Research Faculty:

Dr Jean E. Dumas (Research Faculty)
Jean Dumas is professor of developmental psychopathology at the University of Geneva, and a part-time researcher and professor at Webster University Geneva since 2008. He is the author of more than 100 articles and book chapters, as well as 4 books, mostly in the areas of childhood aggression, childhood anxiety, family relationships, psychopathology, and prevention. Before coming to Geneva he was for several years professor of clinical child psychology in Canada and the United States. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, and received his M.S. and B.S.Sc. in psychology from Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and a B. Div. in Theology from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. His interests include human aggression and anxiety; psychotherapy; prevention; empirical investigations of intervention efficacy and acceptability.

Dr. Patricia Esparza (Research Faculty)
Patricia Esparza earned a PhD in Clinical Psychology from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois in 2009. Her research interests lie in examining the environmental stressors implicated in the development of mood disorders during key developmental transitions (e.g. early adolescence, and now in older populations). The aim in her survey research is to help prevent the development of mental illness during key points in our lifespan. On a broader level, she is also involved in a second line of research that investigates the utility of our current international classification of mental disorders across the world.

Dr Chitra Subrahmanian (Research Faculty)
Chitra Subrahmanian has been Adjunct professor at Webster University, Geneva since 2001. She teaches in the Undergraduate Psychology and Master's Counseling programs. She is also a part-time researcher at Webster and is currently involved with research on family rituals. In addition, she has a private practice catering to English-speaking individuals, couples and families in Geneva and surrounding areas. Prior to coming to Switzerland, she worked in India for 10years, first in the field of drug abuse and then in the field of HIV/AIDS. In 1993 she founded an NGO in Mumbai, India, which was one of the first to provide comprehensive counseling services to individuals, couples, families and communities affected by HIV. She also had a private psychotherapy practice and served as a consultant to the AGA Khan Educational Foundation in Mumbai. Dr. Subrahmanian completed her Ph.D. in 1993, with a specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy from Purdue University, Indiana, USA. She holds a M.S. Ed. In Counselor Education from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA and a B.A. In Psychology and English Literature from Mumbai University, India.

Selected Publications:

Dr Ros Thomas

• Thomas, R and Henning, A. (in press) Counseling in Switzerland. In Thomas Hohenshil, T.,Amundson, N., Niles, S. (Eds.) International Counseling (ACA). US: ACA.
• Thomas, R and Henning, A. (in press) Counseling in Switzerland: Past, Present and Future. Journal of Counseling and Development US (JCD).
• Thomas, R (2011) Managing Transitions between ‘Field’ and ‘Home’: Facing the Psychological Impact of Humanitarian Crisis in Vautravers, A and Werner, L (eds.) Psychological Impact of Humanitarian Crises. Webster University, Geneva, Switzerland.

Dr Jean Dumas

• Begle, A. M., Lopez, C., Cappa, K., Dumas, J. E., & Arellano, M. A. (in press). Ethnicity differences in child and parental outcomes following involvement the PACE program. Behaviour Research and Therapy.Cappa, K., Begle, A. M., Conger, J. C., & Dumas, J. E. (in press). The role of parenting stress on child coping competence. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
• Dumas, J. E., & Lucia, S. (in press). Promoting coping-competence in young children: Adaptation and translation of the PACE parenting program into French. Swiss Journal of Psychology.
• Begle, A. M., Dumas, J. E. (2011). Child and parental outcomes following involvement in a preventive intervention: Efficacy of the PACE program. Journal of Primary Prevention, 32, 67-81.
• Klyce, D., Conger, A. J., Conger, C. C., & Dumas, J. E. (2011). Measuring competence and dysfunction in preschool children: Source agreement and component structure. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 20, 503-510.
• Dumas, J. E., Arriaga, X., Begle, A. M., & Longoria, Z. (2011). Child and parental outcomes of a group parenting intervention for Latino families: A pilot study of the CANNE program. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17, 107-115.

