal • Gülşah Kemer Making Coding Work: Practical Strategies for Team-Based Analysis in Counseling Research Trinity 2 Table 9Lena Salpietro Mapping as a Qualitative Research Method: Counseling Implications for Adult Third Culture Kids Trinity 2 Table 8Yuima Mizutani • Aneesa Bhimani-Trimble • Aisha Khorana • Fatima Rafiq • Meredith Moore Novel Eye-Movement Intervention: Repeated Measures Analyses of PTSD, Depression, and Anxiety Scores Trinity 2 Table 4Deanna Chrones • Kristin Lee Policy on Paper, Silence in Practice: Black Student-Mothers in CACREP Doctoral Programs Trinity 2 Table 19Sierah Campbell Research Gaps in Exercise-Based Trauma Interventions for Data-Driven Counseling Trinity 2 Table 6Analysia Holguin Team Research Development: 15 Essential Practices Described and Discussed Trinity 2 Table 16Paula Lazarim Voice, Perception, and Relational Process: Audio-Based Approaches in Counseling Research Trinity 2 Table 17Jennifer Kiehl Who Is Most Likely to Report Postpartum Depressive Symptoms? Insights From the PRAMS Trinity 2 Table 18Sheerah Keith

11:05am CDT

Critical Incident Technique and Enhanced Critical Incident Technique: Methodological Applications an Trinity 2 Table 8 Are Participants Using AI? Implications for Qualitative Research Practice Trinity 2 Table 12Yun-Ru Huang • Ashley Williams-Whitley • Patrice Parkinson At the top of the evidence hierarchy: Advancing randomized controlled trials in counseling Trinity 2 Table 10Yixin Xu Conjoint relationship interventions' spillover effects on co-parenting: A Systematic Review. Trinity 2 Table 11Carrie Hunt • Palmer Gudmundson Designing and Refining Culturally Responsive Scales: Applications of IRT and Measurement Invariance Trinity 2 Table 18Ching-Chen Chen • degree • title Dismantling Barriers to ADHD Assessment:Is Intensive Training of Pre-licensed Clinicians the Answer? Trinity 2 Table 15Kari Hays Enhancing Counselor Trainee Crisis and Trauma Competency Through Artificial Intelligence Simulations Trinity 2 Table 1Aishwarya Joshi • Seneka Gainer From Imposter to Practitioner: Measuring Counselor Confidence Across Training Stages Trinity 2 Table 3Sinem Akay-Sullivan • Jeffrey Sullivan How Do We Measure Group Skills? Rethinking Assessment in Counselor Training Trinity 2 Table 14Lisa Hedden Pain and Pressure: the need for bidirectional assessments for chronic pain clients Trinity 2 Table 4Alexis Croffie Providing Tools to Protect Children from Internet Dangers (Education Session) Trinity 2 Table 6Kimberly King • LeAnne Steen Qualitative Findings of a School Counselor-Led Mindfulness Intervention with Middle School Teachers Trinity 2 Table 19Nancy Chae • Dominique Hill • Citlali Molina Relational Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury: Implications for Counseling Research and Practice Trinity 2 Table 13Violet Hodge Research Self-Efficacy Beyond Skills: Interpersonal and Systemic Influences in Doctoral Training Trinity 2 Table 9Zahide Sunal Teaching Research & Assessment: Creative approaches to making the material relatable and relevant. Trinity 2 Table 5Michelle Hollenbaugh • Joshua Watson The Integration of Popular Culture into Counselor Education Andragogy: A Phenomenological Inquiry Trinity 2 Table 17Shelby Gonzales • Melissa Lafayette Using Machine Learning to Analyze Data: Trauma and Social Determinants to Predict Mental Health Trinity 2 Table 16Eunae Han • Alex Gantt-Howrey

