Title
Assistant Professor
Department:
CPSE
Contact Information
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Office: 273 MCKB
Phone: 801-422-2620
Email: gekawika_allen@byu.edu
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 spiritual, cultural, and indigenous ways of healing in psychotherapy including culturally appropriate psychotherapies and interventions for underserved populations. Specifically, Professor Allen has focused much of his research on 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 not only Polynesian Psychology Research, but research across all BIPOC and minoritized groups. He is currently an associate professor in the counseling psychology doctorate program at Brigham Young University.
Foundations of counseling psychology, counseling/psychotherapy methods and skills, career counseling, research methods, ethics in psychotherapy practice, group process, inferential statistics, culture-appropriate and cross-cultural perspectives in counseling.
Cultural and indigenous perspectives in psychology, culture-appropriate interventions and counseling/psychotherapy process and outcome, religiosity/spirituality, psychological well-being/adjustment, with BIPOC and minoritized populations, specifically among Polynesians/Polynesian Americans. Intersections of perfectionism, scrupulosity, psychology, and religiosity among a variety of religious individuals.
http://education.byu.edu/polypsi
Intrinsic religiousness and spirituality as predictors of mental health and positive psychological functioning in Latter-day Saint Adolescents and young adults
- Authors: Sanders, Peter; Allen, Gerald Kawika; Fischer, Lane; Richards, Phillip S; Morgan, David; Potts, Richard
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
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
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
Examining aspects of religiosity, perfectionism, scrupulosity, and well-being among LDS individuals
- Authors: Allen, Gerald Kawika
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
Forgiveness and Gratitude as Mediators between Religious Commitment and Well-Being among Latter-day Saint Polynesian Americans
- Authors: Kane, Davis; Allen, Gerald Kawika; Smith, Timothy B; Griner, Derek; Jackson, Aaron Paul; Richards, Phillip S
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
Psychotherapy utilization, presenting concerns, and outcomes among Pacific Islander and Asian American Students
- Authors: Hafoka, Ofa k; Smith, Timothy B; Griner, Derek; Allen, Gerald Kawika; Beecher, Mark E; Young, Ellie L
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Routledge
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2019.1699502
Psychotherapy Utilization and Presenting Concerns among International Asian and Asian American Students in a University Counseling Center
- Authors: Stokes, Hannah; Griner, Derek; Smith, Tim; Beecher, Mark; Allen, Gerald Kawika; Cox, Jon; Hobbs, Klinton; Kirtley, Natalie
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Routledge
- Abstract: click to view
Acculturation experiences of Chinese international students who attend American Universities
- Authors: Li, Zhen; Heath, Melissa; Jackson, Aaron; Allen, Gerald; Fischer, Lane; Chen, Peter
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: American Psychological Association
- City: Washington DC
- Country: United States
- Volume: 48
- Issue: 1
- URL: dx.doi.org/10.1037/pro0000117
- Abstract: click to view
Spiritually oriented psychotherapy for trauma and meaning-making among ethnically diverse individuals in the United States
- Authors: Allen, Gerald Kawika; Richards, Phillip S; Lea, Troy
- Publication Type: Book, Chapter/ Section in Scholarly Book
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
- 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: Lea, Troy; Richards, P.; Sanders, Peter; 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
- Abstract: click to view
Collectivistic Coping Strategies for Distress Among Polynesian Americans
- Authors: Allen, G. E. Kawika
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: American Psychological Association
- City: Washington, DC
- Country: U.S.
- Volume: 12
- Issue: 3
- URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ser0000039
- Abstract: click to view
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