Professor, Counseling and Family Sciences
Contact Information
Email [email protected]
Phone 909-558-4547, ext. 47025
Department of Counseling and Family Sciences
Loma Linda University, Griggs Hall, Office 207
11065 Campus St., Loma Linda, CA 92350
Degrees
- PhD, Medical Family Therapy - East Carolina University, 2011
- MS, Marriage Family Therapy - Seattle Pacific University, 2005
Areas of Specialization
- Medical family therapy
- Adult and pediatric illness
- Palliative and hospice care
- Maternal mental health
- Burnout
- Grief and loss
- Qualitative research
- Women's professional development in academia
Professional Licenses and Memberships
- Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (LMFT)
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
- AAMFT Approved Supervisor
- Collaborative Family Health Care Association (CFHA)
Recent Publications and Presentations
- Huelett-Lyons, B., Williams-Reade, J., Lister, Z., Distleberg, B., Rowley, C., & Schmidt, M. (2025). A necessity of disease management: Unpacking young adult couple experiences of accessing care in the management of sickle cell disease. Families, Systems, & Health, 43(3), 510–520. https://doi.org/10.1037/fsh0001011
- Williams-Reade, J. (2024). Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Resilience Interview: Understanding and Promoting Well-Being in Patients Living with Medical Conditions, In Cultivating Systemic Resilience in Therapy: Applications and Interventions for Families, Relationships, and Individuals, Eppler, C. (Ed.). Taylor & Francis.
- 2021. Lamson, A., Hodgson, J., Pratt, K., Mendenhall, T. Wong, A., Sesemann, E., Brown, B., Taylor, E., Williams-Reade, J., Blocker, D., Harsh Caspari, J., Zubatsky, M., Martin, M., (2022). Couple and family interventions for high mortality health conditions: A strategic review (2010–2019), Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.
- 2025. American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Systemic Family Therapy Conference (virtual). "Professional Burnout: Symptoms and Recovery Using Differentiation." Williams-Reade, J.
- 2025. Medical Family Therapy Intensive Conference, University of Minnesota, "Back to the Future Part II (The Second Generation): The Evolution of Medical Family Therapy." Berge, J., Lamson, A., Mendenhall, T., Williams-Reade, J., Reitz, R.
- 2025. American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Leadership Symposium, San Diego, CA. "Cultivating Authentic and Sustainable Leadership in MFT." Williams-Reade, J.
- 2023. American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Systemic Family Therapy Conference (virtual)
- "Learning Lab: Integrating Spirituality into Clinical Work," Williams-Reade, J.
- "Expert Hour, Everything You Wanted to Know About PhD Programs," Williams-Reade, J. and Jonathan, N.
- 2023. Collaborative Family Healthcare Association Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ. "Young Couples and Sickle Cell Disease: Understanding the Shared Illness Experience," Huelett, B., Williams-Reade, J., Lister, Z. (accepted, not presented)
- 2023. Inaugural Medical Family Therapy Summit, Phoenix, AZ. "MedFT Workforce Development," Delbridge, E. and Williams-Reade, J.
- 2022. American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. "JMFT Decade in Review: Live Discussion." Facebook Live Event. Moderators: Wittenborn, A. and Holtrop, K. Panelists: Dwanyen, L., Williams Reade, J., Taylor, E.S., Kelly, L., and Wittenborn, A.
- 2021. American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Systemic Family Therapy Conference. Lamson, A, Hodgson, J. Pratt, K., Mendenhall, T., Wong, A., Sesemann, E., Brown, B., Taylor, E., Williams-Reade, J., Blocker, D., Caspari, J., Zubatsky, M., & Martin, M. "Until Death do We Part: Couple and Family Interventions for High Mortality Health Conditions."
- 2021. National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference. Hsieh, N., Cafferky, B., Williams-Reade, J., Ing, K., ChenFeng, J., Lister, Z. "Bicultural Identity Negotiation and Shame Resilience in Chinese-Americans."
Community Engagement
- Board Member, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (2022-2024)
- Founding Chair of Family Therapists in Healthcare Topic Interest Network for American Association of Marital and Family Therapy (2018)
- Medical Family Therapy Consortium (2017-present)
- Board Member, AAMFT-CA Division Board of Directors (2017-2018)