Department of Psychology

Shannon Lynch, Ph.D. Shannon Lynch

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology

Education

B.A. (1992), Tufts University;  M.A. (1996) and Ph.D. (1999), University of Michigan; Postdoctoral Fellow (1999-2001), Victims of Violence Program, Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School.

Research Interests

My research interests focus broadly on violence against women in general, and more specifically, on trauma survivors' use of resources to cope with and to recover from traumatic events.  Currently, my research team is conducting a series of projects examining incarcerated women's trauma exposure, treatment/programming needs, and factors influencing current functioning as well as reintegration into the community post-release from prison.  

Clinical interests are in trauma treatment, families, and general individual and group treatment.


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Selected Publications

Fritch, A. & Lynch, S. (2008) Group treatment for adult survivors of interpersonal trauma. Journal of Psychological Trauma, 7(3), 145-169.

Lynch, S.M., Forman, E.M., Mendelsohn, M. & Herman, J.L. (2008) Attending to dissociation: Assessing change in treatment and predicting treatment outcome of trauma survivors.  Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 9(3), 301- 319.

Lynch, S.M., Keasler, A.L, Reaves, R.C., Channer, E.G., and Bukowski, L.T. (2007) The story of my strength: An exploration of resilience in the narratives of survivors of trauma. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma, 14(1/2), 75-97.