Rhonda Faulkner, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor

email: r-faulkner@northwestern.edu

Research Interests

Marital and Family Functioning
Physician-Patient Communication
Women's Health

Training / Education

Undergraduate:

Virginia Tech

Graduate School:

Tulane University - M.S.W. Clinical Social Work

University of Georgia - Ph.D. Marriage & Family Therapy / Specialization in Medical Family Therapy

Providence Hospital Family Medicine Residency, Seattle, WA

Fellowship:

University of Chicago
Families, Systems, and Health

Northwestern University's Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Ob/Gyn Residency Programs at St. Joseph's Hospital

Professional Society Memberships

American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy

Academy of Clinical Social Workers

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

National Association of Social Workers

Awards, Honors, and Recognitions:

2006
Joost Award for Patient, Physician & Society (PPS) Course Instruction

2001
Teaching Award, The University of Georgia
Received the highest teaching evaluations for the entire Department of Child & Family Development

2001
Winner of “Best of Workshop Series”;  American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy 2001 Annual Conference;  Nashville, TN. Workshop received highest conference evaluations and was invited for encore presentation.

Scholarly Activities

Publications

Faulkner, RA, & Lipsky, M.  Depression.  Handbook of Family Medicine;  4th Edition.  McGraw-Hill.

Faulkner RA, Davey M, Davey A "Gender-related predictors of change in marital satisfaction and marital conflict"
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FAMILY THERAPY 33 (1): 61-83 JAN-FEB 2005

Brucker, P., Faulkner, R., Baptiste, J. et al.  "The internship training experiences in medical family therapy of doctoral-level marriage and family therapy students" AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FAMILY THERAPY 33 (2): 131-146 MAR-APR 2005

Murphy MJ, Faulkner RA, Behrens C. "The effect of therapist-client racial similarity on client satisfaction and therapist evaluation of treatment" CONTEMPORARY FAMILY THERAPY 26 (3): 279-292 SEP 2004

Faulkner, R., Klock, K., & Gale, J.  (January, 2002).  “Qualitative research in family therapy:  Trends in the field from 1980 to 1999.”  Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.

Faulkner, R., & Semans, M. (January, 2002).  “The effect of parental cancer on adolescent development.”  American Journal of Family Therapy.

International Presentations

Faulkner, R., Klock, K., Lindsey, J., Rohacs, J., & Willert, A. (January 9, 2001).  “Perspectives on the use of reflecting teams as a training tool.”  Conference on Qualitative Research in Education.  Athens, Georgia.

Faulkner, R., Klock, K., & Gale, J.  (January 8, 2000).  “Present trends in qualitative research in the field of family therapy.” Conference on Qualitative Research in Education.  Athens, Georgia.

Faulkner, R., & Semans, M.  (January 9, 2000).  “A qualitative exploration of the effects of parental cancer on adolescent development.”  Conference on Qualitative Research in Education.  Athens, Georgia.

National Presentations

Faulkner, R. (March 2007). "Using Family Genograms—A Tool for Relationship-centered Practice Across the Life Cycle." 27th Annual Conference on Families and Health. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. Austin, Texas.

Faulkner, R. (March 2007). "Helping Our Patients Make Marriage Work—What to Do With Couples in Distress." 27th Annual Conference on Families and Health. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. Austin, Texas.

Faulkner, R., Davey, M., Davey, A.  (October, 2003).  “Longitudinal models of marital quality”.  The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; 61st Annual Conference.  Long Beach, CA.

Faulkner, R., Davey, M., & Davey, A.  (October, 2001).  “How do we measure the benefits of couples therapy?”. The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy;  59th Annual Conference.  Nashville, TN.

Davey, M., & Faulkner, R.  (October, 2001).  Best of Series”:  Children the forgotten patients:  Interventions and treatment for families.”  The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy;  59th Annual Conference.  Nashville, TN.

Semans, M., & Faulkner, R.  (November 5, 2000).  “Children the forgotten patients: Interventions and treatment for families.”  The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy;  58th Annual Conference.  Denver, Colorado.

Murphy, M., & Faulkner, R.  (November, 1999).  “The influence of race and gender on client satisfaction.”   National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference.  Irvine, California.

Regional Presentations

Faulkner, R. (May, 2002).  “The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couples’ Therapy Workshop”.  Northeast Georgia Chapter of the Georgia Association for Marriage & Family Therapy Division of AAMFT.

Faulkner, R. (February, 2001).  “Overview and discussion of John Gottman’s research based approach to marital therapy”.  Marriage & Family Therapy Certificate Program.  The University of Georgia.  Athens, Georgia.

Faulkner, R. (December, 2000).  “Recommendations for professional development in Marriage & Family Therapy”.  Child & Family Development Undergraduate Student Association.  The University of Georgia.  Athens, Georgia.

Faulkner, R., Green, K., & Walsh, S.  (April, 2000).  “Therapist’s greatest hits.”Southeastern Conference on Family Relations. Athens, Georgia. 

Faulkner, R.  (November, 1999).  “Interventions and coping skills for first time parents.”  First Steps Parenting Program. Athens, Georgia.

Faulkner, R., & Klock, K. (May, 1999).  “Family systems theory:  Concepts and interventions.”  Healthy Families, Inc.  Athens, Georgia.

Faulkner, R.  (April, 1999).  “Adolescent resiliency.” Southeastern Conference on Family Relations.  Knoxville, Tennessee.