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Andrea M. Doyle

Summary

Experienced educator and clinical supervisor specializing in psychotherapy training and syllabus development. Expertise in group facilitation and social work education enhances student engagement and success. Focused on advancing clinical practice and improving educational experiences for future social work professionals.

Overview

38
38
years of professional experience

Work History

Graduate Faculty

West Virginia University Office of Graduate Education and Life
01.2025 - Current

Associate Professor

West Virginia University, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
01.2023 - Current

Coordinator of Psychotherapy Series for 3rd Year Residents

West Virginia University, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
01.2019 - Current
  • Developed and updated syllabus in collaboration with social work faculty to enhance course alignment with educational objectives.
  • Coordinated patient scheduling and appointment management for behavioral health services.
  • Organized training sessions for staff on departmental policies and procedures.
  • Assisted in developing educational materials for patient care and support programs.

Assistant Professor

West Virginia University, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
01.2019 - 12.2023
  • Instructed social work students and psychiatric residents in practical field settings, enhancing their professional development.
  • Supervision of residents, MSW students and social work professionals seeking licensure.
  • Conducted research projects addressing community needs, contributing to evidence-based practices and program development.
  • Managed 70-90% clinical case load, providing essential services to diverse patient populations.

Adjunct Faculty Online DBT course for MSW students

University of Washington School of Social Work
01.2021 - 12.2021

Assistant Professor of Social Work

University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy & Practice
01.2008 - 12.2017
  • Taught courses including Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE), Trauma, Advanced Clinical Practice I and II for MSW students, DSW Theory Course II, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) intensive course for MSW and DSW students, and PhD Proseminar, fostering critical skills in social work practice and theory.
  • Developed course materials for social policy and practice curriculum.
  • Facilitated engaging classroom discussions on social issues and policies.
  • Mentored graduate students in research methodologies and thesis development.

Course Director of Advanced Clinical Practice I and II (MSW)

University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice
01.2011 - 12.2014

Course Director of Human Behavior and Social Environment I and II

University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice
01.2008 - 12.2012

Counseling Fidelity Analyst

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
01.2006 - 12.2008
  • Conducted motivational interviewing and psychotherapy fidelity assessments on random sample of tape-recorded smoking cessation counseling sessions for large randomized trial testing adolescent smoking cessation behavioral intervention.
  • Performed qualitative data analysis using ATLAS for NIH-funded study.
  • Analyzed clinical trial data to support research initiatives and decision-making processes.
  • Collaborated with researchers to design and implement data collection strategies.
  • Developed reports to summarize findings for stakeholder presentations and discussions.

Teaching Associate/Instructor

University of Washington School of Social Work
01.1997 - 12.2008
  • Taught MSW courses including HBSE, Social Work for Social Justice, Advanced Groupwork, Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy, Advanced Practice, Social Work with Groups, Introduction to Statistics for Social Work Practitioners, and foundation practice courses for first-year students across Advanced Standing, Regular Day, and Extended Degree programs, enhancing student understanding of core concepts.
  • Facilitated BSW practicum seminar sessions, guiding students in integrating theoretical knowledge with practical experience.
  • Assisted faculty in preparing course materials and lectures for social work courses.
  • Facilitated discussions and group activities to enhance student engagement and learning.
  • Graded assignments and provided constructive feedback to students on their performance.

Mental Health Trainer

Children's Administration Social Work Academy
01.2006 - 12.2007
  • Trained new hires at Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) in child protection and child welfare practices, enhancing their readiness for critical roles.
  • Developed training programs for children with diverse needs.
  • Facilitated workshops on health and wellness topics for families.
  • Collaborated with social workers to design tailored health plans.

Research Consultant, DO-IT Summer Think Tank

University of Washington College of Engineering
01.2003 - 12.2003
  • Edited website content, analyzed statistical data, and wrote articles on best practices and case studies to support the DO-IT program for disabled students in STEM.
  • Conducted research projects to support engineering faculty and students.
  • Analyzed data using statistical software for project evaluation.
  • Collaborated with faculty to develop innovative research methodologies.

Research Consultant/Group facilitator

University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
01.1998 - 12.2001
  • Designed and implemented psychoeducational support group for HIV+ women, fostering emotional support and community engagement.
  • Created evaluation forms to measure program effectiveness, enhancing data-driven decision-making.
  • Conducted qualitative research on behavioral health interventions.
  • Collaborated with faculty to design research methodologies and protocols.
  • Analyzed data using statistical software for mental health studies.

