Nestingen honored by U.S. Navy for providing outstanding Psy.D. student applicants
Signe Nestingen, Psy.D., a professor and director of clinical training for Saint Mary’s Psy.D. in Counseling Psychology program, is receiving two honors from the U.S. Navy. This spring, she will receive the U.S. Navy’s Impact Influencer Award. Candidates for this...
Elected to national leadership position, graduate student is a strong advocate for social justice
Story by Tom Brandes Quincy Guinadi, an international student and fourth-year counseling psychology doctoral (Psy.D.) student at Saint Mary’s Minneapolis campus, formed her worldview during her first year in the program. She was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, moved to...Psy.D. student and faculty earn awards from Minnesota Psychological Association
Several faculty members and one doctoral student received awards from the Minnesota Psychological Association in October.
Keeping the peace: Doctoral counseling psychology student to build training modules for trauma management on international scale
Karen Spencer M’19 has always been interested in international affairs, having done several study abroad trips during her undergraduate studies. A trip to a Liberian refugee camp in Ghana in 2004, though, helped galvanize her professional passions and her future studies.
Giving a voice to transgender clients
One of the first things Jesse Moonen M’16, D’19 (she/her) shares with someone she’s first meeting is her preferred pronouns. To her, it’s important to give people a voice, especially the marginalized. In her work as a post-doctoral fellow, the marginalized are often transgender clients, which is why she decided to focus her dissertation on the subject.