Elizabeth Richardson, PhD
Associate Professor
Psychology
Contact
508-910-6954
elizabeth.richardson@umassd.edu
Liberal Arts 384
Education
1999 | The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University | Postdoctoral Internship and Residency |
1997 | Louisiana State University | PhD in Clinical Psychology |
1995 | Louisiana State University | MA in Clinical Psychology |
1992 | Indiana University | BA in Psychology |
Teaching
- Research Methods
- Behavioral Medicine
- Young Adult Health Risk Behavior
- Advanced Behavior Modification
- Human Growth & Development
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Teaching
Courses
Study of development and characteristics of behavior disorders. Topics to be considered include: cause of abnormal behavior, transient personality reaction to acute or special stress, psychoneurotic disorders, and therapeutic measures.
Review of research in a major clinical area, for third year graduate students. Students create an in-depth review of the literature, culminating in a final project that is presented to two graduate faculty for review.
Student develops and executes an independent research thesis under the direction of a faculty advisor. Graded A-F.
Research
Research Activities
- Whitlock, J. & Lloyd-Richardson, E.E. (2019). Healing Self-Injury: A compassionate guide for parents and other loved ones. New York, New York: Oxford University Press.
- Collaboration with the International Consortium on Self-Injury in Educational Settings (ICSES), a small, international, interdisciplinary research group whose primary goal is to educate, address, and prevent self-injury in educational settings (https://www.facebook.com/ICSESGroup/).
- Continued certification in canine and equine-facilitated therapy (AAT) techniques, such as The Equus Effect (https://www.theequuseffect.org), and evaluation of their effectiveness.
Research
Research Interests
- Adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)
- Equine and other animal-assisted therapies
- Youth health risk behaviors and behavior change
- Mindful parenting
Select publications
- Lloyd-Richardson, E.E., Lewis, S.P., Whitlock, J.L., Rodham, K. & Schatten, H.T. (2015).
Research with adolescents who engage in non-suicidal self-injury: ethical considerations and challenges
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 9, 37. - Whitlock, J., Lloyd-Richardson, E., Fisseha, F. & Bates, T. (2018).
Parental secondary stress: The often hidden consequences of non-suicidal self-injury in youth.
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74(1), 178-196. - Lloyd-Richardson, E.E., Hasking, P., Lewis, S., Hamza, C., McAllister, M., Baetens, I. & Muehlenkamp, J. (2020).
Addressing self-injury in schools, Part 1: Understanding nonsuicidal self-injury and the importance of respectful curiosity in supporting youth who engage in self-injury
NASN Journal of School Nursing