1991 - Doctor of Education - Department
of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education,
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
1979 - Master of Science-
Counseling Psychology,
George Williams College, Downers Grove, IL
1972 - Baccalaureate of Arts
- Elmhurst College
Elmhurst, IL
Certificates of Post Graduate Studies
1994 - Sexual Abuse Counseling -
DuPage YWCA, Glen Ellyn, IL
1993 - Post Doctoral studies -
Loyola Medical School Sexual Dysfunction Therapy rotation
1990 - Addictions Counseling
Certificate - College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
1982 - Two Year Certificate - Center
for Family Studies/The Family Institute of Chicago - Northwestern
University Medical School, Institute of Psychiatry, Chicago, IL
Employment
Teaching
1991 - present Professor
of Counseling, Community and Family Counseling Specialization.
Northeastern Illinois
University,
Chicago, IL
1994 - present Adjunct Faculty - The Family Institute at Northwestern
University
1989-1990 Assistant Professor -
Human Services Department, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
1985-90
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sociology and Human Services, Social
Work Track. Wheaton College,
Wheaton, IL
Clinical
1978 - 1999 Private
Practice in Individual, Marital and Family Therapy, Sex Therapy,
AAMFT Clinical Supervision, and Consultation.
Arlington Heights, Downers Grove, and Wheaton, IL
1988-1989 Clinical Program
Coordinator, Stepping Stone/LINC Program, Allendale, Association.
Union, IL
1985-1988 Case Review Administrator,
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services - Cook & DeKalb
Counties
1976-85
Child and Family Therapist, Lutherbrook Children's Center,
Addison, IL
1967-75
Head Counselor and Unit Supervisor, Children's Day Treatment, Illinois
Department of Mental
Health -Madden Center, Hines, IL
Professional Presentations
(2001). Clinical Supervision. Northeastern Illinois University Department
of Counselor Education Summer Institutes for Professionals.
(2001,02). Clnical Supervision. Oakton Community College Continuing
Education Series for Mental Health Professionals.
(2001,02). Play Therapy. Oakton Community College Continuing Education
Series for Mental Health Professionals.
(2000).Clinical Supervison. Oakton Community College Continuing
Education Series for Mental Health Professionals.
(1999). Success Solutions. The Success Center, Calumet City,
IL.
(1997). Postmodern Supervision: Where do we go from here. North
Central Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors
Annual conference. St. Louis, MO. With M.W. Chen.
(1997). A Strategic Family Systems Method for Youth with Oppositional
Defiant Disorder. Illinois Association for Marriage and Family Therapy,
Annual Convention.
(1996). Hierarchy in Teacher-Student Relationships. Senn Academy Faculty
Retreat. Chicago, IL.
(1996). A Strategic Family Systems Method for Youth with Oppositional
Defiant Disorder. Illinois Counseling Association's Annual
Convention.
(1995). Corporate Challenge and Team Building. Active Graphics, Chicago,
Illinois.
(1994). Caring for the Soul. Institute for Juvenile Research Family
Systems Program 6th Annual Conference on Children, Families and Schools
- Bringing Up Children in a Violent World.
(1994). Caring for the Soul. Westside Holistic Family Counseling Center's
first Annual Staff Conference.
(1994). Play Therapy with Disturbing Children and their Systems. Omni
Youth Services.
(1994). Caring for the Soul: Self Care for Counselors.
Illinois Counseling Association Annual Convention.
(1993). Play Therapy. Counselor Education Student
Association Mini-Workshop.
(1993). Creating a Context of Competence. Presented at
the Illinois Counseling Association's Annual Convention.
(1993). Play therapy as a Strategy for Families with
Disturbed children: an Integrative Model. Saint Mary
of Nazareth Hospital Center. Department of Psychiatry
and Mental Health.
(1993). Becoming Solution Focused: A Trend in Human
Services, Education and Therapy. Adult Contemporary
Concerns - Hope Presbyterian Church of Wheaton.
(1992). Play Therapy as a Strategy for Families with Disturbing
Children: An Integrative Model. Presented at the Illinois Association for
Counseling and Development's Annual Convention.
(1992). Play Therapy as a Strategy for Families with Disturbing
Children: An Integrative Model. Presented at the Illinois Association for
Marriage and Family Therapy's Annual Convention.
(1992). Family Therapy Decreases the Length of Stay in Children's
Residential Treatment: Results of a National Study. Invited paper
presented at the American Orthopsychiatric Association's Annual Convention.
(1992). The Team Family Therapy Model: Uses in Women's Shelter
Care. DuPage Women's Shelter Care.
