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.H. (2006).  Family in the United States: Social context, structure, and roles. In Georgas, J. et al. (Eds.), Families across cultures. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.  Book received award by APA’s Division in International Psychology.
  • 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.

Encyclopedia Entry

  • Softas-Nall, B. (2008). Family therapy. In  Leong, F.T., Altmaier , E. Johnson, B. (Eds).   Encyclopedia of Counseling. Sage: Thousand   Oaks, CA. 1, 203-207.

Juried publications

  • Softas-Nall, B., Beadle, M. Newell, J. & Helm, H. (2008).  Spousal Disclosure of Extramarital Relationships: Attitudes of Marriage and Family Therapists. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families.16,(4), 328-337. 
  • 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. and Francis P. (1998).  A solution-focused approach to suicide assessment and intervention with families.  The Family Journal:  Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 6(1), 64-66.
  • 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.