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Kathryn L. Norsworthy

Kathryn L. Norsworthy is an international humanitarian psychologist and a professor of Graduate Studies in Counseling at Rollins College, whose work focuses on aiding women in the pursuant of human rights and leadership goals.[1][2] In 2017, she was awarded the American Psychological Association (APA)’s International Humanitarian Award in recognition of her humanitarian projects and research in South and Southeast Asia.[3]

Research interests edit

Norsworthy's work has focused on equality, cross-cultural counseling,[4] social justice [3] and feminist-liberation projects for the LGBTQ community[5] as well as for women in Nepal, Thailand, Burma[6] South and Southeast Asia, among others.[2]

Awards edit

She was awarded the APA'S Outstanding International Psychologist Award in 2007,[7] and the Society of Counseling Psychology (SCP)'s Many Faces of Psychology Award in 2008,[8] as well as its Social Justice Award in 2009.[3] In 2009, she also won the Florence L. Denmark and Mary E. Reuder Award for Outstanding International Contributions to the Psychology of Women and Gender.[9] In 2013, she was awarded the American Counseling Association (ACA)'s Kitty Cole Human Rights Award.[10]

Publications edit

Norsworthy has published multiple works on trauma and recovery. International Handbook of Cross-Cultural Counseling: Cultural Assumptions and Practices Worldwide (ISBN 9781412959568), which she co-edited with Lawrence H. Gerstein and three other scholars, received the 2010 Ursula Gielen Global Psychology Book Award.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "PsycNET". Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  2. ^ a b "Kathryn Norsworthy, PhD. wins the APA 2017 International Humanitarian Award - Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17". Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  3. ^ a b c "Past Recipients - Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17". Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  4. ^ a b "International Handbook of Cross-Cultural Counseling". SAGE Publications Inc. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  5. ^ Norsworthy, Kathryn (1994). "Issues in group work with HIV-infected gay and bisexual men". The Journal for Specialists in Group Work. 19 (2): 112–119. doi:10.1080/01933929408413770.
  6. ^ authorship indicated, No (2017-12-01). "International Humanitarian Award: Kathryn L. Norsworthy". American Psychologist. 72 (9): 1032–1034. doi:10.1037/amp0000223. PMID 29283667.
  7. ^ "Outstanding International Psychologist Awards". Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  8. ^ Gerstein, Lawrence H.; Leung, Seung-Ming Alvin; Heppner, P. Paul; Ægisdóttir, Stefanía; Norsworthy, Kathryn L. (2009-07-29). International Handbook of Cross-Cultural Counseling: Cultural Assumptions and Practices Worldwide. SAGE. ISBN 9781412959551.
  9. ^ "The Florence L. Denmark and Mary E. Reuder Award". Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  10. ^ "National Awards". Retrieved 2018-06-03.
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