(1988). Adventure Initiatives: A Method for Enhancing Group Process
and Self Exploration. With Suzanne M. Rudolph. Presented at the Illinois
Association for Counseling and Development Annual Convention.
(1988). Substance Abuse Assessment and Treatment. Illinois Dept of
Children and Family Services, Core Training for Case Workers.
(1987-88). Stepfamilies, More Effective Family Living. Central DuPage
Pastoral Counseling Center.
(1985). Working with Adolescents from a Family Context. Milton Township
Committee on Youth-York Township Youth
Commission.
(1984). Unlocking the Double-Bind in Schizophrenic Families. Riverside
Hospital, Kankakee, Il.
(1978). Assertiveness Training for Couples. Lombard Y.W.C.A.,
Lombard, Il.
Research Activities
(2000-2001). An Online Delphi Study of Narrative Therapists using Blackboard.com.
Principle Investigator. .
(2000 - 2001). COR Grant, Northeastern Illinois University. $ 3000.00.
Principle Investigator - An Investigation into the State of the Art and
Current Needs for the Clinical Training of Behavioral Health Care Professionals
in the United States Across Disciplines and Within Clinical Training Sites.
(1999 - present). COR Grant, Northeastern Illinois University. $ 2659.00.
Principle Investigator - An Investigation into the State of the Art and
Current Needs for the Clinical Training of Behavioral Health Care Professionals
in Illinois Across Disciplines and Within Clinical Training Sites.
(1997-1998). Principle Investigator - Older Parents with
Infants and Toddlers. Partial funding of Research from
Graduate College, Northeastern Illinois University.
(1995-97). Development of a Family Systems Protocol for the Treatment
of Oppostionally Defiant Youth. Partial funding of Research
from Graduate College, Northeastern Illinois University.
(1990-91). Principal Investigator - The Relationship Between the use
of Family Therapy in Children's Residential Treatment Facilities and Length
of Treatment. Doctoral Dissertation.
(1988-90). Principal Investigator - Family Therapy of Older Youth in
Residential Treatment Centers; a Nation Wide Study.
- (1987).
National Institute for Mental Health approved grant proposal. no:
1 RO3 MH43991-01
- (1988).
American Mental Health Counselors Association - research grants award.
(1987). Project Manager - Alcohol and Substance Abuse by Parents of
Children in Placement, Illinois Department of Children and Family
Services - Division of Policy and Planning, Office of Administrative Case
Review.
Publications
Book Chapters
Edwards, J.K. (1994). Children
in residential treatment: How many, what kind ? Do we really know
? In G. Northrup (Ed.), Applied Research in Residential Treatment.
New York: Haworth Press.
Edwards, J.K., Heath, A.W.,
& Todd, T.C. (1993). The relationship of family therapy
to inpatient psychiatric care. In M. Squire, C. Stout, & D.H.
Ruben (Eds.), Current advances in inpatient psychiatric care:
A handbook. Westport, Ct: Greenwood Press.
Articles and Other Published Works
Edwards, J.K. (2003). Beginning
On-Line Delphi Ethnographic Research: The BOLDER Method. The Qualitative
Report, Volume 8, Number 1 June, 2003 (http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR8-1/Edwards.html)
Edwards, J.K. (1994). Children
in residential treatment: How many, what kind ? Do we really know
? Journal of Residential Treatment for Children and Youth., 12,
85-99.
Edwards, J.K. (1993, 1994).
An interview with Charles Kramer, M.D., Parts I, II, III, &
IV. The Illinois Family Therapist, 14, 1-2; 15, 1-2;
16, 4; 17, 8.
Edwards, J.K. (1993). Questions
I Ponder While Counseling or Supervising. Illinois Association
for Counseling and Development, Quarterly. 129, 39-44.
Edwards, J.K. (1992). Short
Communications. The results of the Northern Illinois University survey
of family therapy in children's residential treatment. Research and
Evaluation in Group Care, 2, 26.
Edwards, J.K. (1992). Family
therapy decreases the length of stay in children's residential treatment:
Results of a national study. Paper presented at the American Orthopsychiatric
Association's 1992 Annual Convention, New York.
Edwards, J.K. (1991). The
relationship between the use of family therapy in children's residential
treatment facilities and length of treatment. Dissertation Abstracts
International, Vol. 53-04A, UMI Cat. # 92- 1449.
Edwards, J.K. (1991). The
use and administration of family therapy in residential treatment for older
adolescents: Demographics, family contacts and therapy parameters, and
ideographic responses- A national survey. Journal of Residential Treatment
for Children and Youth, 9, 55-73.
Edwards, J.K. (1990).
Gestalt therapy: Has the here and now gone and went ? Illinois
Association for Counseling
and Development, Quarterly, 117, 16-28.
