Lindsay Edwards

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Manager at State of Colorado

The Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association (RMHCPA) was founded in 2016 as a local psychological organization with a commitment to building a humanistic community in Colorado. Since this time, the organization's mission expanded to include purchasing a building that houses the International

There has been a swift uptake in the use of teletherapy since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has corresponded with an increase in clinical scholarship focused on conducting systemic therapy in an online format. A majority of this scholarship offers ideas for adapting therapeutic tasks developed around in-person contact for a remote forma...

Evidence for inequitable advancement and salary disparity for women in academia is compelling, but only a marginal amount of research has explored this in the field of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) specifically. Current research provides preliminary evidence that women remain underrepresented at the Full Professor rank and are paid less than me...

A growing amount of research uses the Minority Stress Model [Meyer, Psychological Bulletin, 129(5), 674–697 (2003). 10.1037/0033-2909.129.5.674] to explore the effects of discrimination on the well-being of transgender people. Most of this research focuses on the effects of overt discrimination and the anticipation of discrimination, but few studie...

Research on gender wage disparity in MFT academia finds women are consistently paid less than men faculty members. This study expands on previous research by testing if peer-reviewed publications and years in the field mediate the effect that faculty members' gender has on salary. Our results support these factors as significant parallel mediators,...

This chapter explores the major constructs and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Affirmative Therapy with clients of diverse and marginalized sexual orientations and gender identities. Moreover, the historic and current societal structures that negatively impact LGBTQ individuals and relationships, the ther...

This chapter explores the major constructs and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Affirmative Therapy with clients of diverse and marginalized sexual orientations and gender identities. Moreover, the historic and current societal structures that negatively impact LGBTQ individuals and relationships, the ther...

Despite current demands for transgender inclusive family therapy, family therapy training programs provide limited coursework on gender identity and inclusive practice. As a result, written resources are critical for family therapists wanting to provide inclusive services to transgender clients. In the interest of expanding available resources, thi...

This study explored how individual- and community-based resilience factors operated together in order to reduce risk of suicide for a sample of transgender therapy clients. We collected cross-sectional survey data from 106 transgender therapy clients at a local community center, including demographic information, experiences of relational support,...

This study tested whether there was a significant salary difference between women and men working as faculty in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) programs within public universities. Additionally, we evaluated whether there were significant differences in academic attributes and how these academic attributes related to gender differences in salary....

Studies suggest that few practicing marriage and family therapists use formal assessments and even fewer use systemic assessments. Given the potential value of formal assessment to both clinicians and clients, we surveyed current marriage and family therapy students (N = 91) about their familiarity, attitude, and confi-dence in training with assess...

This study assessed the current climate of marriage and family therapy (MFT) training programs concerning the integration of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) identities and the creation of inclusive training environments by surveying MFT core faculty members (n = 56) on their programs’ policies, curriculum, clinic procedures, and overall training i...

The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy states that it is committed to the recognition of all parts of a system, giving specific consideration to the contextual influences that impact clients. The legal right of gay and lesbian couples to marry is perhaps the most relevant contextual issue of our time, as we witness both the provis...

This study examined whether the impact of divorce on psychological well-being varies depending on marital quality in the first year of marriage. Participants included Black and White American couples who completed interviews in year 1 of their marriages and again 16 years later after 46% had divorced (N = 517). Linear regression models were estimat...

Due to an increasing trend among states to cut higher education funds, many universities are relying more on private donations and federal funding to keep programs afloat. Scholarship productivity in general has become an integral factor in terms of universities granting tenure to faculty, allocating resources, and supporting program goals due to t...