The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Education and Human Sciences offers a graduate program in marriage and family therapy. It provides a Couples and Family Therapy Clinic led by four Ph.D. clinicians and a number of student therapists. Services, which are provided on an income-based sliding fee, include couples therapy, family therapy, individual therapy and pre-marital counseling. UNL faculty offer a wide array of expertise in family and relationship issues.
Carrie Hanson-Bradley
faculty
Associate Professor of Practice
Child, Youth & Family Studies
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chanson-bradley@unl.edu
Bio
Carrie Hanson-Bradley is director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As a licensed marriage and family therapist, she specializes in treating individuals, couples and families affected by grief, loss, illness and trauma. She has advanced training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and trains student and community clinicians in Narrative Exposure Therapy. Her research centers on individual, family and community-based interventions for those affected by stress, crisis and trauma; using relationships to improve student learning outcomes; and providing evidence-based trauma interventions to underserved populations. She maintains a small private practice and has worked in hospital intensive care units, emergency rooms, and community-based crisis centers. (Updated December 2024.)
Cody Hollist
faculty
Assoc Professor
Child, Youth & Family Studies
Associate Professor, Child, Youth and Family Studies
Child, Youth & Family Studies
Bio
Cody Hollist is a licensed independent marriage and family therapist who specializes in the treatment of complex trauma, particularly childhood sexual abuse. He leads the Trauma and Resiliency Explored Laboratory (T-REx) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which pursues in-depth examination of how traumatic experiences, whether personal or societal, leave enduring marks on psychological and social well-being. He has worked extensively in many regions of Brazil to strengthen families in the face of significant adversity, including building family supports for those who have a child with microcephaly resulting from Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome. He received a Fulbright Scholar award to work in Sao Paulo addressing high suicide rates among young adults who experienced childhood trauma. In Rio Grande do Sul, his team uses a community-based participatory research approach to address the harm caused by growing up in extreme poverty in high-risk neighborhoods.
Hollist, an associate professor in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, is former director of UNL’s Marriage and Family Therapy program, former president of the Nebraska Marriage and Family Therapy Association, and former director of UNL's Global Experiences Office. As a chaplain in the Air National Guard, he deployed to the Middle East in 2018. His teaching includes clinical training for family therapists and for elementary educators working with children and families who have experienced trauma. (Updated December 2024)