2:35pm CDT

A Two-Phase Qualitative Design for Mapping ChatGPT Adoption Trajectories Trinity 2 Table 3Fan Fan Between Conviction and Practice: Religion, Counselors, and LGBTQ+ Clients Trinity 2 Table 15Kaylee Van Gent • Sarah Shrewsbury-Braxton Centering Haitian Women’s Voices: A Phenomenological Study of Racial Trauma Trinity 2 Table 7Dr.ClaireMartin • Kathy Altidor Confirming Servant Leadership’s Role in SUD Counselor Burnout and Turnover PreventionGeorge Richardson • Amy Ross • George Richardson From Classroom to Change: Research as Advocacy in Non-Research-Focused Counseling Programs. Trinity 2 Table 16Monica Coleman Increasing Well-Being Among Veterans Using Psychoeducation and Mindfulness: Preliminary Data Trinity 2 Table 10Meredith Rasch • Violet Hodge No Policy Background? No Problem, Bestie! An Introduction to Policy Analysis for Counseling Research Trinity 2 Table 6Saiber Shaikh • Shyrun Karandikar Priming a Neurocognitive Memory Mechanism to Augment Traditional Mental Health Counseling Trinity 2 Table 8Oliver Boxell Reconnecting Under Constraint: Can Family Therapy Repair Attachment in Juvenile Justice Settings? Trinity 2 Table 20 Self-Esteem & Body Dysmorphia: Exploring the Role of Social Media Trinity 2 Table 2Regin Dean Starting Where You Are: Using Backcasting to Build a Research Agenda from a Local Practice Idea Trinity 2 Table 9Erin Mason The Post-Dissertation Pivot: Establishing Your Research Agenda as New Faculty Trinity 2 Table 1Lara Strate • LeAnn N. Willis The Stories Behind the Stats: Using Mixed Methods to Holistically View Student-Athlete Mental Health Trinity 2 Table 19Tiffany Spisak • William Johnson Transforming Trauma Assessment: Unifying the Clinical and Creative Lens in IPV Work with Families Trinity 2 Table 4Syreeta Wright Using Anonymous Questionnaires to Collect Sensitive Information: A CQR Case Study Trinity 2 Table 12Afroze Shaikh • Daniel Dosal-Terminel • Hannah Martinson • Jordan Westcott Using Data to Support Professional Counseling Programs and Rationalize Access to Resources Trinity 2 Table 14Rui Ding • K. .Michelle Hunnicutt Hollenbaugh Utilizing measures of Mindfulness, Executive Functioning, and Counselor Self-Efficacy to Evaluate Professional Wellness and Functioning Trinity 2 Table 13David Duany When Is It Participatory? Navigating the Tensions of Participatory Action Research Trinity 2 Table 17Ashley McGee • Sarah Streitmatter Writing as a Psychological Process: Managing Resistance, Emotions, and Identity in Academic Writing Trinity 2 Table 11Dania Fakhro • Melissa Zeligman

3:40pm CDT

AI in Assessment: Ethical, Clinical, and Educational Applications Trinity 2 Table 15Laura A. Bailey Smith • Sarah J. Fucillo All the single cases, all the single cases. Now [students] put your hands up! Trinity 2 Table 13Cian Brown • Olivia Lewis • Evan Smarinsky Closing the Competency Gap: The TRACA for Transracial Adoption Counseling Trinity 2 Table 14Lisa Ali Content and Connotation: An Analysis Protocol to Center Student Participant Perspectives Trinity 2 Table 18Alexandra Frank • Dalena Dillman Taylor • Katelyn Lee Demystifying Institutional Review Boards (IRB) Through an Equity Lens Trinity 2 Table 11Catharina Chang Examining a Polyvagal Trauma Intervention: A Single-Case Study of the Safe and Sound Protocol Trinity 2 Table 16Rebecca Nelson Research as Advocacy: Mentoring Counselors-in-Training From Competent Consumer to Competent Research Trinity 2 Table 17Jessica Gerthe Self-Report vs. Simulation-Based Assessment of Suicide Gatekeeping Competence among YouthsIsak Kim • Minjoo Kang The Personal is Empirical: A Co-Autoethnographic Exploration of Research Identity Development in WOC Trinity 2 Table 12Patrice Bryan • Emily Lee-Chong

2026 Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling Conference

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