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Meet Liz Wieling

Liz Wieling, Ph.D., Iowa State University

Office

391 McNeal Hall

Phone

(612) 625-8106

E-mail

lwieling@umn.edu

Mailing Address

Mail Code 6140
290 McNeal Hall
1985 Buford Avenue
St Paul, MN 55108-6140

Additional Information

curriculum vitae

Liz Wieling

Associate Professor
(Ph.D., Iowa State University)

Scholarly Interests

Social Justice and Gender
Cross-cultural Couple and Family Therapy
Multiculturalism and Diversity in Clinical Work and Research
Disparities in Mental Health
Latino/a Mental Health
Evidence Based Treatments for Parenting (Parenting Through Change Oregon)
Prevention in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Evidence Based Treatments for Mass Trauma Across National and International Contexts 

Degrees

Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Ph.D. Human Development and Family Studies, Marriage & Family Therapy- Specialization in Technology and Social Change

Iowa State University, Ames, IA
M.S. International Development, General Graduate Studies-Sociology, Political Science, and Spanish

Briar Cliff College, Sioux City, IA
B.A. Business Administration

Honors & Awards

Board of Directors – Center de Investigación Familiar A.C., Monterrey, Mexico

Member of vivo – Victims Voice, International NGO

Chair, Board of Directors, La Familia Guidance Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota – 2004-2007

Family Clinical/Research Consultant – Center for Victim’s of Torture

Teaching & Learning

FSoS 3429: Counseling Skills Practicum

FSoS 8032: Theories of Marital and Family Therapy

FSoS 8550: Postmodern Approaches to Marriage and Family Therapy

FSoS 8295: Family Therapy Practicum

FSoS 8550: Comparative Family Dynamics in Mexican and U.S. Contexts: Socioeconomic, political, and mental health implications

FSoS 8550: Evidence Based Preventive and Clinical Interventions for Trauma: Child Maltreatment in Mexico

Research & Discovery

Elizabeth Wieling, Ph.D., LMFT, is Associate Professor in the Department of Family Social Sciences at the University of Minnesota. Liz’s early research was directed at developing a better understanding of cross-cultural dynamics in psychotherapy intervention and research and advancing clinical models that more adequately fit the cultural characteristics of Latino/a populations, particularly at-risk families dealing with multiple stressors and a history of complex and/or mass trauma. This work has evolved into investigations of preventive and clinical intervention models that demonstrate efficacy as well as effectiveness with systematically marginalized and disenfranchised families in the U.S. and abroad. Central to this research is the development of culturally appropriate, ethical, and methodologically sound strategies to assess intervention outcomes. Liz is concurrently pursuing a research agenda that involves integrating her previous cross-cultural work and prevention background to develop multi-component systemic oriented interventions that cut across individual, family, and community levels for intervening with populations exposed to mass trauma – particularly related to war, organized violence, and disaster. Specifically, she is adapting two evidence based treatments for work with families: 1) Parent Management Training – Oregon Model (PMTO) is being adapted for work with traumatized populations with the idea of helping parents to help their children in the aftermath of traumatic events – she recently completed a K01 Research Scientist Career Development Award funded by NIMH called “Implementing the Parenting Through Change Model with Latina Single Mothers (2003-2008). The purpose of this study was to adapt and extend the Oregon Social Learning Center’s PMT-O preventive intervention for a population of at-risk Latina single mothers; 2) Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), an intervention for persons diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder is being incorporated into a multi-component ecological approach to assist families; and 3) several ecological and postmodern informed frameworks such as Narrative Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Collaborative Language Approaches and Gender/Cultural/Critical Literary Models are being incorporated as part of her multi-component interdisciplinary research agenda.

Liz is collaborating with an international team of interdisciplinary researchers to develop an internationally based program of research focused on mass trauma. In the United States she is collaborating with colleagues associated with the Oregon Social Leaning Center, with the Center for Victims of Torture and a number of local multicultural agencies. Abroad she is working with researchers at the University of Konstanz, Germany, who developed Narrative Exposure Therapy, and with the Centro de Investigación Familiar, A.C., a family therapy research institute and non-profit organization. This team hopes to further develop, implement, test, and later disseminate adapted and newly developed trauma focused interventions for parents and families across different parts of the world.

Selected Publications

Published or In Press in Referred Journals

Wieling, E. & Mittal, M. (2008). Developing evidence-based systemic interventions for mass trauma. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 34(2), 127-131. 

Gewirtz, A., Forgatch, M., & Wieling, E. (April 2008). Parenting practices as potential mechanisms for children’s adjustment following mass trauma: Literature review and prevention research framework. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 34(2), 177-192.

 Landau, J., Wieling. E., & Mittal, M. (April 2008). Linking Human Systems: Strengthening individuals, families, and communities in the wake of mass trauma. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 34(2), 193-209.

Connor, J., Bean, D., & Wieling, E. (2008). Vulvar Pain: A phenomenological study of couples in search of effective diagnosis and treatment. Family Process, 47(2), 139-155.

Bell, N.J., Wieling, E., & Watson, W. (2007). Narrative processes of identity construction:  Micro indicators of developmental patterns following transition to university.  Identity, 7, 1-26.

