Ph.D. St. Mary's University 1993 Counseling

M.Ed. Sul Ross State University 1979 Education

B.S. Abilene Christian University 1975 Psychology

 

Teaching Responsibilities

Helping Relationships

Counseling Interventions

Counseling Theories and Techniques

Practicum

Supervision in Counseling

DSM: Counseling Abnormal Populations

Advanced Group Leadership

Career Development

Small Group Dynamics

Educational Evaluation

Theories of Human Development

 

Research Interests

Risk and resiliency processes and methods to increase resiliency among  different populations

How school counselors and others use resiliency processes

Evaluation of counseling programs and how they align with  the Texas model for school guidance

Use of photography in therapeutic applications

 

Refereed Publications

Taylor, E. R., & Thomas, C. (2002). The application of resiliency  factors by school counselors in Texas. TCA Journal, 30, 56-67.

 

Taylor, E. R. (2002). Evaluation of counseling  services in a rural school district: Assessing current program status.  In P. Henderson, & N. Gysbers, Implementing comprehensive  school guidance programs: Critical leadership issues and successful  responses. Greensboro, NC: CAPS Publication.

 

Taylor, E.R., Wooten, R., Babcock, R., & Hill,  F. (2002). A metaphorical story to raise relational esteem  in Mexican  American families of low socioeconomic status, The Family Journal,  10, 27-33.

 

Taylor, E. R., Kelly, J., Valescu, S., Reynolds,  G. S., Sherman, J., & German, V. (2001). Is stealing  a gateway crime? Community Mental Health Journal, 37, 347-358.

 

Elleven, R., Van Veldhuizen, J., & Taylor,  E.R. (2001). Cults on Campus: Perceptions of Chief Counseling Officers.  Journal of Cult Studies, 18, 1-9.

 

Taylor, E.R. & Thomas, C. (2001). Understanding  resiliency in children and its implications for Schools.  Journal of Thought,  36, 7-16.

 

Kellogg, N., Burge, S., & Taylor, E. R.  (2000). Wanted and unwanted sexual experiences and family  dysfunction during  adolescence. Journal of Family Violence, 15, 55-68.

 

Kellogg, N., Hoffman, T., & Taylor, E.R.  (1999). Wanted and unwanted sexual experiences among pregnant adolescent females,  Adolescence, 34, 293-303.

 

Hoffman, T., & Amodei, N., & Taylor, E.R., Madrigal,  A., Biever, J., & Cardenas, F. (1999). Violence prevention in early childhood: Effectiveness of a violence prevention  curriculum for headstart teachers. Free Inquiry in Creative  Sociology, 27, 67-75.

 

Taylor, E.R., Amodei, N., & Mangos, R.  C. (1996). The presence of psychiatric disorders in HIV-infected  women. Journal  of Counseling and Development, 74, 345-351.

 

German, V.F., Nolan, R.J., Johnson, C.P., Marine,  W.E., Taylor, E.R., & Mangos, J.A. (1994). Children with special health care needs in Texas. Texas Medicine, 56-62.

 Non-refereed Presentations

 Taylor, E. R. (2002) Creating resiliency in the new millennium. Proceedings  of the First International Association for Personal Meaning Conference,  Vancouver, Canada. Retrieved October 12, 2002, from http://www.meaning.ca/conference/2000proceedings.htm

 

Taylor, E. R. (March/April, 2002). What does it mean to be  resilient? Christian Woman Magazine, 26-17, 39.

 

Special Awards

Distinguished Teaching Award, School of Education, 2002

Texas Counseling Association Distinguished Service Award, 1999

Healy Murphy Center for Outstanding Service PPWI Project, 1997

Region 20 Education Service Center CRCG Recognition, 1996-97

 

Professional Service

Executive Editor, TCA Journal, Texas Counseling Association, 2001-2003