UL Lafayette: Counselor Education: Faculty: Kathryn Elliott

What do you love about UL Lafayette?
The beautiful oak-filled campus, the lovely new Library, the wonderful students, and the opportunity to teach therapy to budding therapists.

Area of Scholarship or Expertise:
Anthetic Psychology, Anthetic Couple Therapy, Depression, Anxiety, Self-Esteem Issues

Courses routinely taught:
Theories of Counseling, Helping Relationships, Group Processes, Orientation to the Vocational Rehabilitation Process

A published work:
Disarming your Inner Critic (2000) Anthetics Institute Press
The Inner Critic as a key element in working with adults who have experienced childhood sexual abuse, Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic "Anthetic Inner Critic Work in Relapse Prevention," Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly , (2006)

What is your hometown and what is unique about it?
Lafayette, LA - Cajun culture and Cuisine; boomtown; home of Anthetic Psychology Center

What was your first job and what did you learn from it?
First counseling job - Rehabilitation Counselor, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (1978-1985); I learned all the basics of creating rapport with clients; fundamental knowledge of mental illness and addiction recovery; I learned how to love my clients.

Outside Interests:
I love to go to Libraries, eat at restaurants, sit by the waters of the Gulf or Intracoastal canal and discuss psychological & therapeutic ideas.

Work of art, literature, or music that you would recommend:
The life & work of Maria Montessori; The enchanted art of Real Musgrave & Christiansen

Person who influenced you the most:
James Elliott, my husband and mentor in Anthetic Therapy & Anthetic Spirituality

Work of art, music, literature you recommend:
A Few Good Men (movie) Watch it this time as a masterful case study of individuation. It’s fabulous.

Why you do what you do:
It’s my passion to train counselors to help clients with transformative therapeutic work.

Person you would like to meet:
Karen Horney; (when my husband first created Anthetic Psychology, he was greatly influenced by her ideas. I’d like to sit and discuss our ideas. I wish she were still alive.)

What do you want to give your students?
A transformational experience that sets them free of Inner Critic constrictedness, liberates love, caring, & wisdom.

Why you are at UL Lafayette:
It has been a hothouse for professional expression and growth- it gives me the freedom to do what I love.

A favorite quote or anecdote:
"It is a high inducement to the individual to ripen, to become something in himself... it is a great exacting claim upon him, something that chooses him out and calls him to vast things." Rainer Maria Rilke

Curriculum Vita

				Kathryn Elliott, Ph.D.

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						Associate Professor of Psychology and Counselor Education Ph.D. The Union Institute M.S. UL Lafayette Licensed Professional Counselor Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Certified Rehabilitation Counselor Member of UL Lafayette Faculty Since 1985

				Contact Information Office: 210 C Girard Hall P.O. Box 43131 Lafayette, LA 70504 kje2027@louisiana.edu 337-482-6595 What do you love about UL Lafayette? The beautiful oak-filled campus, the lovely new Library, the wonderful students, and the opportunity to teach therapy to budding therapists. Area of Scholarship or Expertise: Anthetic Psychology, Anthetic Couple Therapy, Depression, Anxiety, Self-Esteem Issues Courses routinely taught: Theories of Counseling, Helping Relationships, Group Processes, Orientation to the Vocational Rehabilitation Process A published work: Disarming your Inner Critic (2000) Anthetics Institute Press The Inner Critic as a key element in working with adults who have experienced childhood sexual abuse, Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic "Anthetic Inner Critic Work in Relapse Prevention," Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly , (2006) What is your hometown and what is unique about it? Lafayette, LA - Cajun culture and Cuisine; boomtown; home of Anthetic Psychology Center What was your first job and what did you learn from it? First counseling job - Rehabilitation Counselor, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (1978-1985); I learned all the basics of creating rapport with clients; fundamental knowledge of mental illness and addiction recovery; I learned how to love my clients. Outside Interests: I love to go to Libraries, eat at restaurants, sit by the waters of the Gulf or Intracoastal canal and discuss psychological & therapeutic ideas. Work of art, literature, or music that you would recommend: The life & work of Maria Montessori; The enchanted art of Real Musgrave & Christiansen Person who influenced you the most: James Elliott, my husband and mentor in Anthetic Therapy & Anthetic Spirituality Work of art, music, literature you recommend: A Few Good Men (movie) Watch it this time as a masterful case study of individuation. It’s fabulous. Why you do what you do: It’s my passion to train counselors to help clients with transformative therapeutic work. Person you would like to meet: Karen Horney; (when my husband first created Anthetic Psychology, he was greatly influenced by her ideas. I’d like to sit and discuss our ideas. I wish she were still alive.) What do you want to give your students? A transformational experience that sets them free of Inner Critic constrictedness, liberates love, caring, & wisdom. Why you are at UL Lafayette: It has been a hothouse for professional expression and growth- it gives me the freedom to do what I love. A favorite quote or anecdote: "It is a high inducement to the individual to ripen, to become something in himself... it is a great exacting claim upon him, something that chooses him out and calls him to vast things." Rainer Maria Rilke Curriculum Vita