Myra Lawrence

Professor

Office

312-777-7689
mlawrence@argosy.edu

Education

Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, 1987
B.A., Psychology, University of Minnesota, 1966

Biography

Dr. Lawrence is the coordinator of the Child and Adolescent concentration. With over 30 years of clinical experience in the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and adults, she draws upon psychodynamic and developmental perspectives to understand therapeutic interactions. Dr. Lawrence is the Executive and Clinical Director of Shared Vision, a not-for-profit corporation which implements school-based and after school programs and a pediatric psychology program emphasizing health psychology for children with a chronic medical illness. MA and doctoral Psy.D. students participate in these programs as practicum, internship and postdoctoral fellowship trainees, many implementing interventions as part of their Clinical Research Papers. In 1996, Dr. Lawrence won the annual Humanitarian Award from the Illinois Psychological Association and her clinical interests include program development, consultation and supervision, school-based mental health services, pediatric health psychology and alternative healing. She teaches courses in Child & Adolescent Development, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Intervention & Prevention Program Development, Projective Assessment, and diagnostic and therapy seminars. Dr. Lawrence can be reached at 312-777-7689 or mlawrence@argosy.edu.

Expertise

Attachment issues in development, parenting and foster/adoptive parenting
Narrative Storytelling [to resolve trauma, promote attachment, facilitate interpersonal attunement, etc
Adoption, Cross-Cultural Adoption
Clinical Prevention & Intervention Program Development and Evaluation

Selected Publications

Lawrence, Myra M., and Jacobi, Kathryn S., 1997, "Collaboration in a School-Based Intervention Program", National Council of School and Programs of Professional Psychology. NCSPP 1997 Midwinter Conference on "Collaboration and Integration for Professional Psychology: New Roles and Models". Pre-conference Papers. January 21 ? 25, 201-211.
Leifer, M., Cairns, N.U., Connors, M.E., Lawrence, M. M., Gruenhut, P., Womack, A., Evans, H. L. and Downing, D. L., 1995, "Illinois School of Professional Psychology Predoctoral Minor in Sexual Abuse", Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Vol. 26, No. 3, 252 ? 256.
Lawrence, Myra M., and Goggin, Kathy P., 1990, "Interactional Processes in Supervision: A Synopsis", The Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology: Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 3 ? 4.
Lawrence, M., Condon, K., Jacobi, K., and Nicholson, E., (2006). "Play Therapy Techniques Treating Social Aggression". In Schaefer, C. and Kadusen, (Eds.). Contemporary Play Therapy. New York: Guilford Press.
Lawrence, M. M., and Jacobi, K.S. (2005). The Playfulness of Storytelling: A Manual of Interactive Techniques. Oak Brook, Il. Shared Vision, Inc.

Memberships

American Psychological Association (APA)
Association for Play Therapy
Illinois Association for Play Therapy
Illinois Association for Infant Mental Health
ATTACh(Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children)

Presentations

Parenting and Attachment: Managing Cultural & Social Media Influences, Hawthorne Magnet School Chicago, IL May 2011
Raising Securely Attached Children: Challenges and Possibilities, Oak Park Women's Guild Oak Park, IL, April 2011
Play therapy: Sandtray work in Therapy & Supervision, Tri-City Mental Health Center, East Chicago, IN, March 2011
Play Therapy: Using Sandtray in Supervision, Jewish Child & Family Services, Northbrook, IL, February 2011
Facilitating Attachment through Storytelling: The Relationship between Neuroscience, Attachment and Narrative Storytelling, Kentucky Psychological Association, Louisville, KY, May 2010