Research Assistant

University of Washington School of Social Work Dean’s Office
01.2000 - 12.2000
  • Developed curriculum for Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) courses.
  • Conducted literature reviews to support research projects in social work.
  • Assisted faculty with data collection and analysis for ongoing studies.
  • Coordinated meetings and events for research initiatives within the Dean’s Office.

Practicum Liaison

University of Washington School of Social Work
01.1998 - 12.1999
  • Troubleshot practice problems in field, providing clinical consultation to enhance case presentations by senior BASW students.
  • Coordinated communication between faculty and students in social work programs.
  • Facilitated workshops to enhance student engagement and support resources.
  • Organized events promoting social work initiatives and community involvement.

Research Assistant

Seattle Police Department
Seattle
01.1997 - 12.1998
  • Evaluated SARA project to assess community perceptions of public safety in Greater Seattle.
  • Conducted ethnographic interviews to capture insights on community behaviors.
  • Conducted literature reviews to support research projects in social work.
  • Assisted in data collection and analysis for various studies.
  • Organized and maintained research materials and documentation efficiently.

Research Assistant

CHOICES, University of Washington School of Social Work
01.1997 - 12.1998
  • Led focus groups for study on domestic violence and STD/HIV prevention, conducting content analysis to inform research findings.
  • Analyzed data using SPSS to investigate attrition factors in a group STD intervention, contributing to understanding participant retention.
  • Presented findings from Ethnic Identity Study at Minority Prevention Conference, enhancing visibility of research on minority health issues.

Editor

Canadian Sex Research Forum (CSRF)
01.1994 - 12.1997
  • Edited quarterly national practice and research newsletter to improve clarity and engagement for diverse readership.
  • Edited research papers for clarity and adherence to publication standards.
  • Collaborated with researchers to enhance the quality of submitted articles.
  • Managed editorial calendar to ensure timely publication of content.

Teaching Assistant

McGill University School of Social Work
01.1988 - 12.1988
  • “Goal-Directed, Time-Limited Casework,” a course for advanced undergraduates.
  • Assisted professors in preparing course materials and lectures for social work classes.
  • Facilitated group discussions and learning activities to enhance student engagement.
  • Supported students with research projects and provided guidance on academic writing.

Education

Ph.D. - Social Welfare

University of Washington School of Social Work
01-2008

M.S.W. - Social Work with clinical focus

McGill University School of Social Work
01-1988

B.S.W. -

McGill University School of Social Work
01-1986

B.Sc. - Psychology

McGill University
01-1985

Skills

  • Clinical supervision
  • Curriculum design
  • Higher education teaching
  • Curriculum design
  • Group facilitation
  • Educational leadership

Faculty And Administrative Appointments

  • 2025, Graduate Faculty, West Virginia University Office of Graduate Education and Life
  • 2021, Adjunct Faculty Online DBT course for MSW students, University of Washington School of Social Work
  • 2019, Coordinator of Psychotherapy Series for 3rd Year Residents, West Virginia University, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
  • 2022, Instructor for Psychodynamic Series for 3rd Year Residents, West Virginia University, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
  • 2023, Associate Professor, West Virginia University, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
  • 2023, Assistant Professor, West Virginia University, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
  • 2017, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy & Practice
  • 2012, Course Director of Human Behavior and Social Environment I and II, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice
  • 2014, Course Director of Advanced Clinical Practice I and II (MSW), University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice
  • 2012, Adjunct Research Faculty, Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotions Research, University of Maryland
  • 2012, Academic Advisor (MSW), University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice
  • 2007, Mental Health Trainer, Children's Administration Social Work Academy
  • 2008, Teaching Associate/Instructor, University of Washington School of Social Work
  • 1999, Practicum Liaison, University of Washington School of Social Work
  • 1988, Teaching Assistant, McGill University School of Social Work

Research Interests

  • Tele-mental health in the Emergency Department
  • Intervention with women with histories of trauma at risk for HIV
  • Clinical process research and mechanisms of change

Publications

McMillen, C., Doyle, A., & Claypool, E.  (2023) Validation as a clinical strategy, Journal of Social Work Practice, 37(3), 325-338.
DOI: 10.1080/02650533.2022.2128311. Published online October 2022.

