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Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

EDUCATION

Ph.D., M.A., Boston University
B.A., Wesleyan University

EXPERTISE/INTERESTS

The interaction between intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors and the practices, systems and policies that aim to help them; the role of informal social support  in survivors' safety and emotional wellbeing; and innovative mental health practices for low-income women and families.

HONORS/PUBLICATIONS/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Honors

Award for outstanding article on psychotherapy with women, society for the Psychology of Women (Division 35 of APA), 2010.

Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching and Mentoring, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Division 27 of APA), 2007.

Bonnie Strickland-Jessica Henderson Daniel Distinguished Mentoring Award, Society for the Psychology of Women (Division 35 of APA), 2007.

Selected Publications

Goodman, L.A. & Smyth, K.F. (2011).  A call for a social network-oriented approach to services for survivors of intimate partner violence.  Psychology of Violence, I, 2, 79-92.

Goodman, L.A., Smyth, K. & Banyard, V. (2010) Beyond the 50-minute hour: Increasing control, choice, and connections in the lives of low-income women.  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 80, 3-11.

Bennett Cattaneo, L. & Goodman, L.A. (2010). Through the lens of therapeutic jurisprudence:  The relationship between empowerment in the court system and wellbeing for intimate partner violence victims.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25, 481-502.

Weintraub, S.R. & Goodman, L.A. (2010). Working with and for:  Student advocates' experience of relationship centered advocacy with low-income women.  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 80, 46-60.

Slattery, S.M. & Goodman, L.A. (2009).  Secondary traumatic stress among domestic violence advocates: Workplace risk and protective factors.  Violence Against Women, 15, 1358-1379.

Goodman, L.A., Glenn, C., Bohlig, A., Banyard, V., & Borges, A.M. (2009).  Feminist relational advocacy: Processes and outcomes from the perspective of low-income women with depression.  The Counseling Psychologist, 848-876.

Goodman,L.A., Smyth, K.F., Borges, A.M. & Singer, R. (2009). When crises collide:  How intimate partner violence and poverty intersect to shape women's mental health and coping.  Trauma, Violence and Abuse:  Special Issue on the Mental Health Implications of Violence Against Women, 10, 306-329.

Goodman, L. & Epstein, D. (2008).  Listening to battered women:  A survivor centered approach to advocacy, mental health, and justice.  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association.

Goodman, L.A., Littwin, A., Bohlig, A., Weintraub, S.R., Green, A. Walker, J., White, L. and Ryan, N. (2007). Applying feminist theory to community practice: A case example of a multi-level empowerment intervention for low-income women with depression. In E. Aldarando (Ed.) Promoting social justice through mental health practice (pp.265-290). Florence, Kentucky:   Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Smyth, K., Goodman, L. & Glenn, C. (2006).  The full-frame approach:  A new response to marginalized women left behind by specialized services.  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76, 4, 489-502.

Latta, R.E. & Goodman, L.A. (2005). Gaining access: An assessment of community responsiveness to the needs of Haitian immigrant women who are survivors of intimate partner violence, Violence Against Women, 11, 1441-1464.

Dutton, M.A. & Goodman, L.A.  (2005). Coercive control in intimate partner violence:  Towards a new conceptualization. Sex Roles, 52, 11/12, 743-757.

Goodman, L.A., Dutton, M.A., Vankos, N. & Weinfurt, W. (2005). Women’s resources and use of strategies as risk and protective factors for re-abuse over time, Violence Against Women, 11, 3, 311-336.

Goodman, L.A., Liang, B., Helms, J.E., Latta, R.E. Sparks, E. & Weintraub, S. (2004).  Major Contribution: Training counseling psychologists as social justice agents: Feminist and multicultural theories in action, The Counseling Psychologist, 32, 6, 793-837.

Haggerty, L. and Goodman, L.A. Using stage based interventions for victims of intimate partner violence in medical settings (2003). Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 32, 1, 68-75.

Goodman, L.A., Dutton, M.A., Weinfurt, K. & Cook, S. The Intimate Partner Violence Strategies Index: Development and application (2003). Violence Against Women, 9, 2, 163-186.