Rockey Robbins 1
VITA
Rockey R. Robbins
Associate Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
820 Van Vleet Oval
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019
(405) 325-8442 (voice mail)
(405) 325-6655 (fax)
(e-mail)
(web)
EDUCATION
Tenure (2007)University of Oklahoma UniversityCounseling Psychology
Ph.D. (1999)University of Oklahoma,Counseling Psychology
Norman, Oklahoma
M.A. (1990)Northeastern University,Educational Counseling
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Graduate (1983)University of Oklahoma &English
Oxford University, Oxford, England
Teacher CertificationUniversity of OklahomaTeacher Certification
Norman, Oklahoma
B.A. (1981)University of Oklahoma English
Norman, Oklahoma
SPECIALIZATION
Areas of specialization: American Indian Psychological Issues including grandparenting; assessment; treatment, academic motivation, Indian students in boarding school settings and group interventions; Developing American Indian treatment models and techniques based on traditional American Indian ideas and practices; Folk healing.
EMPLOYMENT
July, 11 to Present: Associate Professor, Liberal Studies, University of Oklahoma
August, 07 to Present: Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology, University of Oklahoma
August, 01 to Aug., 2007: Assistant Professor, Counseling Psychology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.
Aug., 99 to Aug., 01: Assistant Professor, Counseling Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
2000-2001: Co-director of American Indians into Psychology.
Sept., 97 to Aug., 99: Therapist/Psychologist at Creek Nation Behavioral Health Services,
Aug., 96 to Aug., 97: Intern at Dallas Child & Family Guidance, Dallas, Texas.
Aug., 88 to Present: Consultant Cherokee Nation
Aug., 92 to Dec., 96: Instructor and Counselor for American Indian Students (Fall) at Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Sept., 91 to Sept., 93: Project Director, Project EAGLE, American Indian Research & Development, Inc.,
Norman, Oklahoma
Jan., 92 to Jan., 94: Field Worker, Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research with Fred Beauvais, Ph.D. at Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado.
Jan., 91 to Aug., 92: Coordinator, Explorations in Creativity VI American Indian Research & Development, Inc., Norman, Oklahoma
Aug., 89 to Aug., 90: Instructor/Researcher/Tutor, American Indian Resource Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Aug., 88 to Aug., 89: Training Specialist, Project Recognizing Indian Student Excellence (RISE), Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Aug., 87 to Aug., 88: Instructor, Rectory School, London, England
Aug., 85 to Aug., 87: Instructor, Kickapoo Nation School, Powhatton, Kansas
Aug., 86 to Aug., 87: Field Counselor, Upward Bound, St. Joseph, Missouri
Aug., 83 to Aug., 85: Graduate Assistant, English Department, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Publications
(Empirical articles in bold)
Robbins, R. R., Hong, J. & Jennings, A. (student) Healing through the pause: A folk healer’s journey The Counseling Psychologist, Fall 2011.
Robbins, R. (2011). Striving to remain a Native American in America: Resistence to past and present Injustices (letter to my son on the day of his second piercing). Social Justice, Psychology and Counseling Journal, Spring 2011, v2, n. 2, 17-28.
Eason, A. & Robbins, R. (2011). Walking in beauty. Counseling and Values, Fall 2011.
Robbins, R. (2011). Forward to Truth Without Names and Forms.by Harwell, W. Edina, Minn: Big Pond Press.
In press – Amofo and I: A Native American grandfather’s mentorship. Journal of Multi-cultural Counseling
In press – Robbins, R.R. & Dorton, J. - Counseling an American Indian Woman suffering from historic trauma Ed. Joseph Stone
In press – Robbins, R.R., Robbins, S.D. and Henderson, B. (Student) Native American Family Resilience Book chapter in Studies of Resiliency in Families
In press – Robbins, R.R. & Eason, A. Gifts of the Seven Directions: A Cherokee prevention program for adolescents and parents.Book Chapter
Submitted -Robbins, S., Stoltenburg, C., Robbins, R., McWharter, P. American Indian Relationship Aggression, American Indian and Alaska Native Psychiatric Research Journal
Submitted – Robbins, R., Dorton, J., Colemont, S. Colemont, M., and Nael, Z. Coping in American Indian Boarding Schools. Develomental Psychology.
