Elsie Lobo

Elsie Lobo serves as Associate Faculty at City University of Seattle, teaching in the Master in Counselling program at the Edmonton campus since April 2019. She holds a PhD in Systems, Families and Couples with specialization in Couple and Family Therapy, and is a Registered Psychologist in Alberta and Registered Marriage and Family Therapist/Supervisor with the Canadian Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. She chairs the Early-Career Member Committee at the American Family Therapy Academy.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD in Systems, Families and Couples (specialization: Couple and Family Therapy)
• MSc (field unspecified)

Dr. Lobo's research centers on systemic therapy integration, examining how colonization, poverty, gender discourses, and intergenerational trauma impact mental health resilience and healing pathways. Her work emphasizes resilience in homeless families, research-informed public policy development, clinical approaches to counter societal inequities, therapist training enhancement, and community-based mixed-methods research. She prioritizes social justice integration across all clinical domains.

Publication analysis (2016-2020) reveals consistent focus on family/couple therapy through systemic and social justice lenses. Key trends include gender discourse transformation in couples, spirituality integration in training, compassionate communication in medical settings, and relational safety for trauma survivors. Methodologically, her work predominantly employs qualitative and mixed-methods approaches to address vulnerable populations.

No scientific awards were documented in the source material.

While actively teaching graduate students, no specific doctoral or master's advisees were listed. The text contains no references to research grants or funded projects.