Episode 3: Dr. Lindsay Allen

In this episode, host Dana Brookover, PhD interviews Lindsay Allen, PhD about her groundbreaking dissertation study titled, " Family Relationship Hope in Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder". Dr. Allen discusses the quantitative study's implications for counseling, counselor education, and our personal lives.  She also shares her advice for making it through a PhD program and taking on the massive project that is a dissertation.

Guest bio:
Dr. Lindsay Allen is an assistant professor of counseling at Palm Beach Atlantic University in Orlando, Florida. She has a doctorate in counselor education and supervision and is currently a registered intern of both mental health and marriage and family counseling in the state of Florida. She has spent her career specializing both her clinical practice and research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, both with those with the diagnosis and their loved ones. As a counselor educator, it is her goal to help her students feel confident and competent to work with clients with disabilities.

Link to dissertation study: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7383&context=etd

Link to article based on dissertation study: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F10664807221104108

Chapters

• 2:38 Interview with Dr. Allen begins
• 43:29 PhD program Q&A portion