August 1998
I received my doctoral degree in August 1998, a quarter of a century ago! I’ve been reflecting on the past 25 years of my career and appreciating the opportunities I’ve had to contribute to my field and beyond. Here are some of the highlights…
Dr. Tania Israel Quarter Century Reflections
25 presentations I gave over the past 25 years:
- Dancing around the discourse: Female strippers and feminist theory
- Bisexual women in feminist psychology: The personal is political and professional
- Strategies for training counselors to work with LGB clients
- And sometimes T: Transgender issues and LGBT counselor competencies
- Improving psychotherapy services for LGBT clients: Perspectives of clients, therapists, and administrators
- Bisexuality and mental health: Research gaps and opportunities
- Exploring privilege in counseling psychology: Shifting the lens
- All I need to know about being Woman of the Year, I learned from Buffy, the Vampire Slayer
- “That’s so straight:” Anti-LGBT hostility, heterosexual privilege, and allies
- They’ve got our back: Preparing law enforcement to respond to anti-LGBTQ hate crimes
- Counseling kinky clients: Informed and affirming therapeutic practice with people who participate in BDSM
- From community to Congress: My journey as a social justice advocate
- I love counseling psychology
- Bisexuality: From margin to center
- Reducing LGBTQ stigma through online interventions
- Power speaking truth to power: Navigating social justice leadership
- Disparity, divisiveness, and democracy: Teaching social justice in contentious political times
- How to win a political argument
- Beyond your bubble: How to connect across the political divide
- The power of psychology to heal the political divide
- Praxis Makes Perfect: A Quarter Century of LGBTQ Psychology Research
- Myths and realities about bisexuality
- If you’re not listening, you’re not paying attention: Dialogue as a tool for social justice advocacy
- Bridging the political divide: Optimism for moving beyond polarization
- What halibut fajitas taught me about bridging the political divide
The Children of Israel
(advisees)
- Adrian Valadez
- Alise Cogger
- Andy Choi
- Audrey Harkness
- Catlin Merrill
- Chongzheng Wei
- Elizabeth Cordero
- Em Matsuno
- Jackie Chin
- Jay Bettergarcia
- John Mark Krejci
- Joselyne Perry
- Joseph Turner
- Josh Goodman
- Kevin Delucio
- Krishna Kary
- Kristin Conover
- Kristina Esopo
- Michael Rogers
- Raia Gortcheva
- Ray Lin (Yen-Jui)
- Sam del Castillo
- Shihwe Wang
- Sholeh Mireshghi
- Theodore Burnes
- Todd Avellar
- Veronica Gutierrez
- William Walther
25 publications from the past 25 years:
- Israel, T., Ketz, K., Detrie, P. M., Burke, M. C., & Shulman, J. L. (2003). Identifying counselor competencies for working with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, 7 (4), 3-22. doi: 10.1300/J236v07n04_02
- Israel, T., & Mohr, J. J. (2004). Attitudes toward bisexual women and men – current research, future directions. Journal of Bisexuality, 4, 117-134. doi: 10.1300/J159v04n01_09
- Israel, T. (2004). Conversations, not categories: The intersection of biracial and bisexual identities. Women and Therapy, 27, 173-84. doi: 10.1300/J015v27n01_12
- Israel, T., & Hackett, G. (2004). Counselor education on lesbian, gay, and bisexual issues: Comparing information and attitude-exploration. Counselor Education and Supervision, 43, 179-191. doi: 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2004.tb01841.x
- Toporek, R., Gerstein, L., Roysicar, G., Fouad, N., & Israel, T. (Eds.) (2006). Handbook for social justice in counseling psychology: Leadership, vision, and action. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Israel, T. (2007). Training counselors to work ethically and effectively with bisexual clients. In B. A. Firestein (Ed.), Becoming visible: Counseling bisexuals across the lifespan (pp. 381-394). New York: Columbia University Press.
