Jacqueline M. Williams-Reade, PhD, MS, LMFT | School of Behavioral Health

Jackie Williams-Reade, PhD, MS

Associate Professor, Counseling and Family Sciences

Contact Information

Email jwilliamsreade@llu.edu
Phone 909-558-4547, ext. 47025
Fax 909-558-0417

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
Grief
Qualitative research
Narrative therapy
Spirituality and meaning-making
Women's professional development in academia

Professional Memberships and Licenses

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Collaborative Family Health Care Association (CFHA)
Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (LMFT)

Recent Publications and Presentations

Publications

2020. Zubatsky, M. and Williams-Reade, J. (Eds.). Self of the Therapist in Medical Settings: A Sociocultural and Systemic Perspective. Springer.
2020. Williams-Reade, J. Collaborating with Physicians. In Grauf-Grounds, C., Schermer Sellers, T., Edwards, S., Cheon, H., MacDonald, D. & Whitney, S. (Eds.) A Practice Beyond Cultural Humility: How clinicians can work more effectively in a diverse world. Routledge.
2020. Williams-Reade, J. Tapanes, D., Distelberg, B., & Montgomery, S. "Pediatric Chronic Illness Management: A Qualitative Dyadic Analysis of Adolescent Patient and Parent Illness Narratives." Journal of Martial and Family Therapy, doi: 10.1111/jmft.12377.
2019. Williams-Reade, J., Lobo, E., & Gutierrez, G. "Integrating Spirituality into MFT Training: A Reflexive Curriculum and Qualitative Evaluation." Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, doi: 10.1111/jmft.12314.
2018. Williams-Reade, J., Lobo, E., Whittemore, A., Parra, L., & Baerg, J. "Enhancing Residents' Compassionate Communication to Family Members: A Family Systems Breaking Bad News Simulation." Families, Systems, & Health, 36(4), 523-527. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000331.
2018. Williams-Reade, J. and Trudeau, S. (2018). Medical Family Therapy in Palliative and Hospice Care. In T. Mendenhall, A. Lamson, & J. Hodgson (Eds.), Clinical Methods in Medical Family Therapy. Springer.
2018. Distelberg, B., Tapanes, D., Emerson, ND., Brown, WN., Vaswani, D., Williams-Reade, J., Anspikian, A. & Montgomery, S. (2018). Prospective Pilot Study of the MEND Psychosocial Family Systems Program for Pediatric Chronic Illness. Family Process doi: 10.1111/famp.12288.
2018. Hodgson, J., Mendenhall, A., Lamson, A., Baird, M. & Williams-Reade, J. (2018). Innovations in MedFT: Pioneering New Frontiers! In Mendenhall, T., Lamson, A., Hodgson, J., & Baird, M. (Eds.), Clinical Methods in Medical Family Therapy. Springer.
2017. Distelberg, B., Tapanes, D., Emerson, ND., Brown, WN., Vaswani, D., Williams-Reade, J., Anspikian, A. & Montgomery, S. (2017). Prospective Pilot Study of the MEND Psychosocial Family Systems Program for Pediatric Chronic Illness. Family Process doi: 10.1111/famp.12288.
2016. Harvey, R., Brown, K., Miller, B., Williams-Reade, J., Tyndall, L. & Murphy, M. "Theory into Research Practice: Reflections and Recommendations on Collaborative Feminist Research." Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 28(4); 136-158. doi: 10.1080/08952833.2016.1235410.
2016. Distelberg B. J., Emerson N. D., Gavaza P., Tapanes D., Brown W. N., Shah H., Williams-Reade J. and Montgomery S. A Cost–Benefit Analysis of a Family Systems Intervention for Managing Pediatric Chronic Illness. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 42, 371–382. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12166.
2016. Freitas, C. J., Williams-Reade, J., Distelberg, B., Fox, C. A., & Lister, Z. (2016). Paternal Depression During Pregnancy and Postpartum: An International Delphi Study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 202, 128-136. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.05.056.
2016. Emerson, N. D., Distelberg, B., Morell, E. R., Williams-Reade, J., Tapanes, D., & Montgomery, S. Quality of Life and School Absenteeism in Children with Chronic Illness. The Journal of School Nursing, pp.1-9, doi: 10.1177/1059840515615401.

