Experts Directory: Mental Health: Children
Alejandra Acu帽a
Department of Social Work
work: (818) 677-7798
email: aacuna@csun.edu or aacunalcsw@gmail.com
Also speaks: Spanish
- Urban youth and families
- Traumatic stress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Resilience
- Mental health in schools
- School social work
- Family communication
- Family engagement in children鈥檚 mental health
- Evidence-based mental health practices
- Cognitive behavioral intervention for trauma in schools
- Parenting and family therapy
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Child welfare
- Program evaluation
- Cultural/traditional mental health practices
- Social marketing campaigns for mental health
Learn more about Alejandra Acu帽a:
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Diane R. Gehart
Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling
work: (818) 677-7468
email:听Diane.gehart@csun.edu
Also speaks: German
- Marriage and family therapy
- Child abuse
- Couples issues
- Communication
- Mindfulness
- Buddhist psychology
- Positive psychology
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Shu-Sha Angie Guan
Department of Child and听Adolescent Development
work: (818) 677-7249
email: angie.guan@csun.edu
- The ways social contexts (e.g. relationships, culture and technology/digital media) affect mental and physical well-being, particularly among ethnic minority and immigrant adolescents and young adults
- Cultural psychology
- Immigrant experiences
- Language brokering (immigrant translation/interpretation)
- Social support
- Digital/social media
Learn more about Shu-Sha Angie Guan:
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Amy Levin
Department of Social Work
work: (818) 677-4994
email:听Amy.levin@csun.edu
- At-risk youth
- Veterans鈥� mental health
- 2011 National Association of Social Workers鈥� 鈥淪ocial Worker of the Year鈥�
Learn more about Amy Levin:
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Carrie L. Saetermoe
Department of Psychology听
work: (818) 677-3506
email:听carrie.saetermoe@csun.edu
- Developmental psychology
- Pediatric psychology
- Ethnic dimensions of adolescent disability and transition to adulthood
- Pediatric oncology patients
- Aging
- Disability
- Welfare reform and children鈥檚 well-being
Learn more about Carrie L. Saetermoe:
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Steven Sherry
Department of Social Work听
work: (818) 677-6421
email:听Steven.sherry@csun.edu
- Child and adolescent psychotherapy
- Trauma-based therapy
- Emotional disturbance in children
- School-based mental health
- Child welfare and mental health