Shawn Marie McGivern
Professional Title: Senior Lecturer
Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise:
Psychology and College Level Writing
Area of Work and Concentration at Lesley: Undergraduate Psychology, Writing Lab, Prior Learning Assessment (PLA), Experience and Observation / Internship instructor.
Representative List of Recent Courses Taught:
Ethics in the Helping Professions; Counseling Adolescents; Developmental Psychology; Family and Community; Theories of Counseling; Group Dynamics
Education: MA,Counseling Psychology, Lesley University; Post-Graduate study, Institute of Existential-Psychoanalytic Therapy. Doctoral Program in Education, Lesley University, 2001
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions:
- My Living Legacy Journal: 44 Creative Cues for telling your life story in words and/or images
Fun Facts: - First writer/public relations professional for MFA and Institute of Contemporary Art.
- Attended Boston Conservatory for music and piano.
- CD is called Mind of the Heart Meditations in Music.
- I am trained in a number of different healing modalities including focusing and Reiki.
- Favorite places: Bali, Sri Lanka, India, West Africa, Squam Lake, NH.
- One daughter at Stanford, two kittens named Pipi and Nutmeg, one black lab, Luca.
- I am a psychotherapist in private practice with offices in Salem, MA at 1679 Massachusetts Ave.
- I also offer clinical supervision and teach counseling skills to college counselors who work with students as part of the Fenway College Consortium.