Tammy Schultz, Ph.D.
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Training Coordinator, Professor of Counseling | Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL, UNITED STATES
Dr. Tammy Schultz researches participants in an alternative court program for women who have been charged with solicitation or prostitution.
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Biography
A sizeable portion of the work that Dr. Tammy Schultz has engaged in over the past several years has been with students during our travels to the Ukraine, Mexico, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Fiji, and Nicaragua. This work has involved assisting agencies who work with people who have faced varying degrees of trauma in culturally diverse settings. She has witnessed the ways culture can impact the experience of trauma. She has also found that it is educationally important for her students who may have lived most of their lives in a middle-class, mid-west setting, to see what many sisters and brothers endure around the world; the impact poverty has on well-being; and an up-close-and-personal look at resiliency in the lives of people. This teaching and learning voyages have impacted her research.
Most recently, Dr. Schultz has been engaged in quantitative and qualitative research with participants in an alternative court program for women (CATCH Court) who have been charged with solicitation and prostitution.
Dr. Tammy Schultz has passionately taught about the healing from sexual abuse around the globe. She was awarded the 2010 Indiana Counselor of the Year by the Indiana Counseling Association. She has an affinity for reading inviting books, spending time in her garden, and taking prayer walks with her friends.
Education (4)
Indiana State University: Ph.D., Counseling Psychology
University of North Dakota: M.A., Counseling
Providence College: M.A., Christian Counseling
University of Winnipeg: B.A., Criminal Justice
Areas of Expertise and Research Interests (4)
Theories of Personality
Psychopathology
Psychology
Social Cultural Issues
Professional Affiliations (4)
- American Association of Christian Counselors
- American Counseling Association
- American Mental Health Counseling Association
- Christian Association for Psychological Studies
Links (1)
Presentations and Event Appearances (13)
Prostitution, PTSD, religious coping, & posttraumatic growth among participants enrolled in CATCH Court.
Invited lecture presented at Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN, April 2017
Sexual exploitation and religious coping among impoverished women charged with solicitation.
Seminar presented at the annual Christian Association for Psychological Studies Conference Chicago, IL, April 2017
Relationships between sexual exploitation, religious coping, and posttraumatic outcomes among participants enrolled in a specialty court program.
Poster session presented at the annual Christian Association for Psychological Studies Conference Chicago, IL, April 2017
Telling their own stories: Using life interviews and life maps to elicit life narratives with women exiting sex work and sex trafficking.
Poster session presented at the annual Christian Association for Psychological Studies Conference Chicago, IL, April 2017
Posttraumatic Growth
Jirice Prison Prague, Czech Republic, March 2017
Flawed family affairs in scripture: Clinical implications for survivors of sex trafficking.
Mental Health Advisory Conference Prague, Czech Republic, March 2017
Compassion in the classroom: Lessons learned from the relationship between novice educators and counselors
Seminar presented at the Illinois Counselors Association Annual Conference Springfield, IL, November 2016
Sexual exploitation & posttraumatic outcomes among CATCH Court participants.
2016 American Mental Health Counseling Association annual conference New Orleans, LA, July 2016
Sexual exploitation and post-traumatic outcomes
Poster session presented at Caring for the Vulnerable, The Humanitarian Disaster Institute’s 4th Annual Disaster Ministry Conference Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, June 2016
Interpersonal trauma: Sexual violence
Mental Health Advisory Conference Prague, Czech Republic, March 2016
Trauma healing group efficacy for adults in Nicaragua.
Poster session presented at the Missions and Mental Health annual conference November 2015
The effectiveness of a scripturally-based trauma healing model for children
Poster session presented at the Humanitarian Disaster Institute’s Disaster Ministry Conference Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, June 2015
The effectivenss of a scripturally-based trauma healing model for adult trauma survivors in Nicaragua
Poster session presented at the Humanitarian Disaster Institute’s Disaster Ministry Conference Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, June 2015
Academics and Published Research (2)
Courses taught
- Ethics and Legal Issues - Psychopathology - Social Cultural Issues - Psychotherapy and Trauma - Theories of Personality - Counseling Skills - Practicum - Internship
Research
A sizeable portion of the work that I have engaged in over the past several years has been with students during our travels to the Ukraine, Mexico, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Fiji, and Nicaragua. This work has involved assisting agencies who work with people who have faced varying degrees of trauma in culturally diverse settings. I have witnessed the ways culture can impact the experience of trauma. I have also found that it is educationally important for my students who may have lived most of their lives in a middle-class, mid-west setting, to see what many sisters and brothers endure around the world; the impact poverty has on well-being; and an up-close-and-personal look at resiliency in the lives of people. This teaching and learning voyages have impacted my research. Most recently, I have been engaged in quantitative and qualitative research with participants in an alternative court program for women (CATCH Court) who have been charged with solicitation and prostitution.
Select Articles, Chapters, Reviews, and Other Publications (3)
A pilot study of a Scripture-based trauma healing model for adults in Nicaragua
Mental Health, Religion, & Culture
Schultz, T., Vuncannon, J., & Bump., K.
2016
Lessons learned on the CACREP accreditation trek
The Hoosier Counselor August 2016 eNewsletter
Schultz, T., Davis, P., & Kellums, M.
2016
Invitation to the Indiana Counseling Association Knowledge Center Online
The Hoosier Counselor April 2016 eNewsletter
Schultz, T.
2016