Title
Assistant Professor
Department:
CPSE
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Office: 273 MCKB
Phone: 801-422-2620
Email: gekawika_allenG.E. Kawika@gmail.com@byu.eduphoria
Website: education.byu.edu/polypsi
Professor Allen received his BS in speech/organizational communication and his MS in counseling psychology at the University of Utah. He then received his PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia (a top-ranked program) and completed his predoctoral clinical internship at Duke University. His research areas involve culture-specific and appropriate psychotherapies and interventions for Polynesians/Polynesian Americans, as well as examining the intersections of religiosity/spirituality, coping/collectivistic coping, depression, anxiety, and psychological well-being/adjustment among Polynesians/Polynesian Americans. Professor Allen leads the Poly Psi Team research efforts involving Polynesian American Psychology Research.
Foundations of counseling psychology, counseling/psychotherapy methods and skills, research methods, culture-appropriate and cross-cultural perspectives in counseling.
Cultural perspectives in psychology, culture-appropriate interventions and counseling/psychotherapy process and outcome, religiosity/spirituality, psychological well-being/adjustment, specifically among Polynesians/Polynesian Americans.
http://education.byu.edu/polypsi
Counseling attitudes and stigma among Polynesian Americans
- Authors: Allen, G. E. Kawika; Smith, Timothy
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Sage
- Country: U.S.
- Volume: 44
- Issue: 1
- Editors: Lydia Buki
- Abstract: click to view
Bringing spiritually oriented psychotherapies into the health care mainstream: A call for worldwide collaboration
- Authors: Richards, P. ; Sanders, Peter; Lea, Troy; McBride, Jason; Allen, Gerald Kawika
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
Spiritual Pathways to Healing and Recovery: An Intensive Single-N Study of an Eating Disorder Patient
- Authors: Allen, G. E. Kawika
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: American Psychological Association
- City: Washington, DC
- Country: U.S.
- Volume: 2
- Issue: 3
- URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/scp0000085
- Editors: Lisa Miller
- Abstract: click to view
Examining legalism, scrupulosity, family perfectionism, and psychological adjustment among LDS individuals
- Authors: Allen, G. E. Kawika
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Routledge
- City: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK
- Country: UK
- Abstract: click to view
Spiritual pathways to healing and recovery: An intensive single-N study of an eating disorder patient
- Authors: Lea, Troy; Richards, P.; Sanders, Peter; McBride, Jason; Allen, Gerald Kawika
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
Bringing Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapies Into the Health Care Mainstream: A Call for Worldwide Collaboration
- Authors: Allen, G. E. Kawika
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: American Psychological Association
- City: Washington, DC
- Country: U.S.
- Volume: 2
- Issue: 3
- URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/scp0000082
- Abstract: click to view
Exploring Perceived Attitudes of Counseling between LDS Religious Leaders and Mental Health Therapists
- Authors: Allen, G. E. Kawika
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 36
- Abstract: click to view