Edwards, J.K. (1989). On
being supervised as a supervisor. Illinois Association for Counseling
and Development, Quarterly, 112, 11-22.
Edwards, J.K. (1988). Understanding
stepfamilies: A primer for counselors. Illinois Association for
Counseling and Development, Quarterly, 108, 2-12.
Edwards, J.K. (1987).
Continuity and orchestration of after care services to disturbed children:
From residential treatment to adoptive home. Journal of
Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, 4,4,53-67.
Published with Others
Milne, J., Edwards, J.K.,
and Murchie, J. (2001). Family treatment of oppositional defiant
disorder: Changing views and strength-based approaches. The
Family Journal.
Edwards, J.K., and Chen,
M.W. (1999). Strength-based Supervision: Frameworks, Current
Practice, and Future Directions: A Wu Wei Method. The Family Journal,
7, 349-357.
Isham, J., Pistorio, C.,
& Edwards, J. (1995). An Initial Survey of Marriage and Family
Therapy Education and Training in Illinois. Illinois Association
for Counseling and Development, Quarterly, 140, 2-10.
Isham, J., Pistorio, C., & Edwards, J. (1995). Marriage and
Family Therapy Education and Training in Illinois. The Illinois Family
Therapist,
Edwards, J.K., & Nejedlo,
R.J. (1993). Family Counseling in Children's Residential Treatment.
Illinois Association for Counseling and Development, Quarterly, 131,
2-20.
Edwards, J.K., & Reinke,
L. (1990). Ten ways for a family therapist to generate failure while
dealing with children and adolescents. Journal of Systemic and
Strategic Therapy, 8(2), 31-33.
Edwards, J.K., & Nejedlo,
R.J. (1989). Excellence in supervision - Preparation for counseling
excellence: About this issue. Illinois Association for Counseling
and Development, Quarterly, 111, 2-4.
Edwards, J.K., & Edwards,
E.A. (1982). Siggy, the bear that loved - A children's meta fable.
Self-published
Ball, B., Edwards, J.K., et al. (1974). Children's Day Treatment:
A handbook. Illinois Department of Mental Health.
Published Reviews of Others' Works
Edwards, J.K., (2000). Review.
Family Psychopathology: The relational roots of dysfunctional behavior.
Journal
of Family Psychotherapy.
Edwards, J.K. (1996). Review.
Treating Alcohol Problems. Journal of Family Psychotherapy.
Edwards, J.K. (1996). Review.
Therapy as social construction. The Family Journal
Edwards, J.K. Review (1994).
An introduction to life-style assessment. The Family Journal,
Edwards, J.K., Review of
three (1993). Constructive living. Playing ball on running
water: Living Morita psychotherapy: The Japanese way to building a better
life. Even in summer the ice doesn't melt: Constructive living the
Japanese way through Morita & Naikan therapies. Illinois Association
for Counseling and Development, Quarterly, 128.
Edwards, J.K. Review
(1993). Alcohol and the family. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.
19,
205-206.
Edwards, J.K. Review
(1990). Sober Spring. Illinois Association for Counseling
and Development, Quarterly, 117, 37-39.
Edwards, J.K. Review (1989).
Handbook of Family Therapy Training and Supervision. American
Association of
Marriage and Family Therapy, The Commission on Supervision
Bulletin, 2(4).
Work in Progress
Edwards, J.K. (2000).
An Investigation into the State of the Art and Current Needs for the Clinical
Training of Behavioral Health Care Professionals in Illinois and Nationally,
Across Disciplines and Within Clinical Training Sites.
Edwards, J. K., White, L.,
Chen, M., Bradley, N. (2000). A delphi study of Narrative
and Postmodern Therapies.
Editorial Activity
Co-Editor with Robert J. Nejedlo, (1989). Illinois
Association for Counseling and Development, Quarterly, Part I, #111, Part
II, #112, Special Issue -Excellence in Supervision - Preparation for Counseling
Excellence.
Editorial Board Appointment 1989-91, 1992-94
Illinois Association for Counseling and Development, Quarterly.
Book Review Board Appointment. The Family
Journal. 1993- present.
Awards and Meritorious Achievements
COR Grant, Northeastern Illinois University 2000-01 - $ 3000.00
Faculty Excellence Award, Northeastern Illinois University,
1999.
COR Grant, Northeastern Illinois University 1999-00 - $ 2659.00
Faculty Excellence Award, Northeastern Illinois University,
1997.
Dedicated Service to the Association Award. Presented at the Illinois
Association for Marriage and Family Therapy 1996 Annual Conference.
