Kudos: Delgado-Romero publishes article in The Counseling Psychologist; Mullis receives APA's Services for Transition Age Youth Fellowship

Delgado-Romero publishes article in The Counseling Psychologist

Edward Delgado-Romero, associate dean for faculty and staff services and professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, recently published an article in The Counseling Psychologist with several graduate students and alumni of the College.

The Counseling Psychologist is the flagship journal of the Society of Counseling Psychology and one of the most read and cited journals in the discipline. The article, “La Clinica in LaK’ech: Establishing a Practicum Site Integrating Practice, Advocacy, and Research with Latinx Clients,” concerns the establishment and development of La Clinica In LaK’ech, a clinic that offers bilingual and bicultural counseling to Latinx people in Georgia.

“This issue is a special issue focusing on integrating practice, advocacy, and research,” said Delgado-Romero. “The 17 current or former students worked hard with me to establish and develop La Clinica In LaK’ech as a community-based practicum site. As a faculty advisor, it gives me great pride to work with students to meet a community need and help train the next generation of bilingual psychologists. Collectively this effort represents over a decade of work aimed at the mutual benefit of the community and students of the College. I could not be prouder of the students who volunteered their time to make this clinic a reality.”

Mullis receives APA’s Services for Transition Age Youth Fellowship

Jayde Mullis, a second-year graduate student in the Department of Counseling and Human Development Services, recently received the American Psychological Association’s Minority Fellowship Program Services for Transition Age Youth (STAY) Fellowship.

The fellowship is intended to support master’s level clinicians in receiving training and supervision while working with transition-aged youth of color for two years post-graduation and beyond with a strong focus on social justice and preparing clinicians to work with substance use issues.

“I am extremely grateful for the support of the STAY fellowship program in helping me to reach my goal of becoming a clinician who works with marginalized communities,” said Mullis. “Social justice advocacy plays a huge role in the work that I am currently doing, and I see myself continuing to grow in competency and humility in my work with diverse clientele. After graduation, I plan to seek employment in a clinic in the Atlanta area with a high density of 18–25-year-old clients of color with a special interest in the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality.”