Dr. Baptist's research agenda focuses on improving mental health. Her clinical research examines the efficacy of extending Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy beyond trauma to include depression. Her other research interests include resilience in military families, cross-cultural understanding of emerging adults, and issues affecting sustainability in cultural minority families.
Area(s) of Specialization: Clinical treatment of trauma, couples and culturally diverse groups
Baptist specializes in treating couples and families experiencing trauma, and in using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy to process trauma and depression.
Her research has included psychosocial needs assessment of orphans and vulnerable children in Kenya, and relationship maintenance and intergenerational transmission of violence in Malaysia.
Her research interests include efficacy of therapy, resilience in military families, cross-cultural understanding of emerging adults and issues affecting sustainability in marginalized families. Research topics have included stress of war deployment on military couples and families, relationship maintenance and conflict management, and topics related to gay sexual identity.