Dr Patricia Esparza

• Katz, B. N., Esparza, P., Smith Carter, J., Grant, K. E., & Meyerson, D.A. (in press). Intervening Processes in the Relationship Between Neighborhood Characteristics and Psychological Symptoms in Urban Youth The Journal of Early Adolescence.
• Reed, G. M., Mendonca Correia, J., Esparza, P., Saxena, S., Maj, M. (2011). The WPA-WHO global survey of psychiatrists’ attitudes towards mental disorders classification. World Psychiatry, 10(2): 118-131.
• Sanchez, B., Esparza, P., Berardi, L., & Price, J. (2011). Mentoring in the Context of Latino Youth’s Broader Village During their Transition from High School. Youth and Society, 43(1): 225-252.
• Saxena, S., Lora, A., Morris, J., Berrino, A., Esparza, P., Barrett, T., van Ommeren, M. & Saraceno, B. (2011). Mental Health Services in 42 Low and Middle Income Countries: A WHO-AIMS Cross National Analysis. Psychiatric Services, 62, 123-125.
• Sanchez, B., Esparza, P., Colon, Y., & Davis, K. (2010). Tryin’ to make it during the transition from high school: The role of family and economic context. Journal of Adolescent Research, 25)6): 858-884.

Dr Henry Faineteau:

• Gentaz, E., Faineteau, H. et al. (2010). L'estimation kinesthésique des distances : études comportementales et analyse probabiliste. L'Année Psychologique, 110 (3), 453-492

Dr Antje Horsch

• Grainger, S. & Horsch, A. (2011). Intrapartum care: The perspectives of women who have recently given birth and the midwives who cared for them. Submitted for publication.
• Horsch, A., McManus, F. & Kennedy, P. (2011). Cognitive and non-cognitive factors associated with posttraumatic stress symptoms in mothers of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Accepted for publication in Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.

Dr Erik Mansager

• Mansager, E. & Todman, L. C. (2011). Social justice: An Adlerian perspective and literature review. Adlerian Year Book, 2011. P. Prina, A. Millar C. Shelley, & K. John (Eds.), pp. 91-100. London: UK Adlerian Society and Institute for Individual Psychology.
• Mansager, E. & Newbauer, J. (2010). Spirituality and individual treatment. Adlerian Year Book, 2010. P. Prina, C. Shelley, K. John & A. Millar (Eds.), pp. 101-115. London: UK Adlerian Society and Institute for Individual Psychology.
• Adlerian Year Book, 2010. P. Prina, C. Shelley, K. John & A. Millar (Eds.), 172-181. London: UK Adlerian Society and Institute for Individual Psychology. [Also published in The North American Society of Adlerian Psychology Newsletter, 43 (3), 3-6.]

Dr Jodi Morris

• Saxena, S., Lora, A., Morris, JE, Berrino, A., Esparza, P, Barrett, T., van Ommeren, M., & Saraceno, B. (2011). Focus on global mental health: Mental health services in low and middle income countries: A WHO-AIMS analysis of 42 countries. Psychiatric Services, 62, 123-125.
• Bruckner TA, Scheffler RM, Shen G, Yoon, J., Chisholm D, Morris JE, Fulton BD, Dal Poz MA, & Saxena S. (2011). Scaling up the mental health workforce in low and middle income countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 89, 184-194.
• Morris, JE, Berrino, A., Crow, C., Jordan, M., Okema, L, & Jones, L. (in press). Does combining infant stimulation with emergency feeding improve psychosocial outcomes for displaced mothers and babies? A controlled evaluation from Northern Uganda. (In press). Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
• Morris, JE, Belfer, M., Daniels, A, Flisher, A., Lora, S., & Saxena, S. (in press). Treated prevelance and mental health services received by children and adolescents in low-and middle-income countries. Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology.
• Kakuma R, Minas H, van Ginneken N, Dal Poz NR, Desiraju K, Morris JE, Saxena S, SchefflerR. Human resources for mental health care: Current situation and strategies for action (in press). The Lancet.
• Duong AV, van Ginneken, E, Morris JE, Ha, ST, Busse, R. Mental health services in Vietnam: Burden of disease and availability of services (in press). Asian Journal of Psychiatry.
• Funk, M., Morris, JE, and Saxena, S (in press). Using evidence to improve international mental health policy. In Thornicroft, G, Szmukler G, Mueser K, & Robert Drake R (Eds) Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health. Oxford, UK: Oxford Press.

