Dr. Melissa Frey

Educational Psychology

Counseling Psychology

Associate Professor

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Degrees | Interests | Courses | Publications

Degrees:

Ph.D., Counseling Psychology: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2000

M.S., Human Development & Family: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1989

BSN, Nursing: Clarkson College, 1986

Licensed Psychologist and Licensed Professional Counselor, State of Oklahoma

Interests :

I joined the OU faculty in August 2001 after operating a private clinical and consulting practice for many years. I am currently the Director of the Counseling Psychology Training Clinic, a position which allows me to stay close to my roots in clinical practice.

My research, teaching, and clinical interests have been shaped by my feminist orientation and my counseling experience with children and adolescents, victims/survivors of violence and abuse, individuals who have perpetrated abuse, and individuals with diverse social identities. Specifically, my teaching interests include feminist and relational counseling theories; counseling of children and adolescents; diversity and social justice issues; and counselor training. Feminist and relational models, especially the Relational-Cultural model, and a social justice perspective inform much of my teaching and supervision.

My primary research interests are in the areas of at-risk youth, particularly delinquent behavior and sexual aggression in girls; diversity issues, including sexual diversity; and sociocultural influences on relational development and gender-role development.

Courses Commonly Taught:

Doctoral Practicum in Counseling Psychology

Counseling Research

Doctoral Teaching Practicum

Counseling Theories

Group Theories and Techniques

Psychopharmacology

Individual Intelligence Testing

Representative Publications :

Frey, L. L., Beesley, D., & Liang, Y. (in press). The Client Evaluation of Counseling Inventory: Initial validation of an instrument measuring outcome in counseling training clinics. Training and Education in Professional Psychology.

Frey, L. L., Beesley, D., Hurst, R., Saldana, S., & Licuanan, B. (2009). Instrumentality, expressivity, and relational qualities in same-sex friendships of college women and men. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Beesley, D., & Frey, L. L. (2008). Conducting groups in schools: Challenges and rewards. In H. Coleman & C. Yeh (Eds.), Handbook of school counseling (pp. 431-447). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Frey, L., Beesley, D., & Miller, M. (2006). Relational health, attachment, and psychological distress in college women and men. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 303-311.

Frey, L. L., & Roysircar, G. (2006). South and East Asian international students' perceived prejudice, acculturation, and frequency of health resource utilization. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 34, 208-222.

Frey, L. (2006). Girls don't do that, do they? Adolescent females who sexually offend. In R. Longo & D. Prescott (Eds.), Current perspectives: Working with aggressive youth and youth with sexual behavior problems. Holyoke, MA: NEARI Press.

Frey, L. L., & McElrath-Dyer, E. (2006). Sexually coercive behavior of male adolescents toward peers and adults: A relational perspective. In R. Longo & D. Prescott (Eds.), Current perspectives: Working with aggressive youth and youth with sexual behavior problems. Holyoke, MA: NEARI Press.

Frey, L., Beesley, D., & Newman, J. (2005). The Relational Health Indices: Reanalysis of a measure of relational quality. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 38, 153-163.

Kassing, L. R., Beesley, D., & Frey, L. L. (2005). Gender role conflict, homophobia, and education: Predictors of male rape myths. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 27, 311-328.

Frey, L., Tobin, J., & Beesley, D. (2004). Relational predictors of psychological distress in women and men presenting for university counseling center services. Journal of College Counseling, 7, 129-139.

Frey, L., & Roysircar, G. (2004). Effects of acculturation and worldview for White American, South American, South Asian, and Southeast Asian students. International Journal for Advancement of Counselling, 26, 229-248.

Frey, L. L. (2003). The use of narratives, metaphor, and relationship in the assessment and treatment of a sexually reactive Native American youth. In G. Roysircar, D. S. Sandhu, & V. Bibbins, Sr. (Eds.), Multicultural competencies: A guidebook of practices. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.

Roysircar-Sodowsky, G., & Frey, L. (2003). Children of immigrants: Their worldviews value conflicts. In P. Pedersen & J. C. Carey (Eds.), Multicultural counseling in schools: A practical handbook (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Richardson (Frey), L. F. (1998). Psychogenic dissociation in childhood: The role of the counseling psychologist. The Counseling Psychologist, 26, 69-100.

Sodowsky, G. R., Kuo-Jackson, P., Richardson (Frey), L. F., & Corey, A. T. (1998). Correlates of self-reported multicultural competencies: Counselor multicultural social desirability, race, social inadequacy, locus of control racial ideology, and multicultural training. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 45, 256-264.