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Gormley, Barbara


Assistant Professor
Division: Psychology and Counseling
Program: Psychology (BA) Pre-Clinical
Psychology (MA)
Office: G385
Phone: 708.534.4994
Fax: 708.235.2245
Email: bgormley@govst.edu


Education | Professional Credentials | Presentations | Publications | Professional Memberships | Honors | Courses Taught

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Clinical Services Research, University of California San Francisco, 2002-2004
  • Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Michigan State University, 2002
  • Pre-doctoral Clinical Internship, Harvard Medical School/Boston VAMC, 2001-2002
  • M. A., Counseling, Central Michigan University, 1996
  • A. B., Women’s Studies/Psychology, University of Michigan, 1984

Professional Credentials

  • Licensed Psychologist, 2003-present (California, Florida, Georgia)
  • Qualified Supervisor, 2005 (Florida)
  • Professional Counselor, 1996-2001 (Michigan)
  • Social Worker, 1989-1996 (Michigan)

Presentations

International

  • Gormley, B. (2008, March). Correlates of psychological abuse in college dating relationships. In F. Lopez (Chair), Adult attachment and interpersonal problems: Sharpening the focus.Symposium presented at the International Counseling Psychology Conference, Chicago, IL. 
  • Gormley, B. (2008, March). Considering the context of mentoring relationships: Boundaries,power, and multiple relationships. In S. Morrow & J. Barber (Chairs), Powerful and personal: Mentoring from multiple perspectives. Pre-conference workshop presented at the International Counseling Psychology Conference, Chicago, IL. 
  • Gormley, B. (2005, July). Gender and intimate partner violence: An adult attachment perspective .In I. Frieze (Chair), Gender and interpersonal violence. Panel presented at the 9th International Family Violence Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH.

National

  • Gormley, B. (2010, August). Early career professionals and mentoring: Navigating the boundaries of competence. In C. C. Datchi-Phillips (Chair), Mentoring kaleidoscope: Addressing human differences in mentoring relationships. Symposium conducted at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA. 
  • Blood, R. A. C., Quimby, J., & Gormley, B. (2009, August). Gender differences: The influences of role models on career decision making self-efficacy. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada. 
  • McNiel, D. E., Gormley, B., Binder, R. L. (2008, August). Leverage, the treatment relationship,and treatment participation. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
  • Gormley, B. (Chair, 2007, March). Multicultural feminist mentoring relationships: Influences of cultural differences and similarities on negative experiences. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the Association for Women in Psychology, San Francisco, CA. 
  • Gormley, B., & Blanco, S. (2006, August). An attachment-theoretical perspective of mentoring relationships in a multicultural feminist context. In E. N. Williams (Chair), Understudied aspects of mentorship—Feminist and multicultural perspectives. Symposium presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA. 
  • Gormley, B. (Chair; 2006, April). Multicultural and feminist critiques of mainstream Approaches to diverse populations. Symposium presented at the annual conference Of the Association for Women in Psychology, Ypsilanti, MI. 
  • Triarhos, S., & Gormley, B. (2005, August). Attachment and ecological theories: Applications to child sexual abuse recovery. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

 

Publications

  • Sauer, E. M., Anderson, M. Z., Gormley, B., Richmond, C. J., & 
    Preacco, L. (in press). Client attachment orientations, psychological 
    distress, and working alliances with therapists-in-training. 
    Psychotherapy Research.
  • Aldea, M. A., Rice, K. G., Gormley, B., Rojas, A. (in press). Telling 
    perfectionists about their perfectionism: Effects of providing feedback 
    on emotional reactivity and psychological Symptoms.
    Behaviour Research and 
    Therapy.
  • Gormley, B., & McNiel, D. E. (2010). Adult attachment orientations, depressive 
    symptoms, anger,and self-directed aggression by psychiatric patients. 

    Cognitive Therapy and Research, 34,272-281.
  • Gormley, B., & Lopez, F. G. (2010). Correlates of psychological abuse perpetration 
    in college dating relationships.
    Journal of College Counseling, 13, 4-16.
  • Gormley, B., & Lopez, F. G. (2010). Authoritarian and homophobic attitudes: 
    Gender and adult Attachment style differences.
    Journal of Homosexuality, 
    57, 525-538.
  • Gormley, B., & Lopez, F. G. (2010). Psychological abuse perpetration in college 
    dating relationships: Contributions of gender, stress, and adult attachment 
    orientations.
    Journal of Interpersonal violence, 25, 204-218.
  • Gormley, B. (2008). An application of attachment theory: Mentoring relationship 
    dynamics and ethical concerns.
    Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in 
    Learning, 16, 45-62.
  • Gormley, B. (2005). An adult attachment theoretical perspective of gender 
    symmetry in intimate partner violence.
    Sex Roles, 11/12, 785-795.
  • Gormley, B. (2005). A multiracial unity group for graduate students. In S. K. 
    Anderson & V. A. Middleton (Eds.), Explorations in oppression, diversity and 
    privilege (pp. 185-190). Belmont, CA: Thomson Brooks/Cole.
  • Gormley, B. (2004). Application of adult attachment theory to treatment of 
    chronically suicidal, traumatized women.
    Psychotherapy: Theory/Research/
    Practice/Training, 41,136-143.

Professional Memberships

 • American Psychological Association
         Division 17 - Counseling Psychology
         Division 29 – Psychotherapy
         Division 35 - Psychology of Women
         Division 56 - Trauma Psychology
• Association for Women in Psychology

Honors

• Who’s Who in America, 2011
• American Psychological Association Division 35
     Mary Roth Walsh Teaching the Psychology of Women Award, 2008
• Georgia State University College of Education Annual Mentoring
     Award, 2008
• National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Loan Repayment
     Grant, 2005-2007
• National Science Foundation STEM Scholarship, 2003
• Outstanding Counseling Psychology Graduate Student Award, 2002
• Michigan State University Excellence-in-Teaching Citation, 2001
• Michigan State University Distinguished Fellowship, 1997-2001
• State of Michigan Worker of the Year Award, Families First
     program, 1995
• University of Michigan Virginia Voss Excellence in Writing Award, 1984
• University of Michigan Rackham Fellowship, 1980-1984
• National Merit Scholarship, 1980

Courses Taught

At Governors State University:
• Psychopathology
• Personality Theories
• Stress Management Lab
• Professional Standards in Human Services and Research

  Other topics taught at other universities:
• Practicum, Internship, Basic Helping Skills
• Psychology of Women, Traumatology
• Research
• Personality Assessment, Projective Assessment, 
     Intelligence Assessment, Neuropsychological 
     Testing, Educational and Psychological Appraisal