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Aubrey Danielle Daniels

Department : Psychiatric Rehabilitation And Counseling Professions

Academic Title: Assistant Professor

Office Address:
Research Tower - Busch Campus
675 Hoes Lane West - 8th Floor
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Email: aubrey.daniels@rutgers.edu

Education
Degree	Degree Source	Year Awarded
B.A Psychology Honors	Seton Hall University	2014
M.S.Ed Counseling and Mental Health Services	University of Pennsylvania	2015
M.Phil.Ed Professional Counseling	University of Pennsylvania	2016
Ph.D. Counselor Education & Supervision	Penn State University	2019

Publications
Title	Authors	Where and When
THINK Outside the Box: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Black Disability Justice.	Daniels, A.D, Socha, C.V., Marshall, T.	Journal of Multicultural Counseling & Development (2025)
Performance of International and Domestic Counselors-In-Training in a University Training Clinic: An Outcome-Based Analysis	Zalaquett, C., Kim, S., Forziat-Pytel, K., Fullmer, l., Bigelow, T.M., Daniels, A.D.	International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-024-09567-y
Machine learning predictive models to guide prevention and intervention allocation for anxiety and depressive disorders among college students	Yusen Zhai, Yixin Zhang, Zhicong Chu, Baocheng Geng, Mahmood Almaawali, Russell Fulmer, Yung-Wei Dennis Lin, Zhaopu Xu, Aubrey D. Daniels, Yanhong Liu, Qu Chen, Xue Du	Journal of Counseling & Development. (2024). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcad.12543
Utilizing the SAFE-T Model and Anti-racist Counseling Principles for Suicide Assessment and Teaching Counselors in Training	Daniels, A.D., Nadermann, K., Beck, C., Zhai, Y.	Journal of Counselor Preparation & Supervision (2023). Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/jcps/vol17/iss3/8/
How friendship predicts post-traumatic growth in emerging adults	Copley, L., Daniels, A.D.	Journal of Mental Health Counseling (2023) https://doi.org/10.17744/mehc.45.4.05
The impact of racial trauma on black students’ college and career outcomes: An antiracist approach.	Edwin, M., Daniels, A.D.	Professional School Counseling (2022)
Trauma-Informed Child Client Advocacy (TICCA) Plan: Conceptualization and Case Study	Daniels, A.D.	Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 15(1). Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/jcps/vol15/iss1/7 (2022)
The Family System Amidst Complex Trauma: A Driving Force to Enhance Resilience and Reduce Depression in Young Adults.	Daniels, A.D., Bryan, J., Liles, S., Carney, J.V.	The Family Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807221104115 (2022)
Combining family systems approaches to address BIPOC families’ racial trauma amidst the global pandemic.	Daniels, A.D.	The Family Journal https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807221078969 (2022)
Resilience despite complex trauma: Family environment and family cohesion as protective factors.	Daniels, A.D., Bryan, J.	The Family Journal. 29(3), 336-345 https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807211000719 (2021)
Equity-focused school-family-community partnerships: Infusing antiracism into the process.	Bryan, J., Henry, L.M., Daniels, A.D., Edwin, M., Griffin, D.	In Holcomb-Mccoy, C (Ed.) Antiracist Counseling in School Communities. American Counseling Association (2021)
Childhood emotional abuse and maladaptive coping in adults seeking treatment for substance use disorder.	Watts, J.W., O’Sullivan, D., Panlilio, C., Daniels, A.D.	The Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling. 41, 18-34. (2020)
A Retrospective Study on the Relationships between Complex Trauma, Family Environment, Family Cohesion, Resilience and Depression in Young Adults	Daniels, A.D	(2019) https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/files/final_submissions/20184

Research
Research Interests
Dr. Daniels research is focused on trauma and the impacts it has on individuals and family systems both long term and short term. Dr. Daniels specifically measures complex trauma and racial trauma and the trauma responses in the form of, Depression, Anxiety, and Eating Disorders. Dr. Daniels assesses the experience of clients with these experiences in counseling as a means to contribute to the counseling literature focused on implementing more evidence based, resiliency focused, trauma-informed care. Specific to resilience as a construct, Dr. Daniels has found that many individuals who experience trauma have shown vast amounts of resilience. Therefore, she continues to study what factors lead to resilience despite the experience of trauma, I plan to develop preventive methods and programs for children actively experiencing complex trauma. Dr. Daniels also has a research emphasis on issues of cultural humility and awareness such as; racial trauma, anti-racism in counseling, advocacy, and social justice. Clinically, Dr. Daniels is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP). Similar to her research interests, her clinical practice is focused on trauma specifically, childhood and complex trauma, crisis, and adult mental health. she possesses a wide range of clinical experience, with adults experiencing severe mental health concerns, college students in multiple settings, children, adolescents & families in mental health agencies and school settings. She has received training and supervision in trauma-informed care and family systems theories, which grounds her counseling approach and has had a significant impact on her teaching and supervision. Other areas of research: Depression, Eating Disorders, Crises & Suicide, Advocacy, Counselor Education & Supervision

Research Grants
Title	Sponsor	Effective Dates	Role
Equipping Culturally Aware Counselors to Bolster Social Determinants of Health and Advocacy Efforts	Rutgers University - Rutgers Health	September 2024-April 2025	Principal Investigator

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