Submitted – Robbins, R.R., Brandus, J., & Jong, J. Tsalagi spiral healing of client stuck in ghost country. International Pyschologist
Submitted – Robbins, R.R, & Hong, J. Ego Diminishment in Native American Religions. Counseling and Values
Submitted – Robbins, R.R., Ross, M. McWhirter, P., and Brandu, J. American Indian and Alaska Native Psychiatric Journal.
Two videos with Columbia University, New York – Native American Naming Ceremony and Imploding the Racial Identity Developmental Models with the Other Native American
Burks, D.J. & Robbins, R. R. (2010).Psychologists’ Authenticity: implications for Work in Professional and Therapeutic Settings. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. Sept. 10.
Burks, D.J. & Robbins, R.R. (2010). American Indian gay, bisexual and two-spirit men: a rapid assessment of HIV/AIDS risk actors, barriers to prevention and culturally-sensitive intervention. Culture, Health and Sexuality. Nov. 3.
Hill, J. & Robbins, R. (2010). Native American Psychological Issues. Psychology Encyclopedia.
Book - Robbins, R.R. (2010). Through the Diamond Threshold: Promoting cultural competency in understanding American Indian substance misuse. Kansas City: Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center.
Video Dialogue between Indigenious Healing and Western Psychology
2010 Coumbia University @emicrotraining.com
Vidio Soul Wound
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McWhirter, P. & Robbins, R. (2010). An American Indian women’s identity therapy group. Journal for Group Therapy, 17 (2) 121- 134).
Hill, J., Pace, T., & Robbins, R. (2009). Decolonizing personality assessment and honoring indigenious voices: a critical examination of the MMPI-2, Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 13 (1) 345-365.
Robbins, R., Hill, J., & McWhirter, P. (2008). Conflicting Epistemologies. Clinical Case Studies, Vol. 7 Number 5 449-466.
Robbins, R.R., Colmant, S., Dorton, J., Colmant, Y. Schultz, L., & Ciali, P. (2007). Colonial instillations in American Indian boarding school students. Educational Foundations, 11 (4), 68-79.
Pace, T. Robbins, R, Hill, J. Blair, G. & Lacy, K. (2006). A cultural perspective on the validity of the
MMPI-2 with American Indians. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, Vol. 12,
No. 2, 320-333.
Harwell, W.D.(2006).(Foreword: Robbins, R.): Truth with a Name: Stories of White Bear. Edina: Beaver
Press.
Reynolds, A., Fleener, M.J. Wheatley, G.H. & Robbins, R (2005) The making of intelligence: Post
structural perspectives and learning, Common Ground Educational Journal, 5(1) 46-56.
Fleener, M., Forehand, C., & Robbins, R (2005) Post structural perspectives of self and education. Common Ground Educational Journal, 5(1) 15-23.
Robbins, R. Scherman, A, Holeman, H. & Wilson, J. (2005) Roles of American Indian grandparents in times of cultural crisis. Journal of Cultural Diversity Vol. 1,. 46-56.
Colmant, S., Schultz, L., Robbins, R., Ciali, P., Dorton, J., & Colmant, Y. (2004). Constructing meaning to the Indian boarding school, American Indian Education Journal., 52(1) 24- 33.
Robbins, R.R. (2003). American Indian Constructionist Family Therapy Model. In Ancis, J.D.
Handbook of Multi-cultural Approaches and Technique (pp. 21-42). New York: John Wiley and
Sons Inc.
Robbins, R.R. (2002). Project Eagle: Multi-family psycho-educational group therapy for American
Indian. The American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: A Journal of the
National Center, 10(3) 30-44.
Robbins, R.R. (2002). The Use of a traditional American Indian story with an American Indian
adolescent diagnosed with conduct disorder. Beyond Behavior 5(2), 17-23.
Robbins, R.R., Stoltenberg, C., Robbins, S., & Ross, M. (2002) Marital satisfaction and Cherokee languagefluency, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, April.
