Aurélie Athan
Biographic Data
| ID | 2467336 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aurélie Athan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aurélie |
| FAMILY NAME | Athan |
| SIGNATURE | ATHAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6738-1176 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Harms of social regulation on the development of maternal identity among sex workers
Recommendations include amplifying positive formations of maternal identity which may improve maternal mental health outcomes among sex-working moms
Narrative Eco-Therapy During Matrescence May Help Mothers Transform Climate Distress into Ecological Awakening
This paper presents findings from a pilot study of a five-week feminist psychoeducational group developed for mothers experiencing eco-distress during matrescence, the developmental shift of motherhood. Weekly journaling prompts served as narrative provocations to catalyze reflection and identity transformation in a case study of five mothers. Rather than a clinical or therapeutic intervention, this study tested a scalable, consciousness-raising …
Maternal Eco-Distress as Catalyst for Post-Traumatic Growth Amidst Climate Change
This study explored the intersection of motherhood, eco-distress, and post-traumatic growth (PTG) in the context of climate havoc and positions mothers as important agents of environmental sustainability. It demonstrated how maternal eco-distress can be transformed from a potentially paralyzing experience into a generative force for ecological identity development and intergenerational stewardship of the natural world. Drawing on a sample of 13 N…
A critical need for the concept of matrescence in perinatal psychiatry
The concept of matrescence, akin to adolescence but for mothers, has gained increasing attention in perinatal psychiatry, marking a paradigm shift towards understanding the holistic development of mothers. Matrescence encompasses the myriad psychological, social, cultural, and existential changes which occur as women transition into motherhood. Despite advances in maternal mental health, a bias towards pathologizing maternal experiences persists …
Ecopsychological Development and Maternal Ecodistress During Matrescence
The experience of matrescence, the developmental transition to motherhood, has not explicitly included the ecological domain, whereby mothers awaken to ecological concerns and question their ethical relationship to nature. Therefore, in this paper, we argue the need for a new framework known as maternal ecopsychology and its related ecotherapies to accelerate a mother's movement toward an enlarged ecoconsciousness as part and parcel of an already…
Inner Peace in a Global Crisis
Emerging-adult undergraduates (ages 18-25) are at increased risk for mental illness, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Simultaneously, emerging adults face developmental tasks including identity development, finding meaning and purpose, and spiritual individuation. A case study approach is used to elucidate processes of undergraduates coping with collective trauma as a potential pathway to trauma-related spiritual growth via Awakened Awarenes…
A Spirituality Mind-Body Wellness Center in a University Setting; A Pilot Service Assessment Study
Increasing rates of mental illness among college students over the past 10 years suggest a collective deficit in meaning and purpose unattended to by many university campuses. Psychopathology among young adult college students is associated with developmental tasks such as spiritual individuation, suggesting that interventions aimed at spiritual wellbeing may support the stated need for comprehensive mental health services. The aim of this pilot …
Dispatch from the Ivory Tower
Maternal psychology
Spiritual awareness pedagogy
Our theoretical orientation as educators is to teach with a spiritual foundation. Central to our perspective is that the classroom as an academic space is poised to facilitate profound spiritual evolution for students. A graduate course in psychotherapy using a Spiritual Awareness Pedagogy (SAP) offers students an opportunity to understand spiritual experience on the road to becoming psychologists, teachers, and healers. At the level of phenomeno…
Spiritual awareness pedagogy
Our theoretical orientation as educators is to teach with a spiritual foundation. Central to our perspective is that the classroom as an academic space is poised to facilitate profound spiritual evolution for students. A graduate course in psychotherapy using a Spiritual Awareness Pedagogy (SAP) offers students an opportunity to understand spiritual experience on the road to becoming psychologists, teachers, and healers. At the level of phenomeno…
Dispatch from the Ivory Tower
Maternal psychology
A Spirituality Mind-Body Wellness Center in a University Setting; A Pilot Service Assessment Study
Increasing rates of mental illness among college students over the past 10 years suggest a collective deficit in meaning and purpose unattended to by many university campuses. Psychopathology among young adult college students is associated with developmental tasks such as spiritual individuation, suggesting that interventions aimed at spiritual wellbeing may support the stated need for comprehensive mental health services. The aim of this pilot …
Inner Peace in a Global Crisis
Emerging-adult undergraduates (ages 18-25) are at increased risk for mental illness, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Simultaneously, emerging adults face developmental tasks including identity development, finding meaning and purpose, and spiritual individuation. A case study approach is used to elucidate processes of undergraduates coping with collective trauma as a potential pathway to trauma-related spiritual growth via Awakened Awarenes…
Ecopsychological Development and Maternal Ecodistress During Matrescence
The experience of matrescence, the developmental transition to motherhood, has not explicitly included the ecological domain, whereby mothers awaken to ecological concerns and question their ethical relationship to nature. Therefore, in this paper, we argue the need for a new framework known as maternal ecopsychology and its related ecotherapies to accelerate a mother's movement toward an enlarged ecoconsciousness as part and parcel of an already…
A critical need for the concept of matrescence in perinatal psychiatry
The concept of matrescence, akin to adolescence but for mothers, has gained increasing attention in perinatal psychiatry, marking a paradigm shift towards understanding the holistic development of mothers. Matrescence encompasses the myriad psychological, social, cultural, and existential changes which occur as women transition into motherhood. Despite advances in maternal mental health, a bias towards pathologizing maternal experiences persists …
Narrative Eco-Therapy During Matrescence May Help Mothers Transform Climate Distress into Ecological Awakening
This paper presents findings from a pilot study of a five-week feminist psychoeducational group developed for mothers experiencing eco-distress during matrescence, the developmental shift of motherhood. Weekly journaling prompts served as narrative provocations to catalyze reflection and identity transformation in a case study of five mothers. Rather than a clinical or therapeutic intervention, this study tested a scalable, consciousness-raising …
Maternal Eco-Distress as Catalyst for Post-Traumatic Growth Amidst Climate Change
This study explored the intersection of motherhood, eco-distress, and post-traumatic growth (PTG) in the context of climate havoc and positions mothers as important agents of environmental sustainability. It demonstrated how maternal eco-distress can be transformed from a potentially paralyzing experience into a generative force for ecological identity development and intergenerational stewardship of the natural world. Drawing on a sample of 13 N…
Harms of social regulation on the development of maternal identity among sex workers
Recommendations include amplifying positive formations of maternal identity which may improve maternal mental health outcomes among sex-working moms
Psychology (9 works) · Psychotherapist (6 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Spirituality (3 works) · Anxiety (2 works)