Nicholas Westers, Psy.D. Associate Professor School Medical School Department Psychiatry Biography Clinical Psychologist, Children's Health Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center Board Certified in Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (ABPP) The Psychology of Self-Injury podcast host & producer: https://the-psychology-of-self-injury.simplecast.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Postdoctoral Psychology Fellowship Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children's Hospital (2010-2012) Predoctoral Psychology Internship University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Medical Center (2009-2010) Education Undergraduate Oral Roberts University (2005), Psychology Graduate School Regent University (2008), Clinical Psychology Graduate School Regent University (2010), Clinical Psychology Research Interest Adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (IPTS) Publications Featured Publications Should psychotherapists conduct visual assessments of nonsuicidal self-injury wounds? Westers NJ Psychotherapy 2024 Nonsuicidal self-injury in children and adolescents Westers NJ. In: Matson JL, ed. Handbook of clinical child psychology: Integrating theory and research into practice 2023 Springer Nature; 1087-1106 Media guidelines for the responsible reporting and depicting of non-suicidal self-injury Westers NJ, Lewis SP, Whitlock J, Schatten HT, Ammerman B, Andover MS, Lloyd-Richardson EE Br J Psychiatry 2021 219 2 415-418 SOARS model: Risk assessment of nonsuicidal self-injury Westers NJ, Muehlenkamp JJ, Lau M Contemp Pediatr 2016 33 7 25-31 Effectiveness of a curriculum for pediatric residents to address adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury Westers NJ, Needham HE, Walsh JB Acad Psychiatry 2023 47 1 18-24 Freedom to play, learn, live, and thrive: A youth-serving professional call to action to address firearm violence Culyba AJ, Sigel E, Westers NJ, Barondeau J, Trent M, Coyne-Beasley T J Adolesc Health 2023 72 2 177-178 Improving capacity to identify, assess, and manage adolescents engaging in non-suicidal self-injury using patient avatars Taliaferro LA, Westers NJ, Matsumiya B, Ingraham K, Muehlenkamp JJ, Hughes CE Med Teach 2023 45 11 1283-1289 Media representations of nonsuicidal self-injury Westers NJ. In Lloyd-Richardson EE, Baetens I, Whitlock J, eds. The Oxford handbook of nonsuicidal self-injury 2023 Oxford University Press; C39P1–C39P90 Nonsuicidal self-injury risk assessment, intervention, and guidance for first responders and medical settings Westers NJ, Tinsley B. In Lloyd-Richardson EE, Baetens I, Whitlock J, eds. The Oxford handbook of nonsuicidal self-injury 2023 Oxford University Press; C44P1–C44P107 Associations between connections to parents and friends and non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents: The mediating role of developmental assets Taliaferro LA, Jang ST, Westers NJ, Muehlenkamp JJ, Whitlock JL, McMorris BJ Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry 2020 25 2 359-371 Results 1-10 of 23 1 2 3 Next Last Professional Associations/Affiliations American Board of Professional Psychology - ABPP (2019) American Psychological Association (2007) International Society for the Study of Self-Injury (2012) Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (2011) Texas Psychological Association (2011)