Robbins, R.R. (2001) (ed. Cartwright, B.Y. and McConnell, L.R.) Renewing the rehabilitation model
through the integration of multi-cultural elements. National Association of Multicultural Rehabilitation Concerns, Exploring New Models of Success, 25-29.
Robbins, R.R. (2001) Dream Catcher Meditation: A Short-Term Treatment Model for American
Indian Adolescence, American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 10(1), 48-57.
Robbins, R.R., (1995). Project eagle: Psycho-educational group therapy with Indian students
and their parents. Understanding Our Gifted, 8(1) 1-4.
Choney, S.K., Berryhill-Paapke, E., & Robbins, R. R., (1995). The acculturation of American
Indians. In Ponterotto, J.G., Handbook of Multicultural Counseling (pp.73-92). Thousand
Oaks: Sage Publications.
Robbins, R.R., (1994). Effective Activities for Gifted Leadership Education. Norman, OK:
American Man Research and Development.
Robbins, R.R, (1991). American Indian gifted and talented students: their problems and
proposed solutions. Journal of American Indian Education, 31(1), 15-24.
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS and some of the WORKSHOPS
June 2011 Project Eagle for Indians into Psychology at OSU
June 2010 Through the Diamond Threshold Conference, four day workshop for Drug and Alcohol therapists in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Arkansas.
June 2011 Through the Diamond Threshold Conference, three day workshop for Drug and Alcohol therapist in Oklahoma
June 2011 Project Eagle with Pottowattomie and Shawnee Tribal Youth
May 2011 Construction of Native American Child’s Identity, Children’s Behavioral Health Conference, Norman, Ok
May 2011 Keynote Address Tribal Community Healing Work, Oklahoma Inner Tribal Counsel, Oklahoma
April 2011 The Native American Radical, Bacone College, Opening speaker
April 2011 Construction of Native Identity in Children, Child Studies Center, Ok City
April 2011 Dialogues with White Bear, National Teachers Conference, New Orleans
March 2011 Keynote Address at Oklahoma Counseling Association’s Annual Conference, Dialogues with White Bear and two presentations: Spiritual development, Native American healing.
February 2011 Invited speaker and four presentations at Winter Roundtable in Columbia University, New York. Documenting the Health Benefits in an Indian Naming Ceremony, Gifts of the Seven Directions Group therapy with four students, Sweat Ceremonies with three different students, Imploding the Developmental Model with Native Americans, and Indian Identity Model
January 2011 “Making Counseling Relevant for NDN’s,” Chickasaw Nation
January 2011 “Indian Agreements that Bind,” Riverside Indian School, Anadarko
December 2010 Historical Trauma, California Native American Police Conference, Palm Springs, Ca.
December 2010 Oklahoma City Mother’s Halfway House, Learning to get into the Humblche Pause
November 2010 Native American Spirituality and Christianity, University Presbyterian Church
November 2010 American Indian Symposium, Kansas City, two workshops, Historical Trauma and Gifts of the Seven Direction Indian Group Work
October 2010 Narrative Psychology, Social Work Association Conference, Norman, Ok
October 2010 The Story as Focus of Therapy, Keynote Mental Health Summit, Enid, Ok,
September 2010 Native American Healing, Ok Community College classroom.
