Faculty

Lia (Basilia) Softas-Nall

Full Professor

Position

Professor of Counseling Psychology
Applied Psychology & Counselor Education
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

Contact Information

291 McKee Hall, Campus Box 131
501 20th Street
The University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO 80639
(970) 351-1631
(970) 351-2625 (fax)
basilia.softas-nall@unco.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology; Ball State University, Indiana
  • Clinical Internship; Ball State University Counseling Center
  • M.A. Counseling, Ball State University
  • B.A. in Psychology; Deree College, Athens, Greece
  • B.A. in Pedagogics; University of Ioannina, Greece

Courses Taught

  • Family Systems
  • Seminar: Contemporary Issues in Couples and Family Therapy
  • Family Practicum
  • Practicum in Supervision of Family Therapy
  • Advanced Methods in Couples and Family Therapy
  • Abnormal Psychology
  • Psychology of Women
  • Theories of Counseling
  • Professional Development Seminar in Counseling Psychology

Research Areas/Interests

  • Couples and Family Therapy/Counseling
  • Gender/Cross-Cultural/Ethnicity Issues
  • Supervision of Family Therapy

Theoretical Orientation

  • Systemic

Sample of Publications

  • Book Chapters
    • Softas-Nall, B. & Sukhodolsky, D. (in print). Family in the United States: Social context, structure and roles. In Georgas, J. et al (Eds.) Families across cultures. London: Cambridge Press.
    • Softas-Nall, B. (2003). Reflections of Forty Years of Family Therapy, Research and Systemic Thinking in Greece. In Kit Ng (Eds.) Global Perspectives in Family Therapy: Development, practice, and trends. Brunner-Routledge, New York: New York.
  • Articles
    • Baldo, T., Softas-Nall, B., & Petrogiannis, K. (2004). Suicide
      Assessment: A solution focused approach. Awareness Journal,
      Fall, 3-6.
    • Williamson, J., Softas-Nall, B., & Miller, J. (2003). Grandmothers raising grandchildren: An exploration of their experiences and emotions. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 11(1), 23-32.
    • Softas-Nall, B., Baldo T. and Williams, S. (2001). Family-of-origin, personality characteristics, and counselor trainees’ effectiveness. Psychological Reports, 88(3), 854-856.
    • Softas-Nall, B. and Baldo, T. (2000). Dialogues within a Greek family: Multicultural stories of a couple revisited. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 8(4), 396-398.
    • Softas-Nall, B., Baldo, T. and Tiedemann, T. (1999). Gender based solution-focused genogram case: He and she across the generations. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 7(2), 177-180.
    • Baldo, T. and Softas-Nall, B. (1998). Family sculpting in supervision of family therapy. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 6(3), 231-234.
    • Softas-Nall, B., Baldo, T., and Williams, S. (1997). Counselor trainee perceptions of Hispanic, Black and White teenage expectant mothers and fathers. Journal for Multicultural Counseling and Development, 25(4), 234-243.
    • Softas-Nall, B., Bardos, A., and Fakinos, M. (1995). Fear of rape, its perceived seriousness and likelihood among young Greek Women. Violence against Women, 1(2), 174-186.