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Lennis Echterling is a clinical psychologist, research scientist, professor of counseling and psychology at James Madison University. He has developed models for crisis intervention, resilience building, and counseling supervision.
Echterling studied at Rockhurst College, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1970. [1] Echterling studied clinical psychology at Purdue University, graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy in 1976. [1]
Echterling is a practicing Roman Catholic. For over four decades, Echterling has been a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Harrisonburg. [1]
Echterling developed Pathways to Resilience, a resilience building program sponsored by the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement of the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs of the State Department. [2]
In 1986, Echterling founded the Critical Incident Stress Management Team in the Shenadoah Valley. Through this work, he provided crisis intervention services to hundreds of first responders following traumatic events. [1]
In 1990, Echterling began serving as a professor at James Madison University. [1] [3] Echterling teaches graduate level courses in brief counseling, crisis intervention, group counseling, and emergency supervisors. Echterling also serves as the director of the Ph.D. in Counseling and Supervision program, and supervises counseling psychology interns. [4]
In 2008, Echterling was awarded the All Together One Award by James Madison University. [3] In 2010, Echterling was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Award by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. [5] In 2020, Echterling was awarded the Magis Medal [1] by Alpha Sigma Nu, the honor society of Jesuit colleges and universities.
Echterling's research interests include crisis intervention, [6] [7] disaster response alcoholism, [8] [9] constructing meaning, [10] building resilience, play therapy, [11] hypnosis, [12] [13] chaplaincy, [14] [15] and counseling supervision. [16] [17] [18]
In Crisis Intervention: Building Resilience in Troubled Times, [19] Echterling posits that there are six facets of the crisis experience, summarized by the acronym BASICS:
In Crisis Intervention: Building Resilience in Troubled Times, [19] Echterling posits the LUV triangle as a crisis intervention strategy, LUV being an acronym:
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