American Mental Health Counselors Association Research Grant Award
for work on "Family Therapy of Older Youth in Residential Treatment" presented
at the American Mental Health Counselors Association annual luncheon during
AACD national convention, Chicago-1988.
Kappa Delta Pi, Delta Epsilon Chapter- national scholarship honor
society for educators.
Chosen as recommended reading in AAMFT Commission on Supervision's
Marriage and family therapy supervision:
Course guidelines and bibliography -- Edwards, J.K. (1989). On
being supervised as a supervisor. Illinois Association for Counseling
and Development, Quarterly, 112, 11-22.
Professional Association Memberships
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy- Approved
Supervisor and Clinical Member -
Illinois Association for Marriage and Family
Therapy-
- Director, 1996-98
- Chair, Training and Supervision Task Force
-
- Co-chair Annual Conference Committee -1995,
1996
- Chair, First Annual Masters Conference -1995
- Nominations Committee -
American Counseling Association-
Illinois Counseling Association-
- Book Review Board for The Quarterly -
- Governor, 1997-2000
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
- Illinois Association for Counselor Education
and Supervision
-Secretary- 1993-94.
International Association for Marriage and Family Counseling - Book
Review Board for The Family Journal-
Illinois Association for Couple and Family
Counseling
Addendum - Curriculum Vita
Post Doctoral Course Work:
Qualitative Research Methods -
Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction -
Addictions Treatment -
Course work at Doctoral level:
Advanced Counseling Theories -
(Freud, Jung, Adler, Existential)
Psychosynthesis -
Rational Emotive Therapy -
Gestalt Therapy -
Theories of Family Therapy -
Treatment of Human Sexual Dysfunction -
Systemic Treatment of Substance Abuse -
Advanced Educational Psychology -
Adolescent Behavior -
Foundations of Education -
Administration and Evaluation of Human Services
Programs -
Consultation in Human Services -
Research Methods -
Statistics- I -
Statistics- II -
Independent Research -
Supervision - (theory and 60 hour internship
supervising Psychodynamic, Client Centered, RET, and Gestalt techniques)
-
Teaching Graduate Level Marriage and Family
Therapy -
Problems in Human and Family Resources -
(Supervision of Marriage and Family
Therapy - 304 hour internship using Constructivist, MRI, and Milan techniques)
Internship - (teaching doctoral level
course on supervision)
Dissertation -
Post Masters Work
The Insitutue for Family Studies/ The Family Institute of Chicago - Certificate of Two Year Training
Course work at Masters level:
Counseling and Psychotherapy I, II, III-
Counseling Lab Practicum I, III
Field Work in Mental Health-
Treatment and Crisis Intervention-
Gestalt Therapy-
Group Dynamics- I, II
Psychological Measures and Evaluation-
Professional and Legal Issues-
Disturbed Behavior and Psychopathology-
Infancy and Childhood-
Seminar on Psychology of Women-
The Individual and Society-
Community Organization-
Testing and Career Planning-
Vocational Testing and Counseling-
Independent Study: Reading in the Methods
of Behavioral Science-
Introduction to Scientific Methods-
Methods of Survey Research-
Elements of Statistics
Graduate Writing-
Field Experience in Student Personnel- (Counseling
at the College level)
Field Work in Student Personnel- Teaching:
Family in Contemp. Society
Field Work in Student Personnel- Teaching:
Sociology of Behavior
Classes taught:
Northeastern Illinois University -
Graduate School, Department of Counselor Education
Chicago, Illinois
1991- present
Introduction
to the Counseling Profession -
Introduction
to Family Therapy -
Advanced
Marriage and Family Therapy -
Counseling
Practicum and Internship -
Research
Seminar -
Community
Counseling -
Individual
Counseling Skills -
Counseling
Children and Youth -
Children,
Youth and Their Systems
College of DuPage -
Glen Ellyn Illinois
1989-90- One Year Appointment -
Contemporary
Treatment -
Family
Education and Treatment -
Survey
of Human Services -
Empathy
Lab -
Group
Dynamics -
Fieldwork
Supervision -
Wheaton College -
Wheaton, Illinois
1985-90 - Human Services Practices - Supervisor/Instructor -
Northern Illinois University -
DeKalb, Illinois
1987 - Counseling Practicum - Co-taught with
Dr. Fern
Crain.
1988 - Family Therapy Practicum - Co-taught
with Drs.
Anthony Heath and Brent Atkinson.
1989 - Counseling Supervision - Co-taught
with Dr.
Robert Nejedlo.
George Williams College -
Downers Grove, Illinois
1976 - The Family in Contemporary Society
1977 - Sociology of Behavior
1974, 84 - Adjunct Faculty - Field Work