PhD Candidate in Counseling Psychology
Boston College
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
Catherine Z. Xie, MA is a doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology PhD program at Boston College, with a clinical and research focus on trauma, violence, and intersectional oppression. She received her BA in Psychology and Honors in Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality from Stanford University and holds an MA in Counseling Theories from Boston College. Prior to her doctoral studies, she worked as an early childhood educator for two years and served as a research associate at Yale Psychiatry for a year, where she investigated treatments for patients with comorbid opioid use disorder and chronic pain.
At present, she works in Dr. Lisa Goodman’s research lab conducting qualitative studies on the radiating impacts of intimate partner violence (IPV) and the effects of intergenerational trauma among mothers and daughters. She is primarily interested in researching how intersectional oppression shapes intimate partner violence, and developing feminist, anti-carceral solutions to combating interpersonal and institutional violence. Her dissertation seeks to explore IPV survivors' experiences navigating romantic relationships post-abuse. She is currently completing her clinical practicum at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital’s inpatient unit. She previously trained at Simmons University’s college counseling center.
Catherine Xie and Dr. Goodman maintain a domestic violence expert witness clinic, where they develop expert witness testimony for legal cases involving survivors who have killed their abusive partners. They have worked on several of these cases in conjunction with lawyers representing the Survivors’ Justice Project at the Brooklyn Law School, as well as the City University of New York School of Law.
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Dissociation and Complex Trauma in Intimate Partner Violence: A Homicide Case Study
Saturday, March 15, 2025
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US Eastern Time
