Alexandra L. Adame, PhD

Alexandra Adame CV (PDF)

Biography

My undergraduate education at Mount Holyoke College is an essential cornerstone in my professional development. I experienced small classroom learning environments with dedicated and inspiring faculty. The women's college setting helped me find my voice through many supportive peer and mentoring relationships. The opportunity to complete a senior honors thesis ignited my passion for qualitative research and gave me the confidence to begin a doctoral program upon graduation. I earned my doctorate in clinical psychology at Miami University, where I trained in humanistic, psychodynamic, and cognitive-behavioral modalities. I completed my pre-doctoral internship at SUNY Upstate Medical University, and then began my teaching career at Seattle University in 2010. 

Teaching & Research Interests

I teach several required courses in the major such as Introduction to Psychology, Writing for Research, and Senior Seminar. I also teach a course in qualitative research where students work with archival data and present their projects each spring at the departmental research symposium. My research focuses on first-person perspectives of mental health struggles, the process of therapy, and perspectives on the meanings of recovery. Qualitative research is well-suited for studying subjective experience in a rigorous and systematic way that yields an essential evidence base for understanding human suffering and the process of healing.