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.
- Baldo, T., Softas-Nall, B., & Petrogiannis, K. (2004). Suicide