- Israel, T., Gorcheva, R., Burnes, T. R., & Walther, W. A. (2008). Helpful and unhelpful therapy experiences of LGBT clients. Psychotherapy Research, 18 (3), 294-305. doi: 10.1080/10503300701506920
- Israel, T., Gorcheva, R., Walther, W. A., Sulzner, J. M., & Cohen, J. (2008). Therapists’ helpful and unhelpful experiences with LGBT clients: An exploratory study. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 39, 361-368. doi: 2048/10.1037/0735-7028.39.3.361
- Israel, T., Walther, W. A., Gortcheva, R., & Perry, J. S. (2011). Policies and practices for LGBT clients: Perspectives of mental health services administrators. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 15 152-168. doi: 10.1080/19359705.2010.539090
- Israel, T. (2012). Exploring privilege in counseling psychology: Shifting the lens. The Counseling Psychologist, 40, 158-180. doi: 10.1177/0011000011426297
- Israel, T., Harkness, A., Delucio, K., Ledbetter, J. N., & Avellar, T. R. (2014). Evaluation of police training on LGBTQ issues: Knowledge, interpersonal apprehension, and self-efficacy. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 29(2), 57-67. doi: 10.1007/s11896-013-9132-z
- Israel, T., Harkness, A., Avellar, T. R., Delucio, K., Bettergarcia, J. N., & Goodman, J. A. (2016). LGBTQ-affirming policing: Tactics generated by law enforcement personnel. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 31, 173-181. doi: 10.1007/s11896-015-9169-2
- Israel, T., Bettergarcia, J. N., Delucio, K., Avellar, T. R., Harkness, A., & Goodman, J. A. (2017). Reactions of law enforcement to LGBTQ diversity training. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 28 (2), 197-226. doi: 10.1002/hrdq.21281
- Israel, T., Willging, C. E., & Ley, D. (2016). Development and evaluation of training for rural LGBTQ mental health peer advocates. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 40 (1), 40-62. doi: 10.1037/rmh0000046
- Israel, T., & Bettergarcia, J. N. (2017). Evidence-based teaching of LGBTQ issues in psychology. In T. Burnes & J. L. Stanley (Eds.) Teaching LGBTQ Psychology: Queering Innovative Pedagogy and Practice (pp. 181-200). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Israel, T. (2018). Envisioning bisexuality as inclusive, celebratory, and liberatory. In J. Swan & S. Habibi (Eds.) Bisexuality: Theories, Research, and Recommendations for the Invisible Sexuality (pp. 189-193). New York: Springer.
- Israel, T. (2018). Bisexuality: From margin to center. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 5 (2), 233-242. doi: 10.1037/sgd0000294
- Israel, T., Choi, A. Y., Goodman, J. A., Matsuno, E., Lin, Y. J., Kary, K. G., & Merrill, C. R. S. (2019). Reducing internalized binegativity: Development and efficacy of an online intervention. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 6 (2), 149-159. doi: 10.1037/sgd0000314
- Israel, T., Goodman, J. A., Kary, K. G., Matsuno, E., Choi, A. Y., Lin, Y.-J., & Merrill, C. R. S. (2021). Development and efficacy of an online intervention targeting lesbian internalized homonegativity. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 52(4), 333–342. doi: 10.1037/pro0000396
- Israel, T., Goodman, J. A., Kary, K. G., Lin, Y. J., Matsuno, E., Choi, A. Y., & Merrill, C. (2021). Reducing internalized homonegativity: Refinement and replication of an online intervention for gay men. Journal of Homosexuality, 68(14), 2393-2409. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2020.1804262
- Israel, T., Matsuno, E., Choi, A. Y., Goodman, J. A., Lin, Y., Kary, K. G., & Merrill, C. R. S. (2021). Reducing internalized transnegativity: Randomized controlled trial of an online intervention. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 8(4), 429–439. doi: 10.1037/sgd0000447
- Oaks, L., Israel, T., Conover, K. J., Cogger, A., & Avellar, T. R. (2019). CBPR within invisible, geographically-dispersed communities: Partnering with LGBTQ communities on the California Central Coast. Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology, 11 (1), 14-32.
- Varghese, F. P., Israel, T., Seymour, G., Becker Herbst, R., Suarez, L. G., & Hargons, C. (2019). Injustice in the Justice System: Reforming Inequities for True “Justice for All.” The Counseling Psychologist, 47(5), 682–740. doi: 10.1177/0011000019892329
- Israel, T. (2020). Navigating autonomy: A mid-career reflection on life in academia. Women and Therapy, 43, 1-2, 170-181. doi: 10.1080/02703149.2019.1684673
- Israel, T. (2020). Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide, Skills and Strategies for Conversations that Work. American Psychological Association.
25 leadership positions I’ve held over the past 25 years
A conversation with Drs. Tania Israel and Sharon Horne