Associate Professor
CPSE
Office: 273 MCKB
Phone: 801-422-2620
Email: nope@gekawika_allen@byu.edumsn.com
Website: education.byu.edu/polypsi
Professor Allen received his BS in speech/organizational communication and his MS in counseling psychology at the University of Utah. He then received his PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia (a top-ranked program) and completed his predoctoral clinical internship at Duke University. His research areas involve spiritual, cultural, and indigenous ways of healing in psychotherapy including culturally appropriate psychotherapies and interventions for underserved populations. Specifically, Professor Allen has focused much of his research on the intersections of religiosity/spirituality, coping/collectivistic coping, depression, anxiety, and psychological well-being/adjustment among Polynesians/Polynesian Americans. Professor Allen leads the Poly Psi Team research efforts involving not only Polynesian Psychology Research, but research across all BIPOC and minoritized groups. He is currently an associate professor in the counseling psychology doctorate program at Brigham Young University.
Foundations of counseling psychology, counseling/psychotherapy methods and skills, career counseling, research methods, ethics in psychotherapy practice, group process, inferential statistics, culture-appropriate and cross-cultural perspectives in counseling.
Cultural and indigenous perspectives in psychology, culture-appropriate interventions and counseling/psychotherapy process and outcome, religiosity/spirituality, psychological well-being/adjustment, with BIPOC and minoritized populations, specifically among Polynesians/Polynesian Americans. Intersections of perfectionism, scrupulosity, psychology, and religiosity among a variety of religious individuals.
http://education.byu.edu/polypsi
Forgiveness and Gratitude as Mediators between Religious Commitment and Well-Being among Latter-day Saint Polynesian Americans
Psychotherapy utilization, presenting concerns, and outcomes among Pacific Islander and Asian American students
The role of self-concealment and perceived racial/ethnic discrimination in general psychological distress among racial and ethnic minority college students
Examining religious commitment, personality, and well-being among Latter-day Saints
Psychotherapy utilization, presenting concerns, and outcomes among Pacific Islander and Asian American Students
Psychotherapy Utilization and Presenting Concerns among International Asian and Asian American Students in a University Counseling Center
Religious discrimination scale: Development and initial psychometric evaluation
Spiritually oriented psychotherapy for trauma and meaning-making among ethnically diverse individuals in the United States
Racial discrimination and psychological health among Polynesians in the U.S.
Perfectionism in religion: Perceived Perfectionism from God Scale
Acculturation experiences of Chinese international students who attend American Universities
Acculturation experiences of Chinese international students who attend American Universities
Counseling attitudes and stigma among Polynesian Americans
Psychotherapy utilization and presenting concerns among Polynesian American college students
Bringing spiritually oriented psychotherapies into the health care mainstream: A call for worldwide collaboration
Spiritual pathways to healing and recovery: An intensive single-N study of an eating disorder patient
Spiritual Pathways to Healing and Recovery: An Intensive Single-N Study of an Eating Disorder Patient
Collectivistic Coping Strategies for Distress Among Polynesian Americans
Bringing Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapies Into the Health Care Mainstream: A Call for Worldwide Collaboration
Intrinsic religiousness and spirituality as predictors of mental health and positive psychological functioning in Latter-day Saint Adolescents and young adults
Examining legalism, scrupulosity, family perfectionism, and psychological adjustment among LDS individuals
Exploring Perceived Attitudes of Counseling between LDS Religious Leaders and Mental Health Therapists
Examining aspects of religiosity, perfectionism, scrupulosity, and well-being among LDS individuals
Religiosity, coping, and psychological well-being among Latter-Day Saint Polynesians in the U.S
Acculturation experiences of Chinese international students who attend American Universities