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Caitlin Frawley

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Counseling and Higher Education

Email: Caitlin.Frawley@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Central Florida, 2023
    Major: Education Counselor
    Dissertation: An Investigation of Change Mechanisms Using Psychophysiological Data: Child-Centered Play Therapy with Children Exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences

Licensures and Certifications

  • Certified Child-Centered Play Therapist, Center for Play Therapy, UNT. (2024 - Present).
  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Florida, Florida Department of Health. (2023 - 2027).

Professional Memberships

  • The International Association for Resilience and Trauma Counseling. (2022 - Present).
  • American Counseling Association. (August 2019 - Present).
  • Association for Creativity in Counseling. (August 2019 - Present).
  • Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling. (2019 - Present).
  • Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling. (2019 - Present).
  • Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. (2019 - Present).
  • Association for Humanistic Counseling. (2019 - Present).
  • Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. (2019 - Present).
  • Association for Play Therapy. (January 2018 - Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • COUN 5650 - Advanced Skills in Play Therapy, 1 course.
  • COUN 5660 - Advanced Counseling Skills, 1 course.
  • COUN 5680 - Essential Skills in Counseling, 1 course.
  • COUN 5700 - Introduction to Play Therapy, 1 course.
  • COUN 5760 - Appraisal in Child and Adolescent Counseling, 1 course.
  • COUN 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 2 courses.

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, "Analyzing The Effects of a Video Game Intervention in Experiential Family Therapy," Counseling and Higher Education. (August 2025).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "An Investigation of a Supplemental Relational Orientation Model: Evaluating Mental Health Professionals’ Self-efficacy and Outcomes of Children Affected by Caregiver Cancer in Non-therapeutic Camp Settings," Counseling and Higher Education. (August 2025).

Awards and Honors

  • Top Viewed Article, Journal of Counseling & Development. (May 15, 2026).
  • Research Award, Association for Play Therapy. (October 2025).
  • Student Researcher Award, Association for Play Therapy. (October 2024).
  • Outstanding Humanistic Dissertation Award, Association for Humanistic Counseling. (February 2024).
  • 30 Under 30 Young Alumni Award Recipient, University of Central Florida. (January 2024).
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Award, International Association for Resilience & Trauma Counseling. (January 2023).
  • Outstanding Counselor Educator Award, Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling. (January 16, 2026).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Dillman Taylor, D., Frawley, C. (2024). Divorced Parents. Contemporary Case Studies in Clinical Mental Health for Children and Adolescents. 137-154. Rowman & Littlefield. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798216425885.ch-010

    • Journal Article

  • Tinstman Jones, J., Campbell, L.O., Frawley, C. (2026). Caregivers’ efficacy to address suicidality in their child/ren. Journal of Family Psychology.
  • Frawley, C., Stickl Haugen, J., Lambie, G.W., Dillman Taylor, D. (2025). The Playful Professional School Counselor: A Formalized Measure to Support School Counselor Trainees’ Competencies Development. Other. no. 1 (2) 24. Fredrickson Center for School Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation (CSCORE) at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. https://doi.org/10.7275/cspec.2840
  • Campbell, L.O., Frawley, C., Howard, C., Gao, X., Lambie, G.W., Sutter, C.C. (2025). Computer Adaptive Reading and Implementation. Other. Florida, https://flareads.org
  • Babb, K., Campbell, L.O., Frawley, C., Kelchner, V.P. (2025). A Qualitative Investigation of Educator-Counselor’s Relational Experiences Promoting Career Retention. Other. 1 (2) https://doi.org/10.7275/cspec.2914
  • Frawley, C., Campbell, L.O., Haugen, J.S., Lambie, G.W. (2025). An investigation of relational correlates of dispositional greed: the role of adult attachment. Other. 44 (21) 17367-17373. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08448-w
  • Mullen, P.R., Lambie, G.W., Poandl, M.M., Frawley, C., Burgin, E. (2025). Analysis of the counseling competency scale-revised using trainees’ self-assessment data. Counseling Outcome Research & Evaluation. 16 (1) 24-38. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21501378.2024.2404845
  • Stickl Haugen, J., Frawley, C., Bledsoe, K.G. (2025). The Development of the Student Belonging Scale: A Measure of School Belonging. Professional School Counseling. 29 (1)
  • Dillman Taylor, D., Thompson, K., Frawley, C., Mendoza, S., Blount, A. (2025). Understanding the effect of COVID-19 on two children with autism and their caregivers: a case study research design. Other. 71 (3) 472-483. Taylor & Francis. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12024503/
  • Campbell, L.O., Frawley, C., Lambie, G.W., Cabrera, K.S., Vizcarra, B.D. (2025). Examining Artificial Intelligence Policies in Counsellor Education. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 25 (1) Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12880
  • Frawley, C., Campbell, L.O. (2025). Factors that predict teachers’ intentions to utilize emerging technologies: An investigation using PLS-SEM. Education and Information Technologies. 30 (2) 1589-1606. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-024-12796-8
  • Russell, B., Frawley, C., Wilson, N., Dillman Taylor, D., Cypret, A. (2025). The Efficacy of Child–Parent Relationship Therapy Among Child-Welfare Involved Families: A Pilot Study. The Family Journal. 33 (1) 123–130. SAGE Publications. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10664807241268515
  • Campbell, L.O., Frawley, C., Lambie, G.W., Gao, X. (2024). Designing a caring classroom community: a propensity score matching study. Learning Environments Research. 27 (3) 603–618.
  • Taylor, D.D., Frank, A.M., Frawley, C. (2024). Using action research to examine multi‐tiered systems of support in an elementary school in a post‐COVID era. Other. 12 (3) Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.70017
  • Horton, E., Romito, M., Frawley, C., Schoonover, T.J. (2024). A size-inclusive playroom: Play therapy considerations to promote healing for children of diverse body shapes and sizes.. International Journal of Play Therapy. 33 (3) 154–163.. APA. https://doi.org/10.1037/pla0000218
  • Hillaire, B., Campbell, L.O., Lambie, G.W., Stickl Haugen, J., Frawley, C. (2024). Cultivating Supportive School Environments During and after Shared Trauma. The Educational Forum. 88 (2) 202-216.
  • Horton, E., Frawley, C. (2024). Dismantling diet culture and sizeism with families: A feminist body neutral parenting group for collective healing. Other. 36 (2) 5-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/08952833.2024.2345417
  • Frawley, C., Campbell, L.O., Kelchner, V.P. (2024). Perceptions of emergency drills: a consensual qualitative research study with mothers of children with Down syndrome. Other.
  • Frawley, C., Lambie, G.W., Stickl Haugen, J., Dillman Taylor, D. (2024). The Assessment of Play Therapy and Child Counseling Competencies (APTCCC).. International Journal of Play Therapy. 33 (3) 129-139. APA. https://doi.org/10.1037/pla0000208
  • Wisolmerski, R., Frawley, C. (2024). Families as Healing Partners: A Collaborative Approach to Addressing Suicidality in Child Counseling. The Family Journal. 32 (4) 619-624. https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807241256665
  • Horton, E., Romito, M., Schoonover, T.J., Frawley, C. (2024). Grasping at straws: Play therapists’ experiences utilizing play therapy for childhood body dissatisfaction. International Journal of Play Therapy. 33 (4) 222-232. American Psychological Association. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-43734-005
  • Campbell, L.O., Frawley, C. (2024). An exploration of factors that predict higher education faculty members’ intentions to utilize emerging technologies. Educational Technology Research and Development. 72 (2) 643-659. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10321-1
  • Frawley, C., Dillman Taylor, D. (2024). The relational change mechanisms of child‐centered play therapy with children exposed to adverse childhood experiences. Other. 102 (2) 153-162. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12500
  • Lambie, G.W., Frawley, C., Stickl Haugen, J. (2023). Psychometric properties, factor structure, and validity of the multidimensional dispositional greed Assessment with undergraduate college students. Other. 10 (1) 2276607. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2023.2276607
  • Campbell, L.O., Frawley, C., Tinstman Jones, J.L. (2023). Incivility Indicators Instrument (i3): Development and Initial Validation. Other. 21 (4) 669-684. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-023-09477-5
  • Frawley, C., Babb, K., Lambie, G.W. (2023). Predictors of Trauma Symptoms Among Children Referred for Behavioral School-based Mental Health Counseling. Other. 16 (3) 597-605. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-023-00522-4
  • Lambie, G.W., Frawley, C., Haugen, J.S., Grushka, J.K. (2023). The Assessment of Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling Competencies: A Measure to Support Preparation Programs. The Family Journal. 31 (2) 198-204. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807221125894
  • Frawley, C., Kelchner, V.P. (2022). Fostering Relational Healing: The Use of CPRT with Foster Caregivers to Promote Family Success. The Family Journal. 30 (4) 652-659. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807221104132
  • Wright, G.G., Babb, K.E., Lambie, G.W., Frawley, C., Finnan, M., Russell, B., Askins, P. (2022). A School-Based Mental Health Therapeutic Intervention with Children Identifying with Anger Problems. Journal of Child and Adolescent Counseling. 8 (3) 156-167. https://doi.org/10.1080/23727810.2022.2121571
  • Swan, A.M., Bratton, S.C., Hughes, L., Walker, K., Frawley, C. (2022). What experiences prompted adoptive parents of preadolescents to self-refer for child–parent relationship therapy?. International Journal of Play Therapy. 31 (2) 119-130. American Psychological Association (APA). https://doi.org/10.1037/pla0000167
  • Swan, A.M., Bratton, S.C., Hughes, L., Walker, K., Frawley, C. (2022). What experiences prompted adoptive parents of preadolescents to self-refer for child–parent relationship therapy?. International Journal of Play Therapy. 31 (2) 119-130. American Psychological Association (APA). https://doi.org/10.1037/pla0000167

