PATRICIA GOODSPEED-GRANT, Ed.D., NCC, LMHC
email: pgoodspeed@brockport.edu
EDUCATION
Ed. D. Counseling and Human Development, 2000
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Dissertation: “A Phenomenological Exploration of the Meaning of Work in the Context of
Unemployment”
Doctoral Committee Chair: Lisa Lopez Levers, Ph.D.
M.S. Industrial/Organizational Psychology, 1991
Springfield College, Springfield, MA
Thesis: “The Identification and Nurturance of Creative Talent”
B.S. Psychology, 1990
State University of New York, Empire State College, Rochester, NY
License: Licensed Mental Health Counselor, State of New York, #790
Certification: National Certified Counselor #39109
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SUNY College at Brockport, Brockport, NY
Associate Professor, Counselor Education, 2002-Present
University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, U.K. Visiting Research Fellow, 2006.
Project: Group treatment in primary care for obese women at risk of cardiovascular disease
integrating psychotherapy, diet and exercise.
Private Practice, 2000-Present
Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Assistant Professor, Counseling Program, 2000-2002
Adjunct Professor, Counseling Program 1999-2000
Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY
Counselor, Student Services, 1998-2000
Counselor, Dislocated Worker Program 1992-1998
Career Development Services, Rochester, NY
Consulting Career Counselor, 1993-1994
Patricia Goodspeed-Grant, Ed.D., L.M.H.C., N.C.C.
Westfall Associates, Rochester, NY
Primary Therapist (Doctoral Intern), Chemical Dependency Unit, 1992-1993
Education and Training Programs, Inc. Windsor, CT
Employee Assistance Program, Organizational Development Program, 1990-1991
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Subjects Taught
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Research Methods – Qualitative and Quantitative
Multicultural Counseling
Profession of Counseling/Ethics
Human Development
Career Development and Life Planning
Psychopathology
Pre-practicum/Crisis intervention
Practicum, course and supervision
Internship
Contemporary Issues in Counseling
Statistics
Special Topics: Creativity and Counseling
Child Abuse Reporting, Project SAVE
Group Counseling
Advanced Group Counseling
Supervision of Counseling
Self in Society
PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING EXPERIENCE
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Issues involving obesity, relationships with food, weight and eating
Loss and transitions including voluntary and involuntary career and relationship
transitions
Divorce and separation
Grief and loss
P.A.I.R.S. Certified Leader (Practical Application of Intimate Relationship Skills)
Outplacement
Employee Assistance Program
College Counseling
Career and life planning
Chemical dependency clinician, including evaluation, diagnosis and treatment planning
Mood disorders
General Counseling Issues
Patricia Goodspeed-Grant, Ed.D., L.M.H.C., N.C.C.
Awards
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Outstanding Counselor Practitioner-Supervisor-Mentor, Nu Chapter, Chi Sigma iota,
2007
Outstanding Counselor Educator, NYMHCA, 2006
Research Award, Upsilon Rho Chapter, Chi Sigma Iota, 2000
Margaret Scandling Scholarship, University of Rochester, 1993
Outstanding Adult Student Award, University of Rochester, 1992
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Professional Association Memberships
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American Counseling Association
International Association for Counseling
New York Mental Health Counselor’s Association
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
NARACES
Association for Specialists in Group Work
Association for Humanistic Counseling
Professional Service
 NARACES
o Treasurer, 2013-2015
 Association for Adult Development and Aging
o Treasurer, 2010-2013
 New York Mental Health Counselors Association
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Chair, Strategic Planning Committee
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Secretary, Genesee Valley Chapter, 2005-2010
 Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of College Counseling, 2001-2004
 Neutral Ground Support Organization, Rochester, NY
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Consultant to Board of Directors
Publications
Patricia Goodspeed-Grant, Ed.D., L.M.H.C., N.C.C.
Goodspeed Grant, P. (2007). Food for the soul: Emotional and social comfort eating in the
morbidly obese. In Buckroyd, J. & S. Rother (Eds.), Psychological Responses to Obesity.
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley
Goodspeed Grant, P. & Mackie, K. (2007). Social Class/SES. In Culturally Alert Counseling: A
comprehensive Introduction, G. McAuliffe, (Ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage
Goodspeed Grant, P. & Boersma, H. (2005). Making sense of being fat: A qualitative analysis of
adults’ explanations for obesity Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Journal, 5(3), 1-9.
Goodspeed Grant, P. (2005). International Labour Organization Activities, including reports on
Fair Globalization, Economic Security, Migrant Workers, AIDS and the Workplace.
International Association for Counselling Newsletter Reports, March, 2005.
Goodspeed Grant, P. (2005). ILO Soundbyte: Youth Employment. International Association for
Counselling Newsletter Reports, March, 2005.
