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CATHERINE NYE, Ph.D.

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Education

B.A., Middlebury College (Anthropology, Psychology)
M.S.W., Virginia Commonwealth University
Ph.D., University of Chicago, Committee on Human Development, Department of Psychology

Professional Interest Areas

Clinical practice with individuals

Supervision and field based learning

Gender development across the life course

Developmental theory and culture; using psychodynamic models cross-culturally

Anthropology and clinical practice:  problems of representation, cultural relativism and universalism

Discourse analysis of narrative in clinical treatment

Areas of Current Research

2004: Bi-communal Support Program.   U.S. Embassy, Nicosia Cyprus.  Project Title: Developing counseling competency: supervised clinical training in professional psychology.

2001-02: Fulbright Scholar, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.  Project Title:  Cultural competence and clinical practice:  adapting developmental models for work across cultures

1995-2000: Visiting Scholar, Murray Research Center.  Radcliffe College (Radcliffe Research Support Program Grant).  Project title:  Gender ideology and women's life patterns:  A cross-cohort comparison.

Selected Recent Publications

Nye, C. (2007). The delivery of social services in Northern Thailand. International Social Work, Issue 5 (1/2).

Nye, C. (2007). Dependence and independence in clinical supervision: An application of Vygotsky's developmental learning theory. The Clinical Supervisor, Vol 26(1/2).

Nye, C. (2006). Understanding and misunderstanding in cross-cultural practice: Further conversations with Suwanrang. Clinical Social Work Journal, Vol.34(3), Fall.

Nye, C. (2005). Conversations with Suwanrang: the treatment relationship in cultural context. Clinical Social Work Journal, 33(1).

Nye, C. (2004). Similarity and difference in cross-cultural practice: An anthropological perspective. In Lightburn, A. and Sessions, P. (Eds.), Community Based Clinical Practice. New York: Oxford University Press.

Nye, C. (2002). Using developmental processes in supervision: A psychodynamic approach. The Clinical Supervisor, 21(2).

Nye, Catherine (1998).  Using stories in dynamically oriented clinical social work: a discourse analysis approach.  Journal of Analytic Social Work, 6(1).

Nye, Catherine (1998).  Power and authority in clinical practice:  A discourse analysis approach to narrative process.  Clinical Social Work Journal, 46(4).

 

Presentations

"Culture, Change and Social Problems." Panel presentation: Northern Practitioner's Network, Chiang Mai, Thailand, February 2009.

"Using knowledge management to codify social work practice wisdom." Joint Chiang Mai University and Smith College School for Social Work Conference on Social Work and Knowledge Management. Chiang Mai, Thailand, February 2008.

"Training supervisors in two cultures: toward a model for codifying relevant practice wisdom and local knowledge." Third International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision. Buffalo, NY, June 2007.

Conceptualizing learning in clinical supervision: a Vygotskian approach. First Annual International Conference on Supervision, University of Buffalo, June 2005.

"Cultural Competence" and the treatment relationship: a Northern Thai example, California Society for Clinical Social Work, Stanford University, February 2004.

Conversations with the Suwanrang: the treatment relationship in cultural context, Summer Lecture Series, Smith College School for Social Work, June 2003.

Gender Ideology and Women's Life Patterns:  A Cross-Cohort Comparison.  Paper presented at the Murray Research Center, Radcliffe College, April 1999.

Issues of Autonomy and Dependence in Practice Learning:  Tales from the Field.  Paper presented at the Professional Development Series of the New England Consortium of Graduate Work Field Education Directors, May 1998.

Narrative Retelling at the Movies. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Clinical Social Work, Washington, DC, May 1994.

 
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