Professor
Department of Educational Counselling and Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS)
Dr. Buchanan’s research area is in the field of traumatic stress studies. Dr. Buchanan uses narrative research methods to investigate military trauma, trauma among
journalists and prisoner mental health and wellness. Recently in an international research project with Dr. Marvin Westwood (UBC), she conducted interpersonal process recall interviews with Australian veterans to evaluate the efficacy of a group-based treatment intervention for posttraumatic stress.
Contributions:
Buchanan, M. J., Bennett, A., Chou, F. (in press, 2015). Working in the field of traumatic stress: A review of evidence-based interventions. In N. Gazzola, M. J. Buchanan, O Sutherland, & S. Nuttgens (Eds.). Canadian Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy. (pp. xx). Ottawa, ON:CCPA.
Domene, J., Buchanan, M. J., & Hiebert, B. (2014). The present and future of Counselling and Counselling Psychology Research in Canada: A Call for Action. In A. Sinacore & F. Ginsberg (Eds.). Canadian Counselling Psychology in the 21st Centure, (pp. 15-26). McGill/Queens University Press.
Balfour, M., Westwood,M., & Buchanan, M. J. (2014). Protecting into emotion: Therapeutic enactments with military veterans transitioning back into civilian life. The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, DOI: 10.1080/13569783.2014.911806
Buchanan, M. J., Cortes, L., Al-Mashat, K., Djukic, B., Jaghori, B., & Thompson, A. (2013). Children of war in Colombia and Iraq. In C. Fernando & M. Ferrari (Eds.). Handbook on Resilence and Children of War.NY: Springer.
Buchanan, M. J., & Keats, P. A. (2011). Coping with traumatic stress in journalism: a critical ethnographic study. International Journal of Psychology, 46(2), 127-135/
Keywords:
Posttraumatic stress studies; Prisoner research; Military trauma; Interpersonal process recall research; Narrative research methods; Qualitative research methods.
marla.buchanan@ubc.ca
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