Ms Phyllis Ressler

• Ressler, P. (2010) Kanga Stories, the cloth that reveals. Joint publication with the Department of Cultural Heritage research team, National Museums of Kenya.

Ms Betty Sacco

• Sacco, B. La Casa Onirica nel Processo di Individuazione (2022) in Atopon, quaderno 4/2011.
• Sacco, B. Piccolo Glossario di Parole ‘Streuse’ (2010) in Miscellanea Carovillese, Campobasso, Il Bene Comune, 2010. Edited by Edilio Petrocelli.
   

Selected Working Papers:

Dr Patricia Esparza

• Esparza, P., Carter-Smith, J. & Grant, K.E. (2011). Loss, Conflict, and Coping Styles during Adolescence.
• Esparza, P. & Torres, M (2011). Sociocultural Stressors and Adolescent Pregnancy.

Selected Conferences:

Dr Ros Thomas

• Thomas, R. September, 2010 - Space to Create a Wider Frame for Integrative Counseling with Humanitarian Workers – Keynote speaker, European Association of Counselors Conference (EAC), Switzerland.
• Thomas, R. February 2010 Facing the Psychological Impact of Humanitarian Crisis. Paper presented at the 14th International Humanitarian Conference: Psychological Impact of Humanitarian Crises, International de Conférence, Genève (CICG).
• Thomas, R. October 2010 – Factors that promote Resilience in Humanitarian Workers. HR Forum IFRC Annual Meeting, Geneva 2010.
• Thomas, R. July 2010 - Stress narratives of humanitarian workers in conflict. Overcoming Political Violence, Injustice, and Deprivation: Perspectives from Political Psychology 2010 ISPP Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland.

Dr Jean Dumas

• Begle, A. M., & Dumas, J. E. (2011, March). Measuring effectiveness of a CPA prevention program: A discussion of results and measurement. Society for Research In Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
• DeYoung, N., Klyce, D., Conger, A., & Dumas, J. E. (2011, March). Comparison of the factor structures of the report of child behavior by teachers and parents using Rasch modeling. Society for Research In Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
• Pearl, A., & Dumas, J. E. (2011, March). Prevention of early child disruptive behavior: A latent growth curve analysis. Society for Research In Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
• Dumas, J. E. (2011, February). Interactive simulations to help teenagers cope when a parent has a traumatic brain injury. Military Family Research Institute, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Dumas, J. E. (2011, February). Entre-Parents. French adaptation of an American parent training program. First Webster University Research Symposium. Webster University, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Dumas, J. E., Szilas, N., Richle, U., & Boggini, T. (2010, November). Interactive simulations to help teenagers cope when a parent has a traumatic brain injury. ACE 2010 - International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.

Dr Patricia Esparza

• Esparza, P. September 2011 - An international and multilingual survey of psychiatrists’ experiences with ICD-10 and priorities for ICD-11 - 15th World Congress of Psychiatry

Dr Richard Randell

• Randell, R. (2011) British Sociological Association Annual Conference, London, April 7, 2011.Paper Title: The Schreibtisch Torturers of the Coalition of the Willing: An Essay on the Sociology of Evil.
• Randell, R. (2011) Cyber-Surveillance in Everyday Life: An International Workshop, University of Toronto, May 12-15, 2011. Poster Title: Der Wille zur Überwachung: Cyber Surveillance and the Worldwide Data Warehousing Movement.

Ms Phyllis Ressler

• Ressler, P. (November (2010) Kanga Stories, Messiah College, International Conference, Grantham, Pennsylvania.
• Ressler, P. (July 2011) Kanga Stories Exhibiton, National Museums of Kenya.

Ms Betty Sacco

• Sacco, B. 2011 ISAP Lecture and Seminar: In Search for the Feminine. May 2011.
• Sacco, B. 2010 FMPP Annual Congress of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. 20th IFP World Congress of psychotherapy, June 16th-19th, Luzern, Switzerland. 1) The neglected Feminine and the Symbols of Sublimatio; 2) Is Psychoanalysis Coming to an End?