Lauren Mizock
Biographic Data
| ID | 104394 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lauren Mizock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lauren |
| FAMILY NAME | Mizock |
| SIGNATURE | MIZOCK L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fielding Graduate University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7372-1824 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 108 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
One person’s loss is a community’s loss
Orthodox Judaism has highly structured beliefs and rituals regarding death, bereavement, and the afterlife and as such, with implications for the impact on the bereavement experience. A qualitative content analysis study was conducted to investigate the experience of 21 Orthodox Jewish participants who had suffered a loss of a close relative within the last five years. Participants were interviewed using a semi-structured interview that inquired …
Humanistic-existential training benefits of a prison therapy documentary for clinical psychology students
Surrogacy and Postpartum Depression
Given the increased use of surrogacy as a means of having a child, more research is needed on the experience of Postpartum Depression (PPD) among surrogates. This article presents case studies from qualitative interviews with surrogates to develop an initial understanding of the lived experience of Postpartum Depression (PPD), as well as to highlight a number of unique factors that might contribute to and buffer against the experience of PPD and …
Intersectional Feminism, Parenthood, and Mental Health
Pilot development and initial validation of the Black spiritual creativity scale
There is a lack of research dedicated to understanding and evaluating how African Americans engage in spiritual creativity as a form of cultural empowerment in order to thrive in the face of systemic oppression. The Black Spiritual Creativity Scale (BSCS) is a new measure that was designed to address this gap in the literature. The BSCS measures the experience of creativity, rhythm, and soul as spiritual forces that contribute to a sense of perso…
Evaluation of the updated Transgender Awareness Webinar
Introduction: The Transgender Awareness Webinar was designed to educate the general public about transgender individuals and reduce stigmatizing attitudes toward transgender and gender diverse people
Mental healthcare barriers and facilitators experienced by homeless women with serious mental illness
Homeless women are adversely affected by serious mental illness (SMI). More research is needed to address specific barriers they face to gaining access to mental healthcare and recommendations for effective mental health services. To address this gap in the literature, the present qualitative study was conducted with 13 homeless women with SMI using grounded theory methodology. Eight themes emerged from data analysis and included the following: N…
“I heal from it, I learn from it, and I go forward
Reimagining sexual and reproductive healthcare for LGBTQ communities
Qualitative interviews were conducted with nine individuals identifying as LGBTQ to identify recommendations for improving sexual and reproductive healthcare at a local clinic on the California Central Coast. Interviewees were recruited at local Pride events. Grounded theory methodology revealed several themes related to participants’ desires for a LGBTQ-affirmative sexual and reproductive healthcare setting. Themes identified included: Beyond En…
The Maternal Guilt of Working Latina Mothers
There is a lack of research on the maternal guilt of working Latina mothers. A grounded theory methodology study on this topic was conducted with 12 Latina mothers in the South Central region of the United States. Data analysis revealed five themes: the Compensatory Parenting Trap (parenting behaviors that attempt to make up for the absence of mothers by indulging their children in ways that violate cultural norms), Proximity Desire (a yearning t…
Family challenges experienced by women with serious mental illness
Objective The present qualitative, grounded theory study was conducted with 20 women with serious mental illness (SMI) to better understand these familial relationships and experiences from their gender and mental health identities. Background Research suggests that women with SMI face unique challenges in their relationships with family. However, much of the literature in this area has focused on the experiences of family caregivers or the mothe…
It Takes a Village
Reentry women, or women who have reentered higher education after a gap in studying, are a population of graduate students who have a unique set of challenges compared to their traditional counterparts. In addition, professional psychology programs place additional demands on students that can add to the unique challenges of reentry women. This study sought to examine how reentry women persist in navigating and succeeding in the challenges of cli…
Demoralization among TGD individuals
LGBTQ Community Needs and Assets Assessment of a Sexual Health Clinic
Photovoice as a tool to understand the experience of stigma among individuals with serious mental illnesses
Transphobia in the workplace
Transgender individuals report frequent encounters with transphobia in the workplace, although relatively few studies have investigated this phenomenon. The present grounded theory analysis was conducted with 45 transgender and gender diverse participants to delineate their different experiences with bias and discrimination in the workplace. Qualitative data analysis revealed the following themes pertaining to work transphobia: lack of social sup…
The transgender awareness webinar
The present two-part study involved the development, dissemination, and pre- and post-assessment of the effectiveness of the Transgender Awareness Webinar to reduce transphobia—stigma towards transgender individuals. The goal of the webinar was to educate undergraduates and mental health providers about transgender individuals and reduce transphobic attitudes. In Study 1, 303 undergraduates at a state university in the Northeastern U.S. completed…
