Patricia Goodspeed-Grant, Ed.D., L.M.H.C., N.C.C.

PATRICIA GOODSPEED-GRANT, Ed.D., NCC, LMHC

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EDUCATION

Ed. D. Counseling and Human Development, 2000

University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Dissertation: “A Phenomenological Exploration of the Meaning of Work in the Context of Unemployment”

Doctoral Committee Chair: Lisa Lopez Levers, Ph.D.

M.S. Industrial/Organizational Psychology, 1991

Springfield College, Springfield, MA

Thesis: “The Identification and Nurturance of Creative Talent”

B.S. Psychology, 1990

State University of New York, Empire State College, Rochester, NY

License: Licensed Mental Health Counselor, State of New York, #790

Certification: National Certified Counselor #39109

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SUNY College at Brockport, Brockport, NY

Associate Professor, Counselor Education, 2002-Present

University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, U.K. Visiting Research Fellow, 2006.

Project: Group treatment in primary care for obese women at risk of cardiovascular disease integrating psychotherapy, diet and exercise.

Private Practice, 2000-Present

Alfred University, Alfred, NY

Assistant Professor, Counseling Program, 2000-2002

Adjunct Professor, Counseling Program 1999-2000

Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY

Counselor, Student Services, 1998-2000

Counselor, Dislocated Worker Program 1992-1998

Career Development Services, Rochester, NY

Consulting Career Counselor, 1993-1994

Westfall Associates, Rochester, NY

Primary Therapist (Doctoral Intern), Chemical Dependency Unit, 1992-1993

Education and Training Programs, Inc. Windsor, CT

Employee Assistance Program, Organizational Development Program, 1990-1991

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Subjects Taught

  • Research Methods – Qualitative and Quantitative
  • Multicultural Counseling
  • Profession of Counseling/Ethics
  • Human Development
  • Career Development and Life Planning
  • Psychopathology
  • Pre-practicum/Crisis intervention
  • Practicum, course and supervision
  • Internship
  • Contemporary Issues in Counseling
  • Statistics
  • Special Topics: Creativity and Counseling
  • Child Abuse Reporting, Project SAVE
  • Group Counseling
  • Advanced Group Counseling
  • Supervision of Counseling
  • Self in Society

PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING EXPERIENCE

  • Issues involving obesity, relationships with food, weight and eating
  • Loss and transitions including voluntary and involuntary career and relationship transitions
  • Divorce and separation
  • Grief and loss
  • P.A.I.R.S. Certified Leader (Practical Application of Intimate Relationship Skills)
  • Outplacement
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • College Counseling
  • Career and life planning
  • Chemical dependency clinician, including evaluation, diagnosis and treatment planning
  • Mood disorders
  • General Counseling Issues

Awards

  • Outstanding Counselor Practitioner-Supervisor-Mentor, Nu Chapter, Chi Sigma iota, 2007
  • Outstanding Counselor Educator, NYMHCA, 2006
  • Research Award, Upsilon Rho Chapter, Chi Sigma Iota, 2000
  • Margaret Scandling Scholarship, University of Rochester, 1993
  • Outstanding Adult Student Award, University of Rochester, 1992

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Professional Association Memberships

  • American Counseling Association
  • International Association for Counseling
  • New York Mental Health Counselor’s Association
  • Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
  • NARACES
  • Association for Specialists in Group Work
  • Association for Humanistic Counseling

Professional Service

  • NARACES
  • Treasurer, 2013-2015
  • Association for Adult Development and Aging
  • Treasurer, 2010-2013
  • New York Mental Health Counselors Association
  • Chair, Strategic Planning Committee
  • Secretary, Genesee Valley Chapter, 2005-2010
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of College Counseling, 2001-2004
  • Neutral Ground Support Organization, Rochester, NY
  • Consultant to Board of Directors

Publications

Goodspeed Grant, P. (2007). Food for the soul: Emotional and social comfort eating in the morbidly obese. In Buckroyd, J. & S. Rother (Eds.), Psychological Responses to Obesity. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Goodspeed Grant, P. & Mackie, K. (2007). Social Class/SES. In Culturally Alert Counseling: A comprehensive Introduction, G. McAuliffe, (Ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage

Goodspeed Grant, P. & Boersma, H. (2005). Making sense of being fat: A qualitative analysis of adults’ explanations for obesity Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Journal, 5(3), 1-9.

Goodspeed Grant, P. (2005). International Labour Organization Activities, including reports on Fair Globalization, Economic Security, Migrant Workers, AIDS and the Workplace. International Association for Counselling Newsletter Reports, March, 2005.

