Expertise

In addition to supervising the clinical development of MS and PhD students, Dr. Vennum teaches courses on systemic theory and clinical interventions with families and advanced structural equation modelling.

Dr. Vennum is interested in increasing young people's life-long chances for establishing healthy romantic and familial relationships through interventions during adolescence and young adulthood. 

Area(s) of Specialization:

  • Healthy Relationship Education
  • Risk & Resiliency Factors impacting Romantic Relationship Quality & Stability over time
  • School-based Family Therapy
  • Trauma-informed Systemic Interventions
  • Prevention Science & Adaptive Methodologies
  • Public School & Community Engagement
Communities
Human Development, Allied Health, Mental Health Services
Degrees
PhD, Florida State University, Marriage and Family Therapy, 2011
MA, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Marriage and Family Therapy, 2007
BS, Rice University, Psychology, 2003
Keywords
adolescents family adolescent parenting at-risk children or youth social services delivery youth violence interpersonal communication family or marriage counseling behavior modification emotional or social therapy family services sociology of the family youth development or leadership emotionally disturbed education psychotherapy family therapy
Associations
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
International Association for Relationship Research
National Council on Family Relations