Coping with transphobia in employment
Background: Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) individuals face stigma in the general public and in the workplace. Research has suggested that TGD individuals may demonstrate unique coping strategies in the workplace in order to manage transphobia in that setting; however, further research is needed to identify the specific strategies that transgender individuals use to deal with transphobia at work.Method: The present qualitative study utilize…
Conflation and interdependence in the intersection of gender and sexuality among transgender individuals
Gender and sexuality intersect in different ways for transgender and gender nonconforming individuals. In the present study, intersectionality theory is applied to understand the overlapping levels of stigma and privilege associated with gender and sexual identities among transgender individuals. Pa
Missteps in psychotherapy with transgender clients
Evaluating the Ally Role
Community action is a core mission of activism in counseling and psychology, and the ally role is often viewed as integral to this work. This article provides a review of the benefits as well as the limitations of the ally role in social action in counseling and psychology. Lastly, the authors advocate for a values-based activism role as an alternative to the ally position in order to enhance effectiveness in achieving social change in counseling…
Discriminatory experiences associated with posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among transgender adults
Discrimination has been shown to disproportionately burden transgender people; however, there has been a lack of clinical attention to the mental health sequelae of discrimination, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Additionally, few studies contextualize discrimination alongside other traumatic stressors in predicting PTSD symptomatology. The current study sought to fill these gaps. A community-based sample of 412 transgend…
The double stigma of obesity and serious mental illnesses
UNLABELLED This article contrasts the traditional medical approach and size acceptance perspectives on obesity among people with serious mental illnesses. PURPOSE Higher incidences of obesity among populations with serious mental illnesses have been identified. In response, a recent initiative in mental health has urged providers to address the obesity rates among populations with mental illnesses by monitoring weight, prescribing weight loss med…
Intersectional Stigma and the Acceptance Process of Women with Mental Illness
Acceptance of mental illness is facilitated by the presence of various resources that are needed to deal with associated stigma, prejudice, and discrimination. However, women with mental illness experience added levels of stigma and intersectional oppression that affect the acceptance process, including higher rates of victimization, unemployment, poverty, homelessness, and clinical disparities. Practitioners and researchers can benefit from sens…
Women with Serious Mental Illness in Therapy
The definition and treatment of serious mental illness in women have been crucial issues for feminist therapy. Women with serious mental illness experience elevated rates of abuse, trauma, poverty
Discriminatory experiences associated with posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among transgender adults
Discrimination has been shown to disproportionately burden transgender people; however, there has been a lack of clinical attention to the mental health sequelae of discrimination, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Additionally, few studies contextualize discrimination alongside other traumatic stressors in predicting PTSD symptomatology. The current study sought to fill these gaps. A community-based sample of 412 transgend…
Missteps in psychotherapy with transgender clients
Employment, mental health, internalized stigma, and coping with transphobia among transgender individuals
Transgender individuals encounter stigma related to nonconforming gender identity, contributing to elevated symptoms of depression, anxiety, and suicidality. Stigma toward transgender individuals (i.e., transphobia) poses significant barriers to employment and other areas of functioning. Transgender
New Roads Paved on Losses
People with serious mental illness face stigma that interferes with recovery. Photovoice is a method that integrates photography and writing, providing a valuable means for capturing the narratives of people with mental illness whose voices are often marginalized. The purpose of the present article is to explore the meaning of recovery for individuals with serious mental illness based on a qualitative analysis of a new photovoice-based interventi…
Intersectional Stigma and the Acceptance Process of Women with Mental Illness
Acceptance of mental illness is facilitated by the presence of various resources that are needed to deal with associated stigma, prejudice, and discrimination. However, women with mental illness experience added levels of stigma and intersectional oppression that affect the acceptance process, including higher rates of victimization, unemployment, poverty, homelessness, and clinical disparities. Practitioners and researchers can benefit from sens…
Coping with transphobia in employment
Background: Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) individuals face stigma in the general public and in the workplace. Research has suggested that TGD individuals may demonstrate unique coping strategies in the workplace in order to manage transphobia in that setting; however, further research is needed to identify the specific strategies that transgender individuals use to deal with transphobia at work.Method: The present qualitative study utilize…
Conflation and interdependence in the intersection of gender and sexuality among transgender individuals
Gender and sexuality intersect in different ways for transgender and gender nonconforming individuals. In the present study, intersectionality theory is applied to understand the overlapping levels of stigma and privilege associated with gender and sexual identities among transgender individuals. Pa
