Silvia Echevarria-Doan
Associate Professor
Counselor Education
College of Education
University of Florida
1203 Norman Hall
PO Box 117046
Gainesville FL 32611
352-273-4323
Fax: 352-846-2697
silvia@coe.ufl.edu
Research Biography
My research and writing interests include family resilience and strengths in family therapy, multicultural issues in family therapy, relationship violence, and qualitative research methodology, particularly grounded theory and narrative analysis. I have recently begun researching the clinical use of family narratives in therapy, and the impact of family narratives on the identity development of internationally adopted children.
Degrees
Ph.D. - Purdue University, 1994, Child Development and Family Studies
M.S.W. - Barry University, School of Social Work, 1980, Clinical Social Work
B.A. - Florida International University, 1977, Psychology, Magna Cum Laude
Key Professional Appointments
Current
Associate Professor, College of Education, Department of Counselor Education, 2000-present
Marriage and Family Therapy Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1993 - present
Teaching and Supervisory Experience (University of Florida)
MHS 6430 Introduction to Family Counseling
MHS 7431 Advanced Family Counseling
MHS 6000 Assessment and Treatment of Violence in Families
MHS 6440 Marriage Counseling
SDS 7830 Internship in Counseling and Development
MHS 7979 Advanced Research
MHS 7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
MHS 6905 Individual Work
MHS 6910 Supervised Research
MHS 6940 Supervised Teaching
MHS 7840 Internship in Counselor Education
Activities and Honors
University of Florida, College of Education, 2005-2006 Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award (NOMINATION)
Chair, Scholarship of Engagement Committee, 2006
Andres Nazario, Jr. Cultural Diversity Award, The Florida Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 2001
Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award for teaching excellence and productivity, University of Florida, College of Education, 1998
Grants
Co-Principal Investigator. Parenting Capacities Associated with Youth and Adolescent Health Behaviors: A Community Needs Assessment, 2006-2007, University of Florida Research Foundation Allocation, $3,000
Assessment of Family Resources in Current Family Therapy Practice, 2001-2002, College of Education Research Incentive Fund (CRIF) Grant, $3,500
Selected Publications
Echevarria-Doan, S. (In progress). Grounded Theory Designs. In Sheperis, C.J., Young, J.S., Daniels, M.H. (Eds.). Counseling Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Single Subject Design. Columbus, OH: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall.
Echevarria-Doan, S.(In progress). Understanding Family Stress and Change. In Amatea, E. (Ed.). Building Culturally Responsive Family-School Partnerships: From Theory to Practice. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Echevarria-Doan, S. & Tubbs, C. (2005). Let's Get Grounded: Family Therapy Research and Grounded Theory. In Sprenkle, D. & Piercy, F., Research Methods in Family Therapy (2nd Ed.) (41-62). New York: Guilford.
Echevarria-Doan, S., Marquez, M., & Estrada, D. (2005). The Family's Social World. In Cierpka, M., Thomas, V., & Sprenkle, D. . Family Assessment: Integrating Multiple Perspectives. Seattle, WA: Hogrefe Publishers, 89-106.
Echevarria-Doan, S. (2001). Resource-Based Reflective Consultation: Accessing client resources through interviews and dialogue. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 27, 201-212.
Selected Links
www.aamft.org/index_nm.asp
www.afta.org/