Marshall, J. P., Sorenson, R, Brigham, K., Wieling, E., Riefman, A., & Wampler, R. (2006). The Paradox for the Family Firm CEO: Owner Age Relationship to Succession-Related Processes and Plans. Journal of Business Venturing, 21(3), 348-368.

Mittal, M., & Wieling, E. (2006). Training experiences of international doctoral students in marriage and family therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 23(3), 233-244.

Mittal, M., & Wieling, E. (2005). The influence of therapist's ethnicity on the practice of feminist therapy: A pilot study. Feminist Journal of Family Therapy, 16(2), 1-24.

Bell, N. J., Wieling, E., & Watson, W. (2005).  Identity development during the first two university years:  Exploring intersections between micro and ontogenetic processes.  New Ideas in Psychology, 23(2), 53-73.

Marshall, J., & Wieling, E. (2004). Marriage and family therapy student’s phenomenological experiences of cross-cultural supervision. Family Therapy, 16(1), 17-32.

Wieling, E, & Rastogi, M. (2004). The voices of marriage and family therapists of color: A pilot study. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 26(3), 224-238.

Lim, S., & Wieling, E. (2004). Immigrant Chinese women negotiating values and perceptions of self in the cultural borderlands of East and West – A qualitative study. The Family Journal, 21(1), 12-22.

Turner, W., & Wieling, E. (2004). Introduction to the special section: Implications of research on diverse families. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 30(3), 225-256.

Turner, W. Wieling, E. & Allen, W. (2004). Developing culturally effective family-based research programs: Implications for family therapists. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 30(3), 257-270.

Boss, P. Bellieu, L., Wieling, E. Turner, & W. La Cruz, S. (2003). Healing loss, ambiguity, and trauma: A community-based intervention with families of union workers missing after the 9/11 attack in the New York City.  Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 29(4), 455-467.

Wieling, E. (2003). Latino/a and white marriages: A pilot study investigating the experiences of interethnic couples in the United States. Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy, 2(2), 41-55.

Wieling, E., & Mittal, M. (2003). Expanding the horizons of marriage and family therapists: Towards a global interconnectedness. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 14(1), 53-62.

Wieling, E. (2003). Do returns on investment for educating children in Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico, pay off in the long run? A qualitative analysis, 1997. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 16(6), 1-18.

McInnes, M., & Wieling, E. (2002). Points of connection and disconnection: A look at feminism and postmodernism in family therapy. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 14(2), 1-19.

Wieling. E., Negretti, M., Christensen, F., Bryan, L., Kimball, T., & Stokes, S. (2001). Postmodernism in marriage and family therapy: Doctoral students’ understanding and experiences. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 27(4), 527-533.

Wieling, E., Winter, M., Morris, E., & Murphy. A. (2001). Women working for pay or profit in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico, 1987-1992: Integration, marginalization or exploitation?  The Women’s Policy Journal of Harvard, 1, 48-66.

Negretti, M. A., & Wieling, E. (2001). The use of communication technology in private practice: Ethical implications and boundary dilemmas in therapy. Journal of Contemporary Family Therapy, 23(3), 275-294.

Wieling, E., & Marshall, J. (2000). Cross-cultural therapy and supervision in marriage and family therapy: Implications for training, research, and clinical practice. Journal of Contemporary Family Therapy, 21(3), 317-329.

Ivey, D.C., Wieling, E., & Harris, S.M. (2000). Save the young, the elderly have lived their lives: Ageism in Marriage and Family Therapy. Family Process, 39(2), 163-175.

Marshall, J., & Wieling, E. (2000). Promoting cultural diversity through cultural plunges. Family Therapy, 27(2), 89-99.

 Edited Book and Journal Special Sections

Wieling, E. & Mittal, M. (Spring 2008). Developing evidence-based systemic interventions for mass trauma. Special Section of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.

Turner, W., & Wieling, E. (Eds.). (July 2004). Special Section of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy on research with populations of color and relevant clinical implications.

Rastogi, M., & Wieling, E. (Eds.). (2004). Voices of Color: First Person Accounts of Ethnic Minority Therapists. Sage.

Book Chapters, Reviews, and Other Publications

Murry, V., Rosenblatt, P., & Wieling, E. (2005). College professors' conversations about teaching family theories. In V. Bengtson, A.Acock, K. Allen, P. Dilworth-Anderson, D. Klein (Eds). Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research. Sage.

Doménech-Rodríguez, M., & Wieling, E. (2004). Developing culturally appropriate evidence based treatments for interventions with ethnic minority populations. In M. Rastogi & E. Wieling (Eds.). Voices of Color: First Person Accounts of Ethnic Minority Therapists. Sage.

Wieling, E. (2003). Latino/a and white marriages: A pilot study investigating the experiences of interethnic couples in the United States. In Thomas, V., Karis, T., & Wetchler, J. (Eds.). Clinical Issues with Multiracial Couples: Theory and Research. New York: Haworth Press.

Turner, W., Wieling, E., & Boss, P. (2002). Ambiguous loss. Family Therapy Magazine, 1, 22-25.

Wieling, E. (2000). [Review of the book]. Re-Visioning Family Therapy. Family Relations.