Thursday, May 14, 2015 | 10:15 – 11:45 a.m.
Neville Scarfe Library Block, Room 278
All are welcome. No RSVP required.
Rhea Owens, Ph.D., is a candidate for the tenure-track assistant professor Position in Counselling Psychology (Family Counselling)
The Assessment and Development of Strengths in the Child and Youth Populations
During this presentation, Dr. Owens will discuss her research program, which involves strength-based interventions and assessment in the child and youth populations. She will share the results from previous studies, as well as current projects and future directions. The talk will focus on how children and youth in a variety of contexts can benefit from the identification of and systematic use of their strengths across various aspects of their life. Specifically, the audience will learn about a new strengths measure as well as several novel positive psychological interventions for children/adolescents, including the use of drawing and peer- mentoring approaches. Dr. Owens’ teaching and clinical interests will also be discussed.
BIOGRAPHY
Rhea L. Owens, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin—Stevens Point with a clinical specialty in the treatment and assessment of children, adolescents, and their families. Her research interests include positive psychological interventions and the assessment and development of strengths in the child and youth populations. Dr. Owens practices at the Achieve Center in Wausau, Wisconsin, an outpatient clinic that focuses on the treatment and evaluation of children and adolescents with developmental disabilities, neurodevelopmental disorders, and chronic health conditions. She graduated from the Counseling Psychology program at the University of Kansas and completed a child clinical internship at Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics in Kansas City, Missouri. She is an Editorial Board member for The Counseling Psychologist (TCP) and recently served as a guest Associate Editor for a special issue on Applications of Positive Psychology for TCP. She is the Chair of the Section on Positive Psychology of the American Psychological Association’s Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17).
