معرفی
Dr. Susan Woodhouse serves as Associate Professor and Program Director for the Counseling Psychology Program at Lehigh University, leading the CARE Lab focused on mental health equity through developmental research.
Her academic credentials include:
- Ph.D. from University of Maryland at College Park
- M.S. from California State University, Hayward
- B.A. from New College of the University of South Florida
Research centers on Attachment Theory applications to children's relational development, psychotherapy outcomes, and culturally-responsive preventive interventions for underserved families. She investigates parenting's role in children's emotion regulation using physiological markers (heart rate variability, cortisol), observational methods, and self-reports to advance school readiness and mental health in early childhood contexts. Her work explicitly addresses health inequities through community-family systems approaches.
Secured NIH Supplement Grant funding (with Alvarenga) supports her foundational work in child development. Clinical training integrates attachment theory with object relations, self-psychology, and relational psychodynamics within multicultural-feminist frameworks.
The CARE Lab drives research on atypical development, psychophysiology of stress, and neighborhood-community influences, emphasizing practical interventions for emotional/behavioral disorders and infant-early childhood mental health.