September 2010 Competency in Alcohol Counseling with Native Americans, Oklahoma City through the University of Missouri
August 2010 “Invited Speaker with Janet Helms, Darrel Sue and president of APA” Current Issues in Multi-cultural Counseling, APA, San Diego, California
June 2010 “Project Eagle” Indians into Psychology, Oklahoma State University
June 2010 Keynote address, Indigenous Forms of Healing,” Central Oklahoma Psychology Conference
May 2010 Keynote address, Transcultural Awareness? Northeastern Oklahoma Psychology Conference
March 2010 Conflict of Values: Capitalism and Native Sharing, Potowattomie Nation, Shawnee, Ok
February 2010 invited speaker Case Study “Dialogue between Traditional Medicine Man and Western Psychologist, Annual Multi-Cultural Round Table, Columbia, New York City
January 2010 “Indian Identity Issues” Mental Health Confernce Norman, Ok
January 2010 “Historic Trauma among American Indians” Comanche College, Lawton
October 2009 “Through the Diamond Threshold (Cultural Competitence and Drug and Alcohol Prevention Workdshop”. Oklahoma City
October 2009 “American Indian Soul Wounds” for American Indian Family Wellness Conference
September 2009 “American Indian Deep Spirituality” Oklahoma City Community College
August 2009 Epiphanies in Counseling Sessions, APA Toranto, Canada
July 2009 “Indian Talking Circle” presentation in Athletic Department at University of Oklahoma
June 2009 “Family Therapy with Indian Families” presentation with Indians in Psychology in Stillwater
May 2009 Eating Disorders presentation with Riverside Indian School with Dr Robbins
April 2009 Keynote Address at Kansas Multi-Cultural Psychology Association, “ American Indian Responses to Dominant Culture’s Representations of Indians in Media and Art.”
March 2009 Two Day “No Time/No Space – Living in the Moment Workshop” Oklahoma City
February 2009 Two Day “Mindfulness and Ego Observation Workshop,” Oklahoma City
November 2008 Two Day “Through the Diamond Threshold – Use of Imagination in Therapy Workshop, Ok City
September 2008 Historic Trauma and Alcohol Abuse, with Sadie Willmon at APA in Boston
July 2008 Dreams and Healing Workshop, ODAPCA, Woodward, Ok
June 2008 Project Eagle Workshop with Indians into Psychology, Stillwater, Ok
May 2008 An American Indian Ideal Speaking Counsel Workshop for Indian Programs and Companies, Anadarko, Ok.
May 2008 Keynote, Ethics as an Aesthetic, Walking in Beauty, Oklahoma Health Sciences Psychology Conference, Oklahoma City
May 2008 Drug and Alcohol Prevention for American Indians, Oklahoma City, Ok
May 2008 Indians into Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK
April 2008 Contemporary Roles of Indian Grandparents, Seventh Generation Conference, Oklahoma City
April 2008 NDN Spiritualities, Anadarko, Ok
February 2008 Case Study of an Indian experiencing Historic Trauma, Oklahoma City
February 2008 Keynote, The Rape of American Indian Women, Amnesty International Annual Conference
January 2008 Developmental Psychology through an Indian Perspective, Anadarko, Ok
January 2008 Traditional Ways of Honoring the Dead, Tulsa, Ok
October 2007 Project Eagle, Norman, Ok
September 2007 Narrative Counseling, McCalester, Ok
September 2007 Constructionist Therapy, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
September 2007 Project Eagle, Oklahoma Health Sciences
August 2007 Narrative Counseling, Lawton, Ok
August 2007 Violence in Indian Families
Research in Rural Communities
Narrative Research
American Psychological Association, San Francisco
June 2007 Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program for Indian Adolescents, Narrative International Conference, Christianson, Norway
June 2007 Family Therapy Workshop, Oklahoma State University
May 2007 Narrative Workshop, Norman, Ok
May 2007 Problemetizing Diagnosis with American Indians, Suiox Fall, South Dakota
April 2007 Narrative Psychology, Discovery Serious, Tulsa, Ok
April 2007 No Time, No Space, Morning Star, Norman, Ok
March 2007 Keynote, Indian Mentoring, Building Bridges Conference, Vermillion, South Dakota
March 2007 Keynote, Hermaphrodites in Cherokee Myths, Texas Feminist Literature Conference, San Antonio
February 2007 Epistemological Clashes between NDN’s and Psychology, Washington D.C. KAYNARD Annual Convention
October 2006 Psychoanalysis and Postmodernism, Annual Texas Mental Health Convention, Houston, Tx with Dr. Majors.