Spiritual and Religious Issues in Psychotherapy with Schizophrenia
The topics of spirituality and psychotherapy have often been controversial in the literature on schizophrenia treatment. However, current research indicates many potential benefits of integrating issues of religion and spirituality into psychotherapy for individuals with schizophrenia. In this paper, implications are presented for incorporating spiritual and religious issues in psychotherapy for individuals with schizophrenia. A background on the…
The Maternal Guilt of Working Latina Mothers
There is a lack of research on the maternal guilt of working Latina mothers. A grounded theory methodology study on this topic was conducted with 12 Latina mothers in the South Central region of the United States. Data analysis revealed five themes: the Compensatory Parenting Trap (parenting behaviors that attempt to make up for the absence of mothers by indulging their children in ways that violate cultural norms), Proximity Desire (a yearning t…
Evaluating the Ally Role
Community action is a core mission of activism in counseling and psychology, and the ally role is often viewed as integral to this work. This article provides a review of the benefits as well as the limitations of the ally role in social action in counseling and psychology. Lastly, the authors advocate for a values-based activism role as an alternative to the ally position in order to enhance effectiveness in achieving social change in counseling…
Barriers to and Facilitators of the Acceptance Process for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness
The process of acceptance of mental illness is a central component of recovery and has been linked to functioning, illness management, and quality of life. A number of barriers and facilitators have been theorized as impacting this process. This study was conducted with 30 participants with serious mental illness (a major psychiatric disorder with impairment in multiple areas of functioning) to elicit the barriers to and facilitators of the accep…
Fox's More to Love
Anti-fat bias has become a critical issue to address given the moral panic over perceptions of the prevalence of ‘obesity’ that leads to further stigmatization of fatness ( Boero, 2007 ; Campos et al., 2006 ; Flegal et al., 2010 ; Gard, 2010 ; Tischner & Malson, 2008 ). Fat phobic attitudes result in negative outcomes for employment, relationships, and health care provision ( Teachman & Brownell, 2001 ; Maranto & Stenoien, 2000 ). The United Stat…
Sexual Health Counselor Preferences of African American and European American Women
Male-to-Female Transgender Veterans and VA Health Care Utilization
This study examined rates of military veteran status in an American male-to-female transgender community sample (n = 141). Thirty percent were veterans (n = 43), a rate that is triple the proportion of veteran status noted in the general population (10.1%). Among the veteran subsample, we examined health care utilization, including Veterans Health Administration (VA), health, and barriers to care. Use of VA services was higher among transgender v…
Fox's More to Love
Anti-fat bias has become a critical issue to address given the moral panic over perceptions of the prevalence of ‘obesity’ that leads to further stigmatization of fatness ( Boero, 2007 ; Campos et al., 2006 ; Flegal et al., 2010 ; Gard, 2010 ; Tischner & Malson, 2008 ). Fat phobic attitudes result in negative outcomes for employment, relationships, and health care provision ( Teachman & Brownell, 2001 ; Maranto & Stenoien, 2000 ). The United Stat…
Spiritual and Religious Issues in Psychotherapy with Schizophrenia
The topics of spirituality and psychotherapy have often been controversial in the literature on schizophrenia treatment. However, current research indicates many potential benefits of integrating issues of religion and spirituality into psychotherapy for individuals with schizophrenia. In this paper, implications are presented for incorporating spiritual and religious issues in psychotherapy for individuals with schizophrenia. A background on the…
Lesbian, Gay, and Transgender Individuals with Mental Illness
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals with mental illness encounter double stigma of mental illness and LGBT identity that can uniquely impact the process of acceptance of mental illness. Acceptance of mental illness is essential to promoting recovery and may be one of the most crucial and difficult steps in this process. Qualitative case narrative methodology was used to identify themes related to the facilitators and barrie…
Employment, mental health, internalized stigma, and coping with transphobia among transgender individuals
Transgender individuals encounter stigma related to nonconforming gender identity, contributing to elevated symptoms of depression, anxiety, and suicidality. Stigma toward transgender individuals (i.e., transphobia) poses significant barriers to employment and other areas of functioning. Transgender
New Roads Paved on Losses
People with serious mental illness face stigma that interferes with recovery. Photovoice is a method that integrates photography and writing, providing a valuable means for capturing the narratives of people with mental illness whose voices are often marginalized. The purpose of the present article is to explore the meaning of recovery for individuals with serious mental illness based on a qualitative analysis of a new photovoice-based interventi…
Barriers to and Facilitators of the Acceptance Process for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness
The process of acceptance of mental illness is a central component of recovery and has been linked to functioning, illness management, and quality of life. A number of barriers and facilitators have been theorized as impacting this process. This study was conducted with 30 participants with serious mental illness (a major psychiatric disorder with impairment in multiple areas of functioning) to elicit the barriers to and facilitators of the accep…
The double stigma of obesity and serious mental illnesses
