Prof. Pompeo-Fargnoli Co-Authors Chapters in Mental Health Encyclopedia with Students, Alumni

Alyson Pompeo-Fargnoli, Ph.D., assistant professor of educational counseling in the School of Education, is the co-author, along with six of her current and former educational counseling graduate students, of five chapters in the recently published eight-volume, "Encyclopedia of Mental Health Trainings, Certifications, and Credentials."

The comprehensive work spans more than 630 chapters written by 460 authors, across 4,200 pages of up-to-date, screened information on each kind of modality, training, certification, credentials, and degrees for the training and development of helping professionals. Chapters also include the history, research, theoretical frameworks, and examples, on each counseling modality. The work aims to equip the reader with the tools and information to become a "more informed, insightful, and engaged professional."

Chapters contributed by Pompeo-Fargnoli and her students include, "Havening Therapy," "Self-Regulation Model," "Poetry Therapy," "InSight Personal Exercise and the InSHAPE Program," and "Waldorf Model."

Student and alumni co-authors include Stephanie Boettger '24M, Skylar Lyons '20, '23M, Ben Persky '24M, Jessica Pinelli '17, '23M, Samantha Wickett, school counseling graduate student, and Stephanie Weinstock '23M.