Research Interests

Qualitative and PAR inquiry and methodologies Grassroots activism and structural/systemic focused activism and social change work Working with Issues impacting LGBTQIA+ communities Relational feminist-multicultural and liberation-focused psychologies The impact of the dynamics of oppression and privilege Teaching and mentoring from a feminist liberation psychology and engaged pedagogy mode

Education

Fellowship University of California, Davis, CA

Student Health & Counseling Services

APA Accredited Psychology Postdoctoral Residency

Emphasis Area: Multicultural Immersion Program

August 2014 – July 2015

PhD University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

APA Accredited Counseling Psychology Program

Dissertation title: Engagement and struggle for beloved community: Older lesbians building community through participatory action research

Chair: Susan Morrow, PhD

August 2014

Internship Student Health & Counseling Services, University of California, Davis, CA

APA Accredited Psychology Internship

Emphasis Area: Multicultural Immersion Program

August 2013 – July 2014

MA Graduate Studies in Counseling, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL

CACREP Accredited Mental Health Counseling Program

Graduated with Honors

Advisor: Kathryn Norsworthy, PhD

May 2005

BA Rollins College, Winter Park, FL

Major in English Literature; Minor in Women’s Studies

October 2000 

Awards & Distinctions

2018 Saint Mary’s College Faculty Research Grant, $9000

2015 American Board of Professional Psychology Arthur Nezu Diversity Dissertation Award, $1000

2014 University of Utah Counseling Psychology program Outstanding Research Award

2013 University of Utah Counseling Psychology program Outstanding Leadership Award

2012 University of Utah Counseling Psychology program Outstanding Social Justice Award

2012 APA Division 17 Section on LGBT Issues Award for Significant Contribution to Social Justice

2012 APA Division 35 Sandra Schwartz Tangri Award for Graduate Student Research, $500

2010 University of Utah Steffensen Cannon Award for Graduate Study, $15,000 plus tuition

2009 University of Utah C. Kay Allen Endowed Award for Graduate Study, $11,000 plus tuition

2009 University of Illinois LGBT Resource Center Bridge Building Award

2005 Rollins College Outstanding Graduate Counseling Student Award

2003-2005 Rollins College Hamilton Holt Award for Graduate Study, full tuition

Courses

Therapeutic Communication

Multicultural Counseling

Trauma

Clinical Practice Lab

Practicum Group Supervision

Publications

Abrams, E. M. , Tao, K., & Fassinger, R. (2020). Susan L. Morrow: Being in her orbit. American Psychologist, 75(3), 412. https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Famp0000589

Chamsanit, V., Khuankaew, O., Rungreangkulkii, S., Norsworthy, K. L., & Abrams, E. M. (2020). A feminist liberation framework for responding to intimate partner violence in Thailand. Women and Therapy, DOI: 10.1080/02703149.2020.1775018. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02703149.2020.1775018

Morrow, S. L., Abrams, E. M., Hawxhurst, D. M., & Romero, L. (2018). Politics, feminism, and psychotherapy. In C. B. Travis & J. W. White (Eds.), APA Handbook on the Psychology of Women. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4311534?tab=2 Cheek, J., Abrams, E. M., Lipschitz, D. L., Vago, D., & Nakamura, Y. (2017). Creating novel school-based education programs to cultivate mindfulness in youth: What the letters told us. Journal of Child and Family Studies. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10826-017-0761-1 Cheek, J., Lipschitz, D. L., Abrams, E. M., Vago, D., & Nakamura, Y. (2015). Dynamic reflexivity in action: An armchair walkthrough of a qualitatively-driven mixed-method and multiple method study of mindfulness training in school children. Qualitative Health Research, 25(6), 751-62. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1049732315582022 Sass, S. M., Berenbaum, H., & Abrams, E. M. (2013). Discomfort with emotion moderates distress reduction in a brief mindfulness intervention. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 7(4), 24-27.https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2013-10410-007.html Morrow, S. L., Castaneda-Sound, C. L., & Abrams, E. M. (2012). Counseling psychology research methods: Qualitative approaches. In N. A. Fouad (Ed.), APA Handbook of Counseling Psychology (pp. 93-117). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2012-03486-004 Norsworthy, K. L., Abrams, E. M., & Lindlau, S. (2012). Approaches to activism, advocacy, and social justice in feminist counseling psychology. In C. Z. Enns & E. N. Williams (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Multicultural Counseling Psychology (pp. 465-482). New York: Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-feminist-counseling-psychology-9780199744220?lang=en&cc=hk Abrams, E. M., & Todd, N. R. (2011). White dialectics as multidimensional, contextual, and transformational. The Counseling Psychologist, 39(3), 353-395. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0011000010394207 Todd, N. R., & Abrams, E. M. (2011). White dialectics: A new framework for theory, research, and practice with white students. The Counseling Psychologist, 39(3), 423-437. https://www.apa.org/education-career/ce/white-dialectics.pdf