UNLABELLED This article contrasts the traditional medical approach and size acceptance perspectives on obesity among people with serious mental illnesses. PURPOSE Higher incidences of obesity among populations with serious mental illnesses have been identified. In response, a recent initiative in mental health has urged providers to address the obesity rates among populations with mental illnesses by monitoring weight, prescribing weight loss med…
Intersectional Stigma and the Acceptance Process of Women with Mental Illness
Acceptance of mental illness is facilitated by the presence of various resources that are needed to deal with associated stigma, prejudice, and discrimination. However, women with mental illness experience added levels of stigma and intersectional oppression that affect the acceptance process, including higher rates of victimization, unemployment, poverty, homelessness, and clinical disparities. Practitioners and researchers can benefit from sens…
Women with Serious Mental Illness in Therapy
The definition and treatment of serious mental illness in women have been crucial issues for feminist therapy. Women with serious mental illness experience elevated rates of abuse, trauma, poverty
Conflation and interdependence in the intersection of gender and sexuality among transgender individuals
Gender and sexuality intersect in different ways for transgender and gender nonconforming individuals. In the present study, intersectionality theory is applied to understand the overlapping levels of stigma and privilege associated with gender and sexual identities among transgender individuals. Pa
Missteps in psychotherapy with transgender clients
Evaluating the Ally Role
Community action is a core mission of activism in counseling and psychology, and the ally role is often viewed as integral to this work. This article provides a review of the benefits as well as the limitations of the ally role in social action in counseling and psychology. Lastly, the authors advocate for a values-based activism role as an alternative to the ally position in order to enhance effectiveness in achieving social change in counseling…
Discriminatory experiences associated with posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among transgender adults
Discrimination has been shown to disproportionately burden transgender people; however, there has been a lack of clinical attention to the mental health sequelae of discrimination, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Additionally, few studies contextualize discrimination alongside other traumatic stressors in predicting PTSD symptomatology. The current study sought to fill these gaps. A community-based sample of 412 transgend…
Photovoice as a tool to understand the experience of stigma among individuals with serious mental illnesses
Transphobia in the workplace
Transgender individuals report frequent encounters with transphobia in the workplace, although relatively few studies have investigated this phenomenon. The present grounded theory analysis was conducted with 45 transgender and gender diverse participants to delineate their different experiences with bias and discrimination in the workplace. Qualitative data analysis revealed the following themes pertaining to work transphobia: lack of social sup…
The transgender awareness webinar
The present two-part study involved the development, dissemination, and pre- and post-assessment of the effectiveness of the Transgender Awareness Webinar to reduce transphobia—stigma towards transgender individuals. The goal of the webinar was to educate undergraduates and mental health providers about transgender individuals and reduce transphobic attitudes. In Study 1, 303 undergraduates at a state university in the Northeastern U.S. completed…
Coping with transphobia in employment
Background: Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) individuals face stigma in the general public and in the workplace. Research has suggested that TGD individuals may demonstrate unique coping strategies in the workplace in order to manage transphobia in that setting; however, further research is needed to identify the specific strategies that transgender individuals use to deal with transphobia at work.Method: The present qualitative study utilize…
Demoralization among TGD individuals
LGBTQ Community Needs and Assets Assessment of a Sexual Health Clinic
Family challenges experienced by women with serious mental illness
Objective The present qualitative, grounded theory study was conducted with 20 women with serious mental illness (SMI) to better understand these familial relationships and experiences from their gender and mental health identities. Background Research suggests that women with SMI face unique challenges in their relationships with family. However, much of the literature in this area has focused on the experiences of family caregivers or the mothe…
It Takes a Village
Reentry women, or women who have reentered higher education after a gap in studying, are a population of graduate students who have a unique set of challenges compared to their traditional counterparts. In addition, professional psychology programs place additional demands on students that can add to the unique challenges of reentry women. This study sought to examine how reentry women persist in navigating and succeeding in the challenges of cli…
Mental healthcare barriers and facilitators experienced by homeless women with serious mental illness
Homeless women are adversely affected by serious mental illness (SMI). More research is needed to address specific barriers they face to gaining access to mental healthcare and recommendations for effective mental health services. To address this gap in the literature, the present qualitative study was conducted with 13 homeless women with SMI using grounded theory methodology. Eight themes emerged from data analysis and included the following: N…
“I heal from it, I learn from it, and I go forward
Psychology (28 works) · Psychiatry (17 works) · Mental health (16 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (15 works) · Medicine (15 works) · Clinical Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (11 works)