Samantha Houston-Crook
Samantha
Houston-Crook
Adjunct Professor
Campus:
- Online
- Department
- Department of Marriage & Family Therapy
- Institution
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Pacific Oaks College
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Address
- 45 W Eureka Street
- Pasadena, CA 91103
- Biography
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I currently work as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California. I specialize in trauma (religious trauma, sexual trauma, childhood trauma), anxiety, and OCD. I hold a PhD in Trauma and Disaster Relief and utilize modalities of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy.
- Education History
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Degree Institution Year PhD Psychology National University 2025 MS Counseling Psychology California Baptist University 2019 BA Psychology California Baptist University 2017 - Professional Memberships
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Role Organization Member California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists Member Association for Psychological Science Member American Psychological Association Member EMDR International Associate (EMDRIA) - Licenses
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Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, California - Areas of Expertise
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Area Expertise Anxiety Mental Health/Psychopathology/Clinical Psychology Obsessive-Comulsive Disorders Sexuality/Gender Issues LGBTQ Social Justice General Expertise Trauma Complex Trauma Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Presentations
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Title Location Date Is Neuroscience Equally Seductive? the Role of Individual Difference Variables in Predicting When the Presence of Brain Scans Influences Argument Acceptance. Boston, MA 2017 - Publications
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Chapter Houston-Crook, S. (2022). Making Space for Mindfulness. In Dean, H. & Wagnon, A. (Ed.) Voices from the Front Line: Ideas to Help Educators Solve Today’s Critical Issues (pp. 147-159). : Rowman & Littlefield.
Journal Houston-Crook, Samantha (2025). Psychological Coping Strategies That Reduce Distress After Exposure to Secondary Trauma Among First Responders. ProQuest One Academic, (3241115511),