"As a bilingual counseling psychologist and a media correspondent," says Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers, "I'm interested in what helps children and families be resilient in the face of adversity and go on to live happy, productive lives. As a bilingual psychologist, much of my work has been with families from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds."
Dr. Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers (a.k.a. CC) is a nationally known counseling psychologist who trained at Teachers College, Columbia University and the NYU-Bellevue Hospital Center. She is assistant professor of counseling psychology at the Graduate School of Education, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. She is a contributor to Ser Padres (Parents magazine in Spanish), a weekly columnist for the Chicago Tribune's Spanish-language newspaper HOY, and a regular contributor to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Spanish weekly newspaper Pasos Para Vivir Mejor (Steps to Better Living). Since 2002 she has been a regular guest commentator on Univision, appearing on programs such as Al Despertar and Despierta America. She is a former talk show host at 1380 AM in New York, New York.
Dr. Clauss-Ehlers is a 2004-2005 Rosalynn Carter Fellow for Mental Health Journalism with a project focused on the stigma of mental illnesses in the Latino community. She has conducted numerous presentations for print and broadcast media that include Child magazine, Eyewitness News, Redbook, the Herald News, ABC national radio, and Channel Thirteen's Women's Health Night.
Dr. Clauss-Ehlers has published many articles and lectured internationally at venues that include the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, the 27th Inter-American Congress of Psychology in Caracas, Venezuela, the Second World Mental Health Congress in London, England, and the Korea-U.S. Joint Symposium on Anti-Stigma in Seoul, Korea. She has a private practice in Manhattan.
Dr. Clauss-Ehlers received her bachelor's degree from Oberlin College in Ohio and her Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is co-editor of the book Community Planning to Foster Resilience in Children (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004), author of the book Diversity Training for Classroom Teaching: An Instructional Manual for Students and Educators (Springer, 2006), and editor of the Encyclopedia for Cross-Cultural School Psychology (Springer, 2007).
Dr. Clauss-Ehlers lives in New York, New York, with her husband and their two daughters, ages 3 and 1.