Goodspeed Grant, P. (2005). ILO Soundbyte: Youth Employment. International Association for Counselling Newsletter Reports, March, 2005.

Goodspeed Grant, P. & Boersma, H. (2005). The Role of Mental Health Counselors in the Treatment of Obesity: Exploring Possibilities for a Team Approach. NYMHC A Newsletter.

Goodspeed, P., McCollum, V.C., & Bauman, S. (2004). Leader self-disclosure: Shouldn’t I be a role model? In Critical incidents in Group Work. LE. Tyson, R. Perusse & J. Whitledge (Eds.). Alexandria, Va: American Counseling Association.

Goodspeed, P. (2002). Explorations of meaning in work: the contributions of qualitative research. Proceedings: Annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research in Education Conference, Duquesne University, June, 2002. Retrieved at: EQRE/papers2002/Goodspeed.pdf

Goodspeed, P. (2000). The effects of career and worklife concerns on the family. Family Digest, Winter, 13(3).

Submitted for Publication

Atwood, J., Goodspeed, P. Experience of Personal Losses for Individuals Diagnosed with a MentalIllness.

Goodspeed, P. The effects of parental unemployment and underemployment in the classroom: What counselors, teachers , and administrators need to know.

Presentations

Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2014). “Experiences associated with bariatric surgery: Implications for Counselors.” Feature presentation, American Counseling Association Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, (March 28, 2014).

Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2013). Western New York School Counseling Consortium, "From Middle Class to Poor in the Blink of an Eye," Rochester, NY. (February 6, 2013).

Goodspeed-Grant, P., NARACES Conference, "Navigating the Sabbatical Leave," North Atlantic Region Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Niagara Falls, NY. (September 15, 2012).

Dobmeier, R. A. Goodspeed, P., Kassirer, S. AADA Summer Conference, "Economic Stress for Young Adults: Coping Strategies," Adult Association of Development and Aging, Williamsburg, VA. (July 12, 2012).

Goodspeed-Gramt, P. (2012). Exploration of social-emotional experiences after bariatric surgery: Implications for Counsellors. Presented at British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 May, 2012.

Goodspeed-Grant, P., Dobmeier, R., Buckout, D. & Kassirer, S. (2012). Employment and Relationship Stress for Young Adults: Spirituality and Practical Coping Strategies. Presented at American Counseling Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA., 23 March, 2012.

Fallon, K. & Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2012). Learning by doing: Facilitating deep and transformational learning through experiential activities. Association for Counselor Supervision Conference, Nashville, TN, October, 2011.

Waleed, C. Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2011). International Association forCounselling, "Individually Perceived Supports and Barriers to Successful Community Reentry

After Serving a Prison Sentence," IAC, Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Goodspeed-Grant, P., Lindorfer, J. Monk, P. (2011). Texas Counseling Association Midwinter Conference, "Investigation of correlationsbetween archival data variables for bariatric patients," Texas ACES, Austin, Texas, January, 2011.

Goodspeed, P. Qualitative Research Learning Community, (2010). "Getting Started in

Phenomenological Research: Nutsand Bolts," College at Brockport.

Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2010). Learning to Work: Meanings of Work from a Developmental Lifespan Perspective. American Counseling Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, March, 2010.

Goodspeed-Grant, P. & Mackie, K. L. (2009). Aging as Discourse in the Digital Age, American Association for Development and Aging,AADA Summer Conference,Rochester, New York. August, 2009.

Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2009). Experiences of personal losses for those individuals diagnosed with mental illness: Implications and interventions. British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Conference, Portsmouth, UK, May 15, 2009.

Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2009). Participants’ experience of the qualitative research interview: A review and analysis. British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Conference, Portsmouth, UK, May 16, 2009.

Mackie, K. & Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2008). The problem finding experience: Using principles of creativity and heuristic inquiry to mentor new counselors into practitioner research participation. ACES Conference, Columbus, Ohio, October, 2008.

Atwood, J. & Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2008). Experiences of loss due to mental illness: Implications and Interventions. NYMHCA Conference, Albany, New York.

Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2007). Research or counselling? Navigating Boundary issues in qualitative research. British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Conference, York, United Kingdom.

Mackie, K. & Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2007). Coaching counselling practitioners and trainees to participate in research culture: A heuristic inquiry into the problem-finding experience. British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Conference, York, United Kingdom.

Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2006). Food for the soul: Emotional and physical hunger in the morbidly obese. University of Hertfordshire International Eating Conference on Psychological Responses to Eating Disorders and Obesity, Hertfordshire, UK

Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2007). The indecisive client: Career Counseling: Displaced Workers. Nu Chapter Workshop, State University at Brockport, Brockport, NY

Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2007). Food for the soul: Emotional and physical hunger in the morbidly obese. University of Hertfordshire International Eating Conference on Psychological Responses to Eating Disorders and Obesity, Hertfordshire, UK

Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2006). Worker dislocation, job loss, and mental health. New York Mental Health Counselors Association, Greater Rochester chapter.

Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2006). Working with the Obese Client. New York Mental Health Counselors Association, Greater Rochester chapter.

Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2006). Therapeutic Issues in Working with the Obese Client: A Counseling Perspective. NYMHCA Conference, Albany, New York

Goodspeed-Grant, P. & Boersma, H. (2005). Understanding Obesity: Lived Experiences of Participants in a Weight Loss Clinic: A Research in Progress. BACP Research Conference, Nottingham, England.

Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2004). Phenomenological understanding of experiences of job loss: Counselling the unemployed. BACP Research Conference. London, England.

Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2004). Career counseling in a global economy: An ethical conundrum? International Association for Counselling, Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

Goodspeed-Grant, P. & Boersma, H. (2004). The Role of Mental Health Counselors in the Treatment of Obesity: Exploring the Possibility of a Treatment Team Approach. New York Mental Health Counselors Association, Albany, New York.

Douthit, K, Goodspeed-Grant, P. & Mackie, K. (2003). The Pedagogy of Social Action: Systems Intervention for Counseling Professionals. North Atlantic Region Counselor Educators and Supervisors, Canandaigua, New York.

McCulloch, L., Goodspeed, P., Shakoor, M. (2003). A Group Happening: A person-centered encounter group experience. New York Association for Specialists in Group Work Conference, University at Buffalo.

Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2003). Worker dislocation and crises of meaning in an era of tenuous employment relationships: Expanding the role of the career counselor. Paper presented at International Association for Counseling/European Counseling Association Conference: Geneva, Switzerland.

Goodspeed, P. & Mackie, K. (2002). Coaching Transformation: Using an Understanding of Creativity to Effect Counselor Development. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision National Convention, Park City, Utah.

Goodspeed, P. & Mackie, K. (2002). Class Bias in Counseling: Exploring Social Class as Culture. ACES, Park City, Utah.

Goodspeed, P. (2002). Explorations of Meaning in Work: The contributions of qualitative research. EQRE Research Conference, Dusquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Lopez Levers, L, Alford, N.P., Goodspeed, P. Jankoski, J., Kastberg, S.M., Peck, B., T.A. Stinchfield, Willow, R.A. (2002). Dissertations in Counselor Education: Locating the Confluence of Theory and Practice. 14th Annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research in Education Conference, Dusquesne University.

Goodspeed, P. (2001).The Meaning of Work in the Context of Unemployment. American Counseling Association World Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Goodspeed, P. (2000).Careers: to Change or Not to Change. Rochester Women’s Network, Rochester, NY.

Goodspeed, P. (2000). Meaning of Work: Implications for College Counseling. Monroe Community College Counseling Center.

Goodspeed, P. (1996). Class Bias in Counseling: Constructing Sensitive Interventions. American Counseling Association World Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Goodspeed, P., Mackie, K., & Coburn, M. (2000). Social Class: The Missing Multicultural Competency. Professional Development Institute, NARACES Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY.

Goodspeed, P., Mackie, K., & Coburn, M. (1996). Constructing Sensitive Interventions for the Working Class Client. Professional Development Institute, New York Counseling Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY.

Goodspeed, P., Mackie, K., & Coburn, M. (1995). Considering Class: Sensitive Counseling Interventions for the Lower Middle and Working Classes. New York State Counseling Association Conference, Rochester, New York.

J. Glocker and P. Goodspeed Symposium. (2001). Monroe Community College.

Goodspeed, P. (2000). Women and Election 2000.”(2000). Symposium: Alfred State College, Alfred, NY.

Works in Progress

Exploration of social-emotional experiences before and after bariatric surgery: Fulfilledexpectations?

A qualitative research project that explores the experiences of individuals after having bariatric surgery, and exploring the question of whether or the surgery has been able to control emotional eating. Emotional and cultural barriers to normative eating are identified and discussed.

Experiences and Perceptions of Graduate Students of Color in a Counselor Education Program

Status: Conducting data analysis.

This research uses a phenomenological approach to elicit the experiences of students of color in a graduate program and institution where the faculty and student body are predominantly white.