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.