Overview of the Lab:
The Anxiety Research Lab sets out to further research on understanding and treating anxiety, stress reactions, and associated trauma. Our goals are two-fold: 1.) to utilize both qualitative and quantitative methods to explore multiple dimensions of anxiety (i.e., psychological, somatic, neurobiological); and 2.) to examine effective inclusive, and multiculturally-informed ways to intervene with clients, focusing on psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and systemic approaches.
Current Project:
The Anxiety Research Lab is currently working on an article based on anxiety in whiteness based on the 2023 presentation “Exploring Anxiety in Whiteness Amongst Counselors” at the Illinois Counseling Association 75th Annual Conference.
Accomplishments for ARG (2022):
Mahoney, D., Hershman, M., Betsill, Christine. (2022) Intrusive Thoughts, Magical Thinking, and Fragmentation: A Psychoanalytic Reconsideration [Manuscript submitted for publication consideration]. Other/Wise: Publication for the International Forum in Psychoanalytic Education.
Mahoney, D. and Firas, M. (2022, December 2). Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A Self Psychological Reconsideration. [Lecture]. Presentation to Psychodynamic Student Group at the Family Institute at Northwestern, USA.
Presentations:
Mahoney, D., Betsill, C., Trewick, V. & Firas, M. (2023). Exploring Anxiety in Whiteness Amongst Counselors [Lecture]. Illinois Counseling Association 75th Annual Conference (November, 2023).
