Dr. AMy Brausch (she/her)

Lab Director

DR. AMY BRAUSCH IS A PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AT WKU AND IS A LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST IN KENTUCKY.  SHE EARNED HER PHD IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AND HAS WORKED WITH ISSUES OF SUICIDE AND SELF-INJURY IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS IN BOTH HER CLINICAL WORK AND RESEARCH PROGRAM. DR. BRAUSCH’S CLINICAL EXPERIENCES HAVE INCLUDED COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITY COUNSELING CENTERS, RESIDENTIAL EATING DISORDERS TREATMENT, AND PRIVATE PRACTICE.  SHE HAS PUBLISHED NUMEROUS ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS RELATED TO SUICIDE AND SELF-INJURY RISK FACTORS IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS, AS WELL AS THE OVERLAP BETWEEN SELF- HARM AND ISSUES OF BODY IMAGE AND DISORDERED EATING.  SHE HAS PROVIDED TRAININGS FOR HIGH SCHOOL PERSONNEL ON SELF-INJURY AND SUICIDE RISK IDENTIFICATION AND PREVENTION, AS WELL AS TO STAFF MEMBERS AT UNIVERSITY COUNSELING CENTERS.  SHE IS ALSO A SENIOR CONSULTANT WITH CAMS-CARE AND PROVIDES TRAINING TO CLINICIANS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IN THE COLLABORATIVE ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF SUICIDALITY (CAMS) TREATMENT FRAMEWORK.  DR. BRAUSCH IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED WITH RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE UTILIZING CAMS WITH ADOLESCENTS, TRACKING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-INJURY AND SUICIDE BEHAVIORS IN ADOLESCENTS, AND STUDYING THE PROGRESSION OF SELF-INJURY TO SUICIDE BEHAVIORS IN YOUNG ADULTS. 

THE lab

taylor kalgren (She/her)
project coordinator

Taylor graduated from Old Dominion University with her Masters in Psychology. She currently works as our project coordinator for a large, federally funded adolescent suicide risk research grant which examines factors that associate with persistent suicide ideation in a longitudinal study of rural high school students. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.

​ Nathan Meredith (he/him)
Graduate Student

Nathan graduated with degrees in Biology and Psychological Sciences from Western Kentucky University. He is currently a first-year Master's student in the lab. His research interests include exploring the conditions under which individuals engage in health risk behaviors, with a particular interest in the overlap between cannabis use and suicidality. He hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical or Counseling Psychology.

Amber Bow(she/her)
Graduate Student

Amber graduated with Bachelor of Science degrees in Psychology and Neuroscience from the University of Kentucky. She is currently a first-year Master's student in the lab. Her research interests include serious mental illness and traumatic brain injuries and their role in suicidality and self-harm behaviors. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology or Neuropsychology.

Madeline Wildman (she/her)
Graduate Student 

Madeline graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She is currently a second-year Master's student in the lab. Madeline's research interests include severe mental illness (SMI), specifically those with BPD, DID, and schizophrenia and individualized symptom presentation clinical populations. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. ​

Adam vincent
​UNDERGRADUATE RA

Mary Grace
​undergraduate Ra

 

bristol cobb
undergraduate ra

 

​lily  meade
​UNDERGRADUATE RA

​Anna Patterson
​UNDERGraduate ra​

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