Goodspeed Grant, P. & Boersma, H. (2005). The Role of Mental Health Counselors in the
Treatment of Obesity: Exploring Possibilities for a Team Approach. NYMHC A Newsletter.
Goodspeed, P., McCollum, V.C., & Bauman, S. (2004). Leader self-disclosure: Shouldn’t I be a
role model? In Critical incidents in Group Work. LE. Tyson, R. Perusse & J. Whitledge
(Eds.). Alexandria, Va: American Counseling Association.
Goodspeed, P. (2002). Explorations of meaning in work: the contributions of qualitative research.
Proceedings: Annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research in Education Conference,
Duquesne University, June, 2002. Retrieved at: www.education.duq.edu/leaders/
EQRE/papers2002/Goodspeed.pdf
Goodspeed, P. (2000). The effects of career and worklife concerns on the family. Family Digest,
Winter, 13(3).
Submitted for Publication
Atwood, J., Goodspeed, P. Experience of Personal Losses for Individuals Diagnosed with a
Mental Illness.
Goodspeed, P. The effects of parental unemployment and underemployment in the classroom:
What counselors, teachers , and administrators need to know.
Presentations
Patricia Goodspeed-Grant, Ed.D., L.M.H.C., N.C.C.
Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2014). “Experiences associated with bariatric surgery: Implications for
Counselors.” Feature presentation, American Counseling Association Conference, Honolulu,
Hawaii, (March 28, 2014).
Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2013). Western New York School Counseling Consortium, "From Middle
Class to Poor in the Blink of an Eye," Rochester, NY. (February 6, 2013).
Goodspeed-Grant, P., NARACES Conference, "Navigating the Sabbatical Leave," North Atlantic
Region Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Niagara Falls, NY. (September 15,
2012).
Dobmeier, R. A. Goodspeed, P., Kassirer, S. AADA Summer Conference, "Economic Stress for
Young Adults: Coping Strategies," Adult Association of Development and Aging, Williamsburg,
VA. (July 12, 2012).
Goodspeed-Gramt, P. (2012). Exploration of social-emotional experiences after bariatric surgery:
Implications for Counsellors. Presented at British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Research Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 May, 2012.
Goodspeed-Grant, P., Dobmeier, R., Buckout, D. & Kassirer, S. (2012). Employment and
Relationship Stress for Young Adults: Spirituality and Practical Coping Strategies. Presented at
American Counseling Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA., 23 March, 2012.
Fallon, K. & Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2012). Learning by doing: Facilitating deep and
transformational learning through experiential activities. Association for Counselor Supervision
Conference, Nashville, TN, October, 2011.
Waleed, C. & Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2011). International Association for Counselling,
"Individually Perceived Supports and Barriers to Successful Community Reentry
After Serving a Prison Sentence," IAC, Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Goodspeed-Grant, P., Lindorfer, J. & Monk, P. (2011). Texas Counseling Association Midwinter
Conference, "Investigation of correlations between archival data variables for bariatric patients,"
Texas ACES, Austin, Texas, January, 2011.
Goodspeed, P. Qualitative Research Learning Community, (2010). "Getting Started in
Phenomenological Research: Nuts and Bolts," College at Brockport.
Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2010). Learning to Work: Meanings of Work from a Developmental
Lifespan Perspective. American Counseling Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, March,
2010.
Patricia Goodspeed-Grant, Ed.D., L.M.H.C., N.C.C.
Goodspeed-Grant, P. & Mackie, K. L. (2009). Aging as Discourse in the Digital Age, American
Association for Development and Aging, AADA Summer Conference, Rochester, New York.
August, 2009.
Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2009). Experiences of personal losses for those individuals diagnosed with
mental illness: Implications and interventions. British Association for Counselling and
Psychotherapy Research Conference, Portsmouth, UK, May 15, 2009.
Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2009). Participants’ experience of the qualitative research interview: A
review and analysis. British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
Conference, Portsmouth, UK, May 16, 2009.
Mackie, K. & Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2008). The problem finding experience: Using principles of
creativity and heuristic inquiry to mentor new counselors into practitioner research participation.
ACES Conference, Columbus, Ohio, October, 2008.
Atwood, J. & Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2008). Experiences of loss due to mental illness:
Implications and Interventions. NYMHCA Conference, Albany, New York.
Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2007). Research or counselling? Navigating Boundary issues in
qualitative research. British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
Conference, York, United Kingdom.
Mackie, K. & Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2007). Coaching counselling practitioners and trainees to
participate in research culture: A heuristic inquiry into the problem-finding experience. British
Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Conference, York, United Kingdom.
Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2006). Food for the soul: Emotional and physical hunger in the morbidly
obese. University of Hertfordshire International Eating Conference on Psychological Responses
to Eating Disorders and Obesity, Hertfordshire, UK
Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2007). The indecisive client: Career Counseling: Displaced Workers. Nu
Chapter Workshop, State University at Brockport, Brockport, NY
Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2007). Food for the soul: Emotional and physical hunger in the morbidly
obese. University of Hertfordshire International Eating Conference on Psychological Responses
to Eating Disorders and Obesity, Hertfordshire, UK
Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2006). Worker dislocation, job loss, and mental health. New York Mental
Health Counselors Association, Greater Rochester chapter.
Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2006). Working with the Obese Client. New York Mental Health
Counselors Association, Greater Rochester chapter.
Patricia Goodspeed-Grant, Ed.D., L.M.H.C., N.C.C.
Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2006). Therapeutic Issues in Working with the Obese Client: A
Counseling Perspective. NYMHCA Conference, Albany, New York
Goodspeed-Grant, P. & Boersma, H. (2005). Understanding Obesity: Lived Experiences of
Participants in a Weight Loss Clinic: A Research in Progress. BACP Research Conference,
Nottingham, England.
Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2004). Phenomenological understanding of experiences of job loss:
Counselling the unemployed. BACP Research Conference. London, England.
Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2004). Career counseling in a global economy: An ethical conundrum?
International Association for Counselling, Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
Goodspeed-Grant, P. & Boersma, H. (2004). The Role of Mental Health Counselors in the
Treatment of Obesity: Exploring the Possibility of a Treatment Team Approach. New York
Mental Health Counselors Association, Albany, New York.
Douthit, K, Goodspeed-Grant, P. & Mackie, K. (2003). The Pedagogy of Social Action: Systems
Intervention for Counseling Professionals. North Atlantic Region Counselor Educators and
Supervisors, Canandaigua, New York.
McCulloch, L., Goodspeed, P., Shakoor, M. (2003). A Group Happening: A person-centered
encounter group experience. New York Association for Specialists in Group Work
Conference, University at Buffalo.
Goodspeed-Grant, P. (2003). Worker dislocation and crises of meaning in an era of tenuous
employment relationships: Expanding the role of the career counselor. Paper presented at
International Association for Counseling/European Counseling Association Conference:
Geneva, Switzerland.
Goodspeed, P. & Mackie, K. (2002). Coaching Transformation: Using an Understanding of
Creativity to Effect Counselor Development. Association for Counselor Education and
Supervision National Convention, Park City, Utah.
Goodspeed, P. & Mackie, K. (2002). Class Bias in Counseling: Exploring Social Class as
Culture. ACES, Park City, Utah.
Goodspeed, P. (2002). Explorations of Meaning in Work: The contributions of qualitative
research. EQRE Research Conference, Dusquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Lopez Levers, L, Alford, N.P., Goodspeed, P. Jankoski, J., Kastberg, S.M., Peck, B., T.A.
Stinchfield, Willow, R.A. (2002). Dissertations in Counselor Education: Locating the
Confluence of Theory and Practice. 14th Annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research in
Education Conference, Dusquesne University.
Patricia Goodspeed-Grant, Ed.D., L.M.H.C., N.C.C.
Goodspeed, P. (2001). The Meaning of Work in the Context of Unemployment. American
Counseling Association World Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Goodspeed, P. (2000). Careers: to Change or Not to Change. Rochester Women’s Network,
Rochester, NY.
Goodspeed, P. (2000). Meaning of Work: Implications for College Counseling. Monroe
Community College Counseling Center.
Goodspeed, P. (1996). Class Bias in Counseling: Constructing Sensitive Interventions. American
Counseling Association World Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
Goodspeed, P., Mackie, K., & Coburn, M. (2000). Social Class: The Missing Multicultural
Competency. Professional Development Institute, NARACES Conference, Saratoga Springs,
NY.
Goodspeed, P., Mackie, K., & Coburn, M. (1996). Constructing Sensitive Interventions for the
Working Class Client. Professional Development Institute, New York Counseling
Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY.
Goodspeed, P., Mackie, K., & Coburn, M. (1995). Considering Class: Sensitive Counseling
Interventions for the Lower Middle and Working Classes. New York State Counseling
Association Conference, Rochester, New York.
J. Glocker and P. Goodspeed Symposium. (2001). Monroe Community College.
Goodspeed, P. (2000). Women and Election 2000.” (2000). Symposium: Alfred State College,
Alfred, NY.
Works in Progress
Exploration of social-emotional experiences before and after bariatric surgery: Fulfilled
expectations?
A qualitative research project that explores the experiences of individuals after having
bariatric surgery, and exploring the question of whether or the surgery has been able to control
emotional eating. Emotional and cultural barriers to normative eating are identified and
discussed.
Experiences and Perceptions of Graduate Students of Color in a Counselor Education Program
Status: Conducting data analysis.
This research uses a phenomenological approach to elicit the experiences of students of color
Patricia Goodspeed-Grant, Ed.D., L.M.H.C., N.C.C.
in a graduate program and institution where the faculty and student body are predominantly
white.