Courses Taught

• PPS 554 School Counseling Practicum
• PPS 540 Seminar in Techniques of Group Counseling
• PPS 530 Seminar in Techniques of Individual Counseling
• PPS 575 Fieldwork: Counseling
• PPS 525 Group Dynamics for Personal Growth.
• PPS 510 Leadership and Development of Educational Systems
• PPS 515 Counseling Theories

Degrees

• Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles
• M.A., Clinical Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles
• B.A., Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles

Research Projects, Grants & Interests

• Research interests: Counselor preparation and training; Counselor effectiveness; Interpersonal process in counseling and therapy; Biases, stereotype, and perception in counseling; Birth order

Publications \  Scholarship \ Service

Publications:

• Mancillas, A. (in press). Challenging the stereotypes about only children: A review of the literature and implications for practice. Journal of Counseling & Development.
• Mancillas, A. (in press). Recognizing and utilizing projective identification in brief psychodynamic therapy: A case example. Clinical Social Work Journal.
• Mancillas, A. (2006). Counseling Students’ Perceptions of Counseling Effectiveness. In G. Walz, J. Bleuer, & R. Yep (Eds.), Vistas: Compelling Perspectives on Counseling 2006. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
• Do, T. & Mancillas, A. (2006). Examining the educational expectations of Latino children and their parents as predictors of academic achievement. . In G. Walz, J. Bleuer, & R. Yep (Eds.), Vistas: Compelling Perspectives on Counseling 2006. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
• Mancillas, A. (2005, October). Empathic invalidations. Counseling Today, pp 9, 19.
  
  Presentations:

• Counseling Students’ Perceptions of Counseling Effectiveness. (2006, April). Presented at the annual convention of the American Counseling Association, Montreal, Canada.
• Examining the educational expectations of Latino children and their parents as predictors of academic achievement. (2006, April). Presented at the annual convention of the American Counseling Association, Montreal, Canada.
• Enhancing student success through group counseling: Strategies for implementing and facilitating groups (2005, May). Presented at the annual conference of the California Association of School Counselors, Pomona, CA.
• Clinical applications with children in school settings (2005, January). Presented at the annual conference of the California Association for Counseling and Development, Long Beach, CA
• Understanding the only child: An empirically based perspective of strengths, challenges, and bias. (2004, September). Invited presentation for the Adlerian Society of Southern California, Fullerton, CA.
• Unconscious communication: A case study of projective identification. (2004, July). Paper session presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.
• Creative therapeutic strategies: Using art and play techniques with children. (2004, May). Invited presentation for the Region IX Healthy Start/After School Partnerships Conference, Palm Springs, CA.
• Planning and presenting a counselor led classroom guidance unit. (2004, April) Presented at the annual conference of the California Association of School Counselors, Pomona, CA.
• Challenging the stereotypes about only children: Review of the literature and implications for practice. (2004, April). Presented at the annual convention of the American Counseling Association, Kansas City, MO.

Contemporary Professional Service in P-12 Settings:

• 2000-2002 Healthy Start Coordinator, Counselor, Consultant, Huntington Beach Union High SD

Professional Associations

• American Counseling Association
• American Psychological Association
• American School Counselor Association
• Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
• California Association of School Counselors
• California Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
• California Association for Counseling and Development

Page updated: March 20th, 2006