Dr. Nicole Taylor
Department of Psychology
Drake University
Des Moines, IA 50311
Phone: (515) 271-2844
Email: nicole.taylor@DRAKE.EDU
 
 

Education

PhD Candidate, Counseling Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, American Psychological Association-approved program 2008 [anticipated completion]

Clinical Internship: Towson University Counseling Center, completed June 2007, American Psychological Association-approved program

MA, Counseling Psychology, May 2005, University of Maryland, College Park

BA, Biology, May 2001, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, Minor: Psychology

 
Presentations

Taylor, N.E. & Hoffman, M.A. (2007, August). Biopsychosocial Reactions of Daughters of Women with Breast Cancer: A Cluster Analytic Study. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

Hoffman, M.A., Taylor, N.E., & Hill, C.E. (2005, October). Ethics Risk Management in Conducting and Supervising Psychotherapy Research. Invited lecture presented at the Mid-Atlantic Society for Psychotherapy Research conference, St. Mary’s College, Maryland.

Taylor, N.E. & Hoffman, M.A. (2005, August). Perceived Threat in Daughters of Women with Breast Cancer. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.

Taylor, N., & Zickmund, S. (2002, May). “Maybe it was a Little Monster”: Perceived Causation of Disease among Cancer Patients. Poster presented at the University of Iowa Internal Medicine Research Day, University of Iowa College of Medicine Research Week, and University of Iowa Student Health Interdisciplinary Poster Session, Iowa City, Iowa; and the Society for General Internal Medicine annual convention, Atlanta, Georgia

Zickmund, S., Kitchell, E., & Taylor, N. (2002, May). Do Differences in Quality of Life Exist between Men and Women with Non-Gender-Specific Cancers? Paper presented at the Society for General Internal Medicine annual convention, Atlanta, Georgia.

Zickmund, S., Mattai, A., & Taylor, N. (2002, May). Anxiety and Depression in Chronic Heart Failure Patients: Association with Mortality. Paper presented at the Society for General Internal Medicine annual convention, Atlanta, Georgia.

 
Publication

Hoffman, M.A. & Taylor, N.E. (2007). Health Psychology. In: Encyclopedia for Counseling. New York: Sage Publications.

Schmidt, C.K., Hoffman, M.A., & Taylor, N.E. (2005). Social justice related to working with HIV/AIDS from a community health psychology perspective. In: R. Toporek, L. Gerstein, N. Fouad, G. Roysircar, & T. Israel (Eds.), Handbook for social justice in counseling psychology: Leadership, vision, and action. New York: Sage Publications.

Taylor, N.E. & Hoffman, M.A. (In preparation). Ethics Risk Management in Conducting and Supervising Psychotherapy Research.

Taylor, N.E. & Hoffman, M.A. (In preparation). Biopsychosocial Reactions of Daughters of Women with Breast Cancer.

Taylor, N.E. (In preparation). Role of biopsychosocial variables in predicting positive well-being and health-promoting behaviors in individuals with connective tissue autoimmune diseases.

 
Current Teaching Interest

Introductory Psychology

Abnormal Psychology

Theories of Psychotherapy

Advanced Psychopathology

Psychology of Gender

Psychology of Human Sexuality

Analysis of Helping Relationships

Counseling Skills

 
Clinical Experience:

Pre-Doctoral Intern, Towson University Counseling Center, July 2006-June 2007

Pre-Doctoral Extern, University of Maryland Student Health Center, August 2005-May 2006

Pre-Doctoral Extern, George Washington University Counseling Center, August 2004-May 2005

Practicum Student, University of Maryland Counseling Center, January 2003-May 2005 (Training and supervision in Individual, Group, and Career Counseling; Psychological Assessment; and Supervision of Trainees)

Counselor, Greenbelt CARES family clinic, September 2003-July 2004

 
Clinical Interest

Chronic Physical Illness

Psychosocial Effects of Cancer, HIV, and Autoimmune Diseases

Gender and Sexuality

Interpersonal Therapy

Feminist Therapy

Depression and Anxiety

College Student Adjustment

Mindfulness and Meditation

Clinical Supervision

Genetic Testing

 
Professional Affiliations

American Psychological Association

Association of Women in Psychology

Association for Psychological Science