September 2006 Violence in Indian Families, Southern Plains Intertribal Mental Health, Ok. City
September 2006 Orientation workshop for Oklahoma Health Sciences
August 2006 Orientation workshop at OU Clinic for new counseling students
August 2006 Diversity among Indians, Native Workers with Disabilities, Oklahoma City
August 2006 Historic Trauma among American Indians, American Psychological Association, New Orleans, with Sadie Wilmon
August 2006 Using the MMPI-2 with American Indians, American Psychological Association, New Orleans
With Terry Pace, Teresa LaFromoise, and Jill Hill
July 2006 Project Eagle Training Program, Indians into Psychology, Stillwater with student Callie Jones
June 2006 How to become a Natural Counselor, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health, Tulsa
June 2006 Using the Talking Circle in Trauma Focus Groups, Mending the Circle Conference, Oklahoma City.
June 2006 Presentation of Data from Colonial Instillations Research, American Indian Institution, Indian Boarding School Employees from all across the US.
May 2006 How to Run Culturally Appropriate and Relevant Groups with Indians, Lakota Tribe, Aberdeen, South Dakota
May 2006 How to Become a Natural Counselor, Oklahoma Department of Mental health, Woodward
April 2006 The Ideal Speaking Situation Model as well as 6 other speaking engagement on campus over the course of four days, Wells Women’s College, New York
March 2006 How to Become a Natural Counselor, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health, McAlister
March 2006 Stress Management for Health Sciences Interns, Oklahoma City
February 2006 Treatment Model for Indian Adolescents and later at same conference Mutual Growth of Counselor and Client, Oklahoma Drug and Alcohol Program’s Annual Conference with Terry Pace, Lauren Rieken, and Linda Sinnot.
January 2006 Treatment Model for Indian Adolescents, National Drug and Alcohol Counselors’Conference, Oklahama City, with students Lauren Rieken and Linda Sinnot
January 2006 Drug and Alcohol Abuse among American Indians, OK Department of Mental Health Services, Lawton
December 2005 Indian Grandparenting Roles, Oklahoma City Indian Elders Conference in Oklahoma City with student Sadie Willmon
November 2005 Group Therapy Model for American Indian Women, National Eating Disorders Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with students Karen Vaughn and Sadie Willmon.
October 2005 Keynote address and two day workshop on Assessment and Treatment of American Indians at Seventh Native American Services Conference in Orlando, Florida.
August 2005 Use of Chinese Calligraphy in Therapy, APA in Washington D.C. With student Ya-Shu Liang.
July 2005 Foreign Instillations in American Indian Students, Oxford University, Oxford, England.
July 2005 Defenses Used by American Indian Students to Cope in Boarding Schools, Oxford University, Oxford, England.
June 2005 Indian Story Telling, Crossroads in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with student Scott Rainwater.
June 2005 Project Eagle Family Therapy Model, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
June 2005 Workshop with Crossroads Early Teens at Anadarko, Oklahoma with students, Susan and Adam Benton .
May 2005 Presentation on Karen Silko’s Ceremony, University of Oklahoma’s School of Education Book Club, Norman, Oklahoma.
April 2005 Presentation on Conflicting Epistimological between Traditional American Indian Perspectives and Western Psychology
April 2005 Presentation on Gender Relations at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (Gender Studies).
March 2005 Interview about “Suicide among College Students” in Oklahoma Daily.
February 2005 Presentation on Use of Reflecting Teams in Therapy, Oklahoma Health Sciences, with
Student Rita Conger, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
January 2005 Interview on OU television about therapeutic value of toys for young children, Norman, Oklahoma
December 2004 Group Therapy Model for American Indian Women, Women’s College Denton, Texas with student Natalie Fasthorse.
December 2004 Balance and Wellbeing in Boarding Schools, Philadelphia, Mississippi.
November 2004 Project Eagle workshop in Putnam City Alternative School Putman City, Oklahoma, with students Eddie Pence, Amanda Cherry, Dinah Cloud, and Sunday Creek.
November 2004 Defense Mechanisms Utilized in Indian Boarding Schools, Oklahoma Psychoanalytic Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
November 2004 Project Eagle Workshop, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma with the help of 15 students from my Child Psychology class.
October 2004 Hoop of Caring, Oklahoma Alternative Schools Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with students, Ya Shu Liang, Cheylenne Turner, and Sunny Jones.
September 2004 Dream Catcher Meditation, for students at Oklahoma City Consortium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with students John Link and Dinah Cloud.