Presentations

2020. American Association of Marital and Family Therapy Annual Conference. Williams-Reade, J., Caspari, J., George, D., & Mendenhall, T. “Family Therapists in Healthcare: Family Therapy in the Time of Coronavirus: A Panel Discussion.”
2020. NVivo Virtual Conference, QSR International (Americas) Inc. Williams-Reade, J. “Parent-Child Illness Narratives: A Dyadic Grounded Theory Analysis.”
2020. The Qualitative Report Annual Conference, Plantation, FL. Williams-Reade, J. "Parent-Child Illness Narratives: A Dyadic Grounded Theory Analysis."
2020. School of Behavioral Health Spirituality Integration Lunch, Loma Linda, CA. Williams-Reade, J. "Integrating Spirituality into the Classroom: Creating a Safe and Brave Space for Personal and Professional Growth."
2019. Family Therapists in Healthcare Interest Network Webinar, American Association of Marital and Family Therapy. Williams-Reade, J., Lamson, A., Roberts, K., Mendenhall, T. "All Aboard the Family Therapists in Healthcare Train: Get on Track, Stay on Track!"
2018. American Association of Marital and Family Therapy (AAMFT), Louisville, KY.
- Mendenhall, T., Tyndall, L., Williams-Reade, J., Hodgson, J., Lamson, A., & Trudeau, S. Clinical and Supervisory Competencies for MFTs in Healthcare.
- Lamson, A., Hodgson, J., Mendenhall, T., Tyndall, L., Williams-Reade, J., and Trudeau, S. MFTs in Healthcare: Conveying Your Competence.
- Hodgson, J., Lamson, A., Mendenhall, T., Tyndall, L., Williams-Reade, J., and Trudeau, S. Healthcare Management and Scholarship Competencies for MFTs.
2017. American Association of Marital and Family Therapy (AAMFT), Atlanta, GA.
- Lamson, A, Pratt, K., & Williams-Reade, J. "Supervision and Consultation: How to Provide it and Where to Seek it when Working in a Healthcare Setting."
- Williams-Reade, J., Lobo, E. Gutierrez, G. "Integrating Spirituality into Teaching, Supervision & Therapy."
2017. American Family Therapy Association (AFTA) Annual Meeting and Open Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Miller, B., Brown, K., Harvey, R., Williams-Reade, J., Murphy, M. "Creating a Feminist Research Team Via Distance."
2017. AAMFT-California 7th Annual Division Conference, San Diego, CA. Williams-Reade, J., Lobo, E., & Whittemore, Abel Arvizú. "MFTs Helping Enhance Medical Professionals' Compassion."
2016. American Association of Marital and Family Therapy Annual Conference, Austin, TX. "MFTs and Collaborative Care: The Future of Behavioral Health," Williams-Reade, J., Gutierrez. G. and Lobo, E.
2016. Collaborative Family Health Care Association (CFHA), Charlotte, NC.
- Rolland, J. and Williams-Reade, J., "Spanning Systems, Bridging Relationships: Collaborative Family Health Care in Primary and Specialty Settings for Complex Chronic Illnesses - Part I: Collaborative Family Health Care with Children: Childhood and Parental Illness."
- Williams-Reade, J. & Lister, Z. "Integrating Spirituality into Supervision of Clinicians in the Medical Setting."

Community Engagement

Founding Chair of Family Therapists in Healthcare Topic Interest Network for American Association of Marital and Family Therapy (2018-present)
Board Member, AAMFT-CA Division Board of Directors (2017-2018)
Medical Family Therapy Consortium (2017-present)