Jessica Collins, Ph.D.
Clinic Director
Clinical Psychology
UH 1380
419.530.2731
Dr. Collins will not be considering new graduate applicants for fall 2027
Education
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2019
Pre-doctoral Internship: Oklahoma Forensic Center
Clinical/Training Interests
- evidence-based training and supervision
- behavioral-and-mindfulness-based interventions
- increasing access to care for underserved populations
- cultural competence in treatment and assessment
- forensic assessment
Research Interests
- intersections of clinical and social psychology
- impact of emotions, particularly disgust, on judgments and decision making
- emotion regulation
- experiences and clinical treatment of marginalized populations
Selected Presentations:
- Collins, J. & Winterowd, C. (2020, August 6-8). Disgust and empathic understanding toward a client case varying by presence and type of sex offense. [Poster Session]. Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Division 17, virtual.
- Crethar, H., Stevens, T., & Collins, J. (2018, September 5-7). Counseling experiences of non-monogamous identified people. [Symposium]. Annual Meeting of the Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Issues in Counseling, Portland,OR.
- Collins, J. & Winterowd, C. (2017, January 19-21). The relationship between self-compassion and self-disgust among college students and adults. [Poster session]. Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
- Collins, J. & Wilken, B. (2016, August 4-7). Does lovingkindness meditation increase all positive emotions or does it depend on emotion type? [Poster session]. Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Division 8, Denver, CO.
