Building Connection and Community through the LfA Experience

Dr. Craigen is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine Program at Boston University. Most recently, she served an Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Services at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. For the past ten years, Professor Craigen has worked in a private practice setting and her client base consisted largely of adolescents and young adults presenting with a variety of mental health concerns, particularly self-injurious behavior.

Dr. Craigen's research interests include self-injurious behavior, suicide, trauma, secondary traumatic stress, and the unique needs of military-connected children and their families. In addition to her research endeavors, is committed to international learning experiences and recently co-developed an international service-learning program in San Jose, Costa Rica, and assisted a colleague in a study abroad program in Dublin, Ireland and participated in a trauma- healing program for children in South Africa. In addition to international programming, she also developed online courses in human methods and family guidance.

Dr. Craigen received her B.A. in psychology from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Additionally, attained my Ed.S. in School Psychology and my Ph.D. in Counselor Education at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.