Jessica Stahl, PhD

Role(s)

Associate Professor
Program Director, Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program (General Track)

Degrees

PhD in Counseling Psychology – University of Maryland, College Park
MA in Counseling Psychology – University of Maryland, College Park
BA in Psychology – Middlebury College

Teaching

CN501 – Clinical Skills & Practicum I
CN502 – Practicum II
CC524 – Diversity, Difference & Inclusion
CD501 – Career Counseling
RS610 – Research & Program Evaluation

Research and Practice Interests

Practice interests - college student mental health, career counseling, LGBT concerns, and women.
Research interests - counselor training/development and psychotherapy process/outcome, and qualitative research

Professional Licenses and Certifications

Licensed Psychologist and Health Services Provider (MA)

Awards

“Excellence in Teaching” Award given to the WJC Counseling Psychology Department (2012)
University of Maryland, College Park Psychology Department Bartlett Award for Excellence in Dissertation Research Design (2009)
University of Maryland, College Park Counseling Psychology Program Fretz Scientist-Practitioner Award (2007)
Phi Beta Kappa

Publications and Presentations

Stahl, J.V., Isenberg, D., Garcia, J., Letendre, P., & Noblet, N. (in preparation). The impact on counseling trainees of weekly journaling about learning from clients.

Stahl, J.V., Taylor, N.E., & Hill, C.E. (2012). Historical and philosophical background of qualitative methods. In Hill, C.E. (Ed.), Consensual Qualitative Research: A Handbook. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Stahl, J.V., Hill, C.E, Jacobs, T., Kleinman, S., Isenberg, D., & Stern, A. (2009). When the shoe is on the other foot: A qualitative investigation of intern-level trainees’ perceived learning from clients. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 46(3), 376-389.

Goates-Jones, M.K., Hill, C.E., Stahl, J. & Doschek, E. (2009). Therapist response modes in the exploration stage: Timing and effectiveness. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 22(2), 221-231.

Stahl, J.V. & Hill, C.E. (2008). A comparison of three methods for assessing natural helping ability. Journal of Community Psychology, 36(3), 289-298.

Hill, C.E., Sim, W., Spangler, P., Stahl, J., Sullivan, C., & Teyber, E. (2008). Immediacy in brief psychotherapy: Case Study II. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training,45(3), 298-315.

Hill, C.E., Roffman, M., Stahl, J., Friedman, S., Hummel, A., & Wallace, C. (2008). Helping skills training for undergraduates: Outcomes and predictors of outcomes. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 55(3) 359-370.

Hill, C.E., Stahl, J. & Roffman, M. (2007). Training novice therapists: Helping skills and beyond. Invited paper in Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 44(4) 364-370.

Kivlighan, D.M., Markin, R.D., Stahl, J.V. & Salahuddin, N.M. (2007). Changes in the ways that group trainees structure their knowledge of group members with training. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 11(3) 176-186.

Hill, C. E., Crook-Lyon, R. E., Hess, S., Goates-Jones, M. K., Roffman, M., Stahl, J., Sim, W., & Johnson, M. (2006). Prediction of session process and outcome in the Hill dream model: Contributions of client dream-related characteristics and the process of the three stages. Dreaming, 16(3), 159-185.

Owens, J.A., Stahl, J., Patton, A., Reddy, U., & Crouch, M. (2006). Sleep practices, attitudes, and beliefs in inner city middle school children: A mixed-methods study. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 4(2), 114-134.

Arnedt, J.T., Owens, J., Crouch, M., Stahl, J., & Carskadon, M.A. (2005). Medical resident performance impairment and self-assessment: Post-call vs. alcohol. Journal of the American Medical Association, 294(9), 1025-1033.

Current Professional Leadership and/or Concurrent Work Experience

Consulting Editor, Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training
Ad-hoc Reviewer, Counselling Psychology Quarterly
Ad-hoc Reviewer, Journal of Counseling Psycholog

Prior Professional Leadership and/or Work Experience

Clinician, Kerzner Associates, PC (Psychotherapy Private Practice)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Salem State University Counseling Services

Professional Affiliations

American Counseling Association
Massachusetts-Rhode Island Association for Counselor Education & Supervision
American Psychological Association
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (APA Division 29)
Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues (APA Division 44)
Society for the Psychology of Women (APA Division 35)
Society of Counseling Psychology (APA Division 17)
Society for Psychotherapy Research
Massachusetts Psychological Association