Research:
PI on a project developing and testing a treatment protocol for an interdisciplinary approch to financial and relational stress. Also doing research on attachment of families with adopted children; meditation and family therapy, and premarital counseling and HIV-AIDS in Black Churches. Outreach:
Athens Community Crisis Response Team (ACRT) Founding member
Teaching:
Postmodern approaches to therapy and identity development; qualitative research methods. Interests:
Interests include the self of therapist; spirituality and therapy; how learning occurs; effective teaching strategies, and the construction of knowledge. I am exploring how improvisation can be used in therapy and in research. I am also studying adoption and multicultural influences on the family.
Education: | 1989 | Ph.D. | Marriage and Family Therapy | Texas Tech University
| | 1979 | M.Ed. | Counseling & Guidance Ed. | University of Arizona
| | 1974 | B.A. | Psychology | University of Michigan
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Selected Publications/Presentations:
Gale, J. (2000) Keynote presenter, Utah State Conference on Family Therapy. The Art of Improvisation for Family Therapists. Steffe, C. & Gale, J. (Eds.). (1995). Constructivism in education. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Gale, J. (1991). Conversation analysis of therapeutic discourse. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishers.
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Dr. Jerry Gale
