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Couple and Family Therapy Program News

The Couple and Family Therapy program resides in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. Our program embraces diversity, ethical behavior, professionalism, personal identity, and self-awareness as part of our commitment to help students become skilled professionals.

Current Couple and Family Therapy Program News

Undergrad researcher Benjamin Sabir helps H. Jeremy Cho examine an atmospheric water harvesting device. (Jeff Scheid/UNLV)
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UNLV couple and family therapist Brandon Eddy talks about the evolving involvement of dads in society and how to create healthy relationships with kids.

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Couple and Family Therapy Program In The News

Everyday Health

No matter where you are in your treatment journey, you may feel as if metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC) is taking a toll on your mental health. Research shows that anxiety and depression are common among people who are living with metastatic cancer, which can not only hamper the effects of treatment and halt their recovery, but also interfere with people’s ability to plan out their future care.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Brandon Eddy spends his 20-minute drive home from work getting into dad mode. At home, his three children just want to hang out with their dad. And their dad just wants to hang out with them. Sunday marks Father’s Day, a celebratory tradition that’s over 100 years old, and is usually spent grilling hamburgers or playing outside, basking in the sun. Father’s Day is meant to honor dads for their role in a family, and new research shows that role is evolving.

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With Father's Day behind us, an expert pointed out today's dads are more involved in their children's lives, leading to enhanced parent-child relationships as well as better overall mental wellness for entire families. Brandon Eddy, assistant professor of couple and family therapy at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, said dads want to be more than just breadwinners or a disciplinarian. They want to be involved in all aspects of child-rearing, which provides both parent and child a more enriching experience.

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Father’s Day falls in June which also happens to be Men’s Health Month. It’s the perfect time to celebrate all the amazing dads out there and encourage them to prioritize their health so they live long, vibrant lives for us all to enjoy together.

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How's your health, dad? How involved are you in your family's life? Studies show today's fathers are more involved than they've ever been, according to surveys from the Pew Research Center and family therapy journals. And according to UNLV staff, the research also shows that children with affectionate dads who spend quality time with them are more likely to be engaged in school and go to college, be more social, and exhibit more self-confidence. They’re also less likely to have issues with substance abuse or encounter legal troubles.

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From tossing baseballs to firing up the barbecue grill, many Americans associate the month of June with Father’s Day and celebrating the start of summer with their dads. June is also Men’s Health Month, and Brandon Eddy — a professor and researcher with UNLV’s Couple and Family Therapy Program — says all that quality time doesn’t just strengthen relationships, it’s also great for mental wellness.

Couple and Family Therapy Program Experts

An expert on romantic relationships; parenting; and drug, alcohol, and gambling counseling.
An expert in solution-focused brief therapy, substance abuse, communication in psychotherapy, and microanalysis.
An expert on the transition to parenthood, postpartum depression, infertility, and miscarriage.

Recent Couple and Family Therapy Program Accomplishments

Vaida Kazlauskaite (Couple and Family Therapy Program) and co-authors from the University of Minnesota: Lisa Kaler, Yiting Li, Tai Mendenhall, Sue Wick, and Soyoul Song published their articled entitled "I Just Feel Overwhelmed" Overall Stress, Course-Related Stress, and Stress Management Among First-Generation and International Students at a…
Assistant professor Vaida Kazlauskaite (Couple and Family Therapy Program) and professor Tai Mendenhall (University of Minnesota, Department of Family Social Science) published "Providers working with parents who are diagnosed with cancer: education and role perceptions regarding communication efforts between parents and children" in Current…
Katherine Hertlein (Medicine) and Edwin Oh (Medicine and Sciences) are recipients of the 2022 Distinguished Barrick Scholar Award, given to senior faculty to honor excellence in research. Hertlein, a professor in the couple and family therapy program in the department of psychiatry and behavioral health, and Oh, associate professor of internal…
Katherine Hertlein (Couples and Family Therapy) has been named a Fulbright Scholar. The program director for the School of Medicine’s couple and family therapy program, Hertlein does research examining the effect of technology on human relationships. Her proposed research as a Fulbright Scholar includes collecting survey data on how people…
Michael Curtis, Brittney Farrow, and Melissa Yzaguirre (all Marriage and Family Therapy) all have been admitted to the 2017-18 Minority Fellowship Program of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. The program is dedicated to expanding the delivery of culturally competent mental health and substance abuse services to…
Katherine Hertlein and Gerald Weeks (both Marriage and Family Therapy) have won the Integrative Approaches to Sex Therapy Award from the American Association for Sexuality Counselors, Educators, and Therapists (AASECT). This award is for creative applications of an integrative and interactive approach to sexual issues in clinical work with…