Rohini Puri-Bose

Roles and Interests

Instructor

• Diversity Seminar I
• Trauma Theory & Practice
• Practicum Seminars
• Dissertation Chair
• Core Faculty, Health, Equity & Liberation (HEAL) Lab

Clinical & Research Interests 

• Integrating compassion-focused, trauma-informed, and equity-focused anti-oppressive paradigms into psychotherapy, teaching and professional training.
• Counseling, mentoring and promoting wellbeing and academic/career persistence of minoritized (women, BIPOC, queer, gender-expansive, neurodiverse, international/immigrant, DREAMer and first-generation) students in higher education
• Immigrant and South Asian/Asian American identity, mental health and belongingness
• Developmental and cultural origins (and effective management) of perfectionism, self-criticism, guilt and shame

Education

• Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (Minor in Multicultural Psychology and Education)
• M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
• M.A., Psychology (Specialization in Clinical Psychology), University of Pune, Pune (India)
• B.A., Psychology, Fergusson College, Pune (India)

Professional Memberships

• American Psychological Association                                    
  • Division 17: Society of Counseling Psychology
  • Division 45: Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race
• Asian American Psychological Association (APA)

Selected Recent Publications (*denotes student author)

Wang, K.T., Puri, R., Slaney, R. B., Methikalam, B., & Chadha, N. (2012). Cultural Validity of Perfectionism among Asian Indian College Students: Examining Personal and Family Aspects through a Collectivistic Perspective. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 45, 32-48.

Reinke, W. M., Stormont, M., Herman, K. C., Puri, R., & Goel, N. (2011). Supporting Children’s Mental Health in Schools: Teacher Perceptions of Needs, Roles, and Barriers. School Psychology Quarterly, 26, 1-13.

Herman, K. C., Reinke, W. M., Stormont, M., Puri, R., & Agarwal, G. (2010). Using prevention science to promote children’s mental health: The founding of the Missouri Prevention Center. The Counseling Psychologist, 38, 652-690.

Selected Recent Presentations (*denotes student author)

Puri-Bose, R., Herman, K.C. & Ialongo, N. (2018, August). Perfectionism in Early Childhood: An Investigation of its Dimensions, Profiles, Predictors and Outcomes. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention: San Francisco, CA.

Puri-Bose, R. (2017, January). Empathy and Compassion Training for Counseling Psychologists: Current State and Next Steps. Poster presented at the National Multicultural Conference and Summit: Portland, OR.

Barajas, M., Anderson, A. T., Goodman, M. & Puri-Bose, R. (2015, August). Is an Updated Model Needed? Exploring University Counseling Centers’ Responses to Increased Demand. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention: Toronto, Canada.

Puri, R., Wang, K. T., Slaney, R. B., Methikalam, B., & Chadha, N. (2011, August). Perfectionism among Asian Indian College Students: Examining Personal and Family Aspects through a Collectivistic Perspective. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention: Washington, D.C.

Lee, H., Puri, R., Tian, L., Jung, A., & Bi, Y. (2011, August). Promoting International Students’ Adjustment in the U.S.: An Ecological Approach. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention: Washington, D.C.

Puri, R. (2010, August). Creating Culturally Sensitive Health Care Systems for Children and Families. In R. Toporek (Chair), Counseling psychologists’ diverse roles: Multicultural competence training, consultation and collaborations. Symposium presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association: San Diego, CA.

Wang, K. T., Yang, L., Puri, R., & Li, J. (2010, August). The Family Almost Perfect Scale – Chinese Version: Psychometric Evaluation. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention: San Diego, CA.

Rao, M. & Puri, R. (2010, August). An Assessment of the Discipline of Counseling Psychology in India. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention: San Diego, CA.

Goel, N., Puri, R., Fu, C., Stormont, M., & Reinke, W.M. (2009, August). Current practices and perceived needs in school-based mental health programming. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto.