Aleksandria Grabow

Aleksandria Grabow is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at California State University, San Marcos (CSUSM), affiliated with the College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral, and Social Sciences (CHABSS). She joined CSUSM in Fall 2019 and leads the Trauma and Healing Lab, established in Spring 2020. Her research focuses on examining individual and environmental factors influencing long-term outcomes of trauma, including developmental trauma, collective trauma, and media violence exposure, through a non-pathologizing lens.

Dr. Grabow holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Oregon (2019), an M.S. in Counseling and Family Services (2016), and a B.A. in Psychology and Spanish from California State University, Long Beach (2011). She completed her predoctoral clinical internship at UC Riverside’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS).

Her current research includes the Media and Mental Health Study (examining media exposure impacts on mental health during events like the Black Lives Matter Movement) and the Trauma and Healing Study (longitudinal examination of betrayal trauma outcomes in children). The lab actively recruits undergraduate research assistants.

She oversees a dynamic lab team comprising graduate and undergraduate students, many of whom specialize in trauma-related research and clinical applications. Her work emphasizes resilience, evidence-based interventions, and systemic influences on healing processes.