Blum, L.D., Carper, M.M., Stange, J.P., Cohen, J.N., Doyle, A., & Smith, V.E. (2020). A    New Instrument to Assess Counterdependency, Evaluated in the Context of Postpartum Depression. Psychoanalytic Psychology

Murray, G., Hart., T., Doyle, A., Bohrman, C. & Toth, C. (2019). There’s No Cure for Brain Injury: Work-Related Stress in Brain Injury Rehabilitation Professionals. Brain Injury, DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2019.1644374

Lewis, C., Darnell, D., Kerns, S., Monroe-DeVita, M., Landes, S. J., Lyon, A. R., …Doyle A., … Dorsey, C. (2016). Proceedings of the 3rd Biennial Conference of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) 2015: advancing efficient methodologies through community partnerships and team science: Seattle, WA, USA. 24-26 September 2015. Implementation Science: IS, 11(Suppl 1), 85. http://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-016-0428-0

Rhodes, K.V., Rodgers, M., Summers, M., Hanlon, A., Chittams, J., Doyle, A., Datner, E., & Crits-Christoph, P. (2015). Brief Motivational Intervention for
Intimate Partner Violence and Heavy Drinking in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA, 314(5), Aug. 4.


Hartocollis, L., Solomon, P., Doyle, A., and Ditty, M. (2015). A Summative Evaluation of the University of Pennsylvania's Practice Doctorate in Social Work (DSW) Program. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 34(5), 116-130.


Ditty, M. S., Landes, S. J., Doyle, A., & Beidas, R. S. (2015). It Takes a Village: A Mixed Method Analysis of Inner Setting Variables and Dialectical Behavior Therapy Implementation. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 1-10.


Tennille, J., Solomon, P., Bourjolly, J., & Doyle, A. (2014). Looking back to move forward: introducing FIELD (Field instructors extending EBP learning in dyads). Field Educator, 4(2), 2-19.


Ghose, T.J., Boucicaut, E., King, C., Doyle, A. &, Schubert, V. (2013). Surviving the aftershock: Post-earthquake access and adherence to HIV treatment among Haiti's tent residents, Qualitative Health Research, 23(4), 495-506.


Ghose, T., Boucicaut, E., King, C., Shubert, V., & Doyle, A. (2013). Stilling the tremors: Resurrecting HIV services in Haiti's post-earthquake tent cities. International Journal of Social Welfare, 22(4), 374-383.
Doyle, A. (2011). History of process research relevant to clinical social work. Clinical Social Work Journal, 39(1), 68-78.


Doyle, A., Kealey, K. A., Ludman, E. J., Marek, P. M., & Peterson, A. V. (2010). Fidelity of Telephone Delivery of Motivational Interviewing for Adolescent Smoking Cessation. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 39, 104-104.

Burgstahler, S. & Doyle, A. (2005). Gender differences in computer mediated communication among adolescents with disabilities: A Case Study. Disability Studies Quarterly, 25(2).


Beadnell, B., Stielstra, S., Baker, S., Morrison, D. M., Knox, K, Gutierrez, L., & Doyle, A. (2003). Ethnic identity and sexual risk-taking among African American women enrolled in an HIV/STD prevention intervention. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 8, 187-198.


Beadnell, B., Baker, S. A., Knox, K., Stielstra, S., Morrison, D.M., DeGooyer, E., Wickizer, L., Doyle, A., & Oxford, M. (2003). The influence of psychosocial difficulties on women's attrition in an HIV/STD prevention program. AIDS Care, 15, 807-820.


Doyle, A., Swan, M., Roffman, R. & Stephens, R. (2003). The Marijuana Check-Up. A brief intervention tailored for individuals in the contemplation stage. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 3(4), 53-71.


Betito, L. & Doyle, A. (1993) Fantasy and Reality: An Essay on Incest. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 19(4), 308-314. 68-78.

Book Chapters

Doyle, A. (2025). Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Chapter in Social Work Treatment: Interlocking Theoretical Approaches, 7th Edition. Cynthia Franklin & Cathleen Jordan, editors. Oxford University Press.


Doyle, A. and Perlman, S.  (2023). Trauma experienced in adolescence, Chapter 9 in Trauma Counseling: Theories and Interventions. 2nd Edition. (Linda Lopez Levers, editor). New York: Springer Publishing.  


Doyle, A. and Levers, L. (2023). Trauma experienced in early childhood, Chapter 8 in Trauma Counseling: Theories and Interventions. 2nd Edition. (Linda Lopez Levers, editor). New York: Springer Publishing.  

Hartocollis, L., Solomon, P., Doyle, A., and Ditty, M. (2016). An Evaluation of the University of Pennsylvania's Practice Doctorate (DSW) Program. Chapter 8 in Social Work Doctoral Education: Past, Present, and Future by Paul Kurzman. New York: Routledge. [Reprint of Special Edition of Journal of Teaching in Social Work cited above. E-book edition was published October 2, 2017].   