Presentations Given

    Oral Presentation

  • Horton, E. (Presenter), Romito, M. (Presenter), Schoonover, T.J. (Presenter), Frawley, C. (Presenter), Association for Play Therapy International Conference, Play Therapists’ Experiences Using Play Therapy for Childhood Body Dissatisfaction, Association for Play Therapy, Houston, tx, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Frawley, C. (Presenter), Wisolmerski, R. (Presenter), Association for Play Therapy International Conference, Using Play to Save Lives: Building Relationships with Suicidal Children and Their Families, Association for Play Therapy, Houston, TX, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Lambie, G.W. (Presenter), Frawley, C. (Presenter), Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling Conference, Specialty-Specific Counseling Competency Assessments: Instrument Development and Initial Validation, Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling, Daytona, FL, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Horton, E. (Presenter), Romito, M. (Presenter), Frawley, C. (Presenter), Schoonover, T.J. (Presenter), Perspectives on Body Image International Conference, Building body image from the ground up: Play therapy as early intervention, Durham University, England, Online, United Kingdom. (2025 - 2025).
  • Lambie, G.W. (Presenter), Frawley, C. (Presenter), American Counseling Association Conference, Counseling crossroads: A case study of positive psychology traits and greed., American Counseling Association, Orlando, FL, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Lambie, G.W. (Presenter), Frawley, C. (Presenter), Viscarra, B. (Presenter), American Counseling Association Conference, The Relationship Between Adult Attachment and Dispositional Greed., American Counseling Association, Orlando, FL, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Frawley, C. (Presenter), Yanson, J. (Presenter), Association for Humanistic Counseling Conference, Fostering Relational Resilience: The Role of Counselors Working in the Foster Care System, Association for Humanistic Counseling, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Frawley, C. (Presenter), Wisolmerski , R. (Presenter), Association for Humanistic Counseling Conference, Healing Through Connections: Relational Approaches for Addressing Early Childhood Suicidality, Association for Humanistic Counseling, Tampa, FL, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Frawley, C. (Presenter), Wisolmerski, R. (Presenter), Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling ConferenCE, Addressing Suicidality in Child Counseling: Using Collaborative and Developmental Approaches, Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling, Virtual, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Russel, B. (Presenter), Frawley, C. (Presenter), Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference, Needed Counselor Training when Working with Children: Opportunities in Counselor Education, Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Frawley, C. (Presenter), schoonover , T. (Presenter), Horton, E. (Presenter), Association for Humanistic Counseling Conference, Fostering relational resilience: The role of counselors working in the foster care system, Association Humanistic Counseling, Virtual, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

    • Poster

  • Lambie, G.W. (Presenter), Frawley, C. (Presenter), Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling Conference, Relational Predictors of Dispositional Greed: The Role of Workplace Belonging and Loneliness, Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Play Therapy Committee. (August 2025 - Present).

Professional Service

  • Editorial Review Board Member, Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Child and Adolescent Counseling. (January 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, Membership Committee Co-Chair, Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling. (August 2023 - Present).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Editorial Review Board Member, The Family Journal. (2023 - Present).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Trauma Counseling and Resilience Journal, Editorial Review Board Member. (2023 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, Professional Development Committee, Association for Child & Adolescent Counseling. (August 2024 - May 2026).
  • Committee Member, Awards Reviewer, Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES). (August 2025 - September 2025).
  • Committee Member, The Association for Play Therapy, Research Mining Report Committee Member. (2023 - 2024).