Life Transitions International
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Education

PhD Family Relations & Human Development

MSc Capacity Building & Extension

BA Psychology & Anthropology

Certifications

SC-C Certified Spiritual Counselor

AA Academic Associate in Logotherapy 

FT  Fellow in Thanatology  

Areas of Expertise

Loss and Grief

  • Death and non-death loss

  • Life transitions

  • Grief counseling and support groups

  • Meaning-making

  • Social work interventions

Child Welfare

  • Lived experience of children, teens, and young adults in foster care

  • The transition into foster care

  • The transition out of foster care

  • Youth empowerment

  • Transformative and translational research

Human Development

  • Personal agency and empowerment

  • Capacity building

  • Values and ethics

  • Consciousness

  • Spirituality

Research

The L.Y.G.H.T. Program            (2017-Present)

Principal Investigator

Transcending Adversity:        Enhancing the Lives of Youth in Foster Care (2015-2017)

Principal Investigator

Voices and Visions of SC Youth in Transition (2010-2016)

Principal Investigator
L.Y.G.H.T. Publications