Christopher Rector

Assistant professor

Office

312-777-7725
crector@argosy.edu

Education

Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Loyola University, 2006
M.A., Counseling Psychology, Northwestern University, 2000.
M.S., Journalism, Northwestern University, 1978
B.S.J., Journalism, Northwestern University, 1976

Biography

Dr. Rector received his doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Rector also earned an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, and he has extensive experience working in community mental health and hospital settings in a variety of capacities. Dr. Rector's clinical areas of interest include trauma, crisis, domestic violence, bereavement/loss, and training/supervision. He is currently an active clinical researcher in the area of differences in psychiatric inpatient hospitalization admission standards between health care provider groups.

Expertise

Trauma
Grief counseling
Crisis assessment and intervention
PTSD, bipolar disorder, depressive and anxiety disorders, schizophrenia

Selected Publications

Steven D. Brown, S.D., Hacker, J., Abrams, M., Carr, A., Rector, C., et. al. (2011). Validation of a Four-Factor Model of Career Indecision Journal of Career Assessment, August, 2011.
Brown, S.D., & Rector, C.C. (2008). Conceptualizing and diagnosing problems in vocational decision making. In S.D. Brown & R.W.Lent (Eds.), Handbook of Counseling Psychology (4th ed). New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Rector, C. (2005). Re-energizing your marriage. Great Lakes VA Healthviews, 3 (3). Milwaukee: VISN 12
McAdams, D.P. & Rector, C. (2001). Instructor's manual to accompany The Person. (3rdEd.). Orlando: Harcourt College Publishers.

Memberships

American Psychological Association

Presentations

Rector, C. (2011). Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Lake Michigan Internship Consortium, Chicago, Il. April, 2011.
Rector, C. (2011). Crisis Assessment and Counseling. Lake Michigan Internship Consortium, Chicago, Il. September, 2011.