Nicholas Westers, Psy.D.

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 

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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)

Undergraduate

Oral Roberts University (2005), Psychology

Graduate School

Regent University (2008), Clinical Psychology

Graduate School

Regent University (2010), Clinical Psychology

• Adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI)
• Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (IPTS)

Featured Publications

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

Managing risk and self-harm: Keeping young people safe

Westers NJ, Plener PL Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry 2020 25 3 610-624

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 1-7

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

• 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)