Doyle, A. & Perlman, S. (2012). Trauma experienced in adolescence, Chapter 9 in Trauma Counseling: Theories and Interventions. (Linda Lopez Levers, editor). New York: Springer Publishing.  


Perlman, S. & Doyle, A. (2012). Trauma experienced in early childhood, Chapter 8 in Trauma Counseling: Theories and Interventions. (Linda Lopez Levers, editor). New York: Springer Publishing.  

Doyle, A. & Shoel, G. (1992).  Facteurs psychologiques chez la femme seropositive. In  Morrisette & Ghadirian (Eds.), Mise à jour de la situation sur le SIDA 1991-1992. Montreal.

Post Graduate Clinical Training

  • 06/2026, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Grant Funded Training for Certification, University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work and EMDR Consulting
  • 06/2022, Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Teacher’s Academy, American Psychoanalytic Association
  • 05/2025, Mentalizing, McLean Hospital, Harvard and Anna Freud Centre, London
  • 05/2011, Motivational Interview Network of Trainers Training New Trainers (TNT), Mint Forum; Sheffield, England
  • 06/2006, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, University of Washington, Department of Psychology
  • 06/1992, Sex Therapy, Montreal General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry
  • 06/1990, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Institute for Community and Family Psychiatry, Jewish General, Montreal

Research

  • 2025, Co-Principal Investigator, Youth Perspectives on the Feasibility and Acceptability of DBT STEPS-A, West Virginia University, Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
  • 2021, Co-Principal Investigator, State Opioid Response (SOR), Telehealth in Rural EDs, West Virginia University, Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
  • 2025, Co-Principal Investigator, Suicide Prevention Intervention implementation in an inpatient setting, West Virginia University, Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
  • 2015, Forensic clinical social worker, Forensic Psychology & Neuropsychology Services, Hamilton, N.J.
  • 2012, Member, World DBT Association (WDBTA), University of Washington
  • 2020, Co-Investigator, Smith-Blum Counterdependency Inventory (SBCI), University of Pennsylvania Departments of Psychiatry, SP2, and CUNY
  • 2008, Counseling Fidelity Analyst, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • 2003, Research Consultant, DO-IT Summer Think Tank, University of Washington College of Engineering
  • 2001, Research Consultant/Group facilitator, University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • 2000, Research Assistant, University of Washington School of Social Work Dean’s Office
  • 1998, Research Assistant, Seattle Police Department
  • 1998, Research Assistant, CHOICES, University of Washington School of Social Work
  • 1989, Research Assistant, McGill University Male Violence Research Group

Timeline

Graduate Faculty

West Virginia University Office of Graduate Education and Life
01.2025 - Current

Associate Professor

West Virginia University, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
01.2023 - Current

Adjunct Faculty Online DBT course for MSW students

University of Washington School of Social Work
01.2021 - 12.2021

Coordinator of Psychotherapy Series for 3rd Year Residents

West Virginia University, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
01.2019 - Current

Assistant Professor

West Virginia University, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
01.2019 - 12.2023

Course Director of Advanced Clinical Practice I and II (MSW)

University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice
01.2011 - 12.2014

Assistant Professor of Social Work

University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy & Practice
01.2008 - 12.2017

Course Director of Human Behavior and Social Environment I and II

University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice
01.2008 - 12.2012

Counseling Fidelity Analyst

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
01.2006 - 12.2008

Mental Health Trainer

Children's Administration Social Work Academy
01.2006 - 12.2007

Research Consultant, DO-IT Summer Think Tank

University of Washington College of Engineering
01.2003 - 12.2003

Research Assistant

University of Washington School of Social Work Dean’s Office
01.2000 - 12.2000

Research Consultant/Group facilitator

University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
01.1998 - 12.2001

Practicum Liaison

University of Washington School of Social Work
01.1998 - 12.1999

Teaching Associate/Instructor

University of Washington School of Social Work
01.1997 - 12.2008

Research Assistant

Seattle Police Department
01.1997 - 12.1998

Research Assistant

CHOICES, University of Washington School of Social Work
01.1997 - 12.1998

Editor

Canadian Sex Research Forum (CSRF)
01.1994 - 12.1997

Teaching Assistant

McGill University School of Social Work
01.1988 - 12.1988

Ph.D. - Social Welfare

University of Washington School of Social Work

M.S.W. - Social Work with clinical focus

McGill University School of Social Work

B.S.W. -

McGill University School of Social Work

B.Sc. - Psychology

McGill University
Andrea M. Doyle