Christine Romano
Biography
Faculty Bio
Dr. Christine Romano is a PhD-level licensed mental health counselor, an EMDR trained therapist, an AASECT certified sex therapist and an AASECT certified sex therapist supervisor. Her clinical passion and research innovation lies in her treatment specializations including trauma, anxiety, sex and intimacy, sexual dysfunctions, sexuality exploration, gender diversity, and relationship counseling.
Research and Creative Works
Research Interest
Interpersonal Relationship Perception (i.e., dyadic analysis, empathy, communication, trait judgement accuracy, relationship dynamics in romantic couples, therapist-client therapeutic alliance)
Sex Therapy (i.e., sexual dysfunctions, cognitive behavioral therapy treatment outcomes for female sexual pain disorders, LGBT+ and involuntary disclosure, sex therapy competency and its impact on mental health counselors-in-training)
Counselor Development (i.e., counselor education and clinical supervision on therapists’ trauma healing and its impact on therapist empathy and the therapeutic alliance, integrating reproductive mental health and human sexuality into counselor education, counselors' self-efficacy and competence in addressing human sexuality and reproductive mental health)
Multicultural Counseling (i.e., cultural competency in counselor education, racial and gender microaggressions, identity development, intergenerational trauma, and acculturation impact on psychological well-being for the first generation and immigrant Arab, Middle Eastern, North African, Hispanic, Latinex, Asian and Pacific Islander populations, Arab, Middle Eastern and North African individuals’ lived experiences in therapy, LGBTQ+ therapists’ lived experiences in clinical supervision, Latine Children in Early Childhood Education).
Courses Taught
Past Courses
MHC 669: Couple Counseling
MHC 672: Psychopthlgy/Prsnlty Dsordrs
MHC 674: Intgrtng Sem: Prof Orientation
MHC 675: Field Experience: Internship I
MHC 677: Research & Program Evaluation
MHC 686: Appraisal and Assessment
MHC 687: Mntl Hlth Cnslng/Consultation
MHC 688: Sex Ed & Counseling: Intimacy
MHC 732: Theor & Meth of Cnslr Sprvsn
MHC 733: Ldrshp & Advcy in Cnslng Prfsn
PSY 307: Psychology of Personality
PSY 307: Psychology Of Personality