Christopher McCarthy is a leading authority on stress and coping. His research focuses on three distinct lines of inquiry in stress and coping: wellness and health psychology, the identification of psychological resources that can help prevent stress, and extending basic research on stress and coping to educational settings, particularly in understanding the stress that educators and counselors experience. In recent years McCarthy has served as the Training Director of the Counseling Psychology program, Graduate Adviser, Chair of the Graduate Studies Committee, and Director of the Counselor Education program.
Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, Georgia State University, 1995
M.A. in Counseling, Boston College, 1990
B.A. in Psychology, University of Virginia, 1988
Studies stress and coping as it relates to professionals in educational settings, health and wellness, and the identification of psychological resources that can help prevent stress.
McCarthy, C., Lambert, R. & Reiser, J. (2014). Vocational concerns of elementary teachers: Stress, job satisfaction, and occupational commitment. Journal of Employment Counseling, 5(2), 59–74.
McCarthy, C., Lambert, R. & Ullrich, A. (2012). International Perspectives on Teacher Stress. Greenwich, Conneticut: Information Age Publishing.
McCarthy, C., Lambert, R. & Crowe, R. (2010). Coping, Stress, and Job Satisfaction as Predictors of Advanced Placement Statistics Teachers Intention to Leave the Field. NASSP Bulletin, 94, 306–326.
McCarthy, C., Kerne, V., Calfa, N., Lambert, R. & Guzmán, M. (2010). An exploration of school counselors demands and resources: Relationship to stress, biographic, and caseload characteristics. Professional School Counselor, 13, 146–158.
Westheimer, J., Capello, J., McCarthy, C. & Denny, N. (2009). Employing a group medical intervention for hypertensive male veterans: An exploratory analysis. The Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 34(2), 151–174.
President's Award, Association for Specialists in Group Work (2007 - 2009)
Dean's Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin, College of Education (2007)
Lawrence and Stel Marie Lowman Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin, College of Education (2006)
Madison Blaydes (Supervisor)
Kristen C Mosley (Supervisor)
Kristen C. Mosley, M.Ed. is a doctoral student and assistant instructor in the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a former elementary school teacher and administrator, and her research interests include teacher stress and coping, early career teacher stress, and teacher working conditions.
| Year | Semester | Course |
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| 2020 | Fall | EDP 384C: 6-Career Development-Wb |
| 2020 | Fall | EDP 384C: 6-Career Development |
| 2020 | Spring | EDP 194: 4-Doctoral Research Colloquium |
| 2020 | Spring | EDP 384C: 8-Helping & Counseling Skills |
| 2019 | Fall | EDP 194: 4-Doctoral Research Colloquium |
| 2019 | Fall | EDP 384C: 6-Career Development |
| 2019 | Spring | EDP 194: 4-Doctoral Research Colloquium |
| 2019 | Spring | EDP 384C: 8-Helping & Counseling Skills |
| 2018 | Fall | EDP 194: 4-Doctoral Research Colloquium |
| 2018 | Fall | EDP 384C: 6-Career Development |
| 2018 | Spring | EDP 384C: 8-Helping & Counseling Skills |
| 2017 | Fall | EDP 318T: 5-Intro To Career Planning |
| 2017 | Summer | EDP f384C: 6-Career Development |
| 2017 | Spring | EDP 384D: Group Counseling/Interventions |
| 2016 | Fall | EDP 384C: 8-Helping & Counseling Skills |
| 2016 | Spring | EDP 384D: Group Counseling/Interventions |
| 2015 | Fall | EDP 384C: 8-Helping & Counseling Skills |
| 2015 | Spring | EDP 381: 7-Group Counseling |
| 2014 | Fall | EDP 196: 1-Departmental Colloquium |
| 2014 | Fall | EDP 381: 8-Counseling Skills/Procedures |
| 2014 | Summer | EDP f381: 8-Counseling Skills/Procedures |
| 2014 | Spring | EDP 381: 7-Group Counseling |
