Albert A. Valadez, Ph.D.

Observant individual with excellent interpersonal and communication skills builds meaningful relationships with clients and families. Experienced in working with clients from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds. Offers crisis intervention to help individuals navigate through traumatic experiences. Empathetic professional with hands-on experience providing quality psychological services to children and adults. Skilled in identifying, assessing and diagnosing mental health and emotional issues. Develops and implements treatment plans and provides counselling and therapy to obtain maximum results for patients. Respectful Clinical Manager and Psychotherapist with a proven track record of helping clients improve mental health and well-being through evidence-based therapeutic approaches. Skilled in selecting and utilising appropriate treatment modalities and interventions to meet the needs of individuals. Passionate about helping people manage mental health and improve quality of life.

• EDCG 5335 Human Development Across the Lifespan
• Consultant with Family Forward Practicum2005 Assistant Professor at the University of Texas—San Antonio
• College of Education and Human Development
• Tenure-track
• Primary Courses Taught: 2012 Valadez and Mungia (2 million) FY 2012 -13 Exceptional Item:
• Partnership for the Advancement of First-Generation Hispanic Students
• Requested Amount
• Funded GrantsValadez and Lopez: Creekmore and Adele Fath Foundation $100,500 (funded)
• 27,000 Teacher "STEM" Endowment (Toyota Matching) Scholarship
• Texas A&M University-San Antonio will award one four-year scholarships of $27,000 to qualified high school graduates majoring in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), who will attend Palo Alto
• Community College (PAC) in the Fall 2012 semester and commit to attending
• TAMU-SA for completion of junior and senior year
• Current request from
• Creekmore and Adele Fath Foundation is for one scholarship in the amount of $27,000
• Scholarships will provide the cost for tuition, fees, books other miscellaneous expenses
• Recipients are responsible for all other educational expenses
• Currently Toyota is providing four STEM scholarships totaling $108,000
• Marriage and Family Military Concentration Scholarship $73,500
• Texas A&M University-San Antonio will award 7 scholarships in the amount of $10,500 to qualified graduate students pursuing a Masters in Counseling and a license in professional counseling or marriage and family
• Current request from
• Creekmore and Adele Fath Foundation is for 7 scholarships in the amount of $10,500 totaling $73,500
• Scholarships will provide the cost for tuition in a specific concentration of courses that focus on the reintegration of military families after returning from war
• The fifteen hour concentration courses are as follows: EDCG 5343 Introduction to Marriage & Family Counseling in the
• Military Community, EDCG 5322 Substance Abuse and Treatment, EDCGUnderstanding the Military Cultural Experience, EDCG 5342 Trauma
• Interventions in the Military, and EDCG 5337 Counseling Couples in the
• Military Community
• The military family reintegration concentration will prepare students to better understand and respond to the unique challenges faced by military personnel and their families, including the important area of helping remaining spouses and children adapt to issues involved in deployment.Valadez, Albert; Garcia, Nancy and Bohmann, Amy ($5000) Implement
• Mentors, Administrators, Professors, and Students (MAPS) program which will provide an academic support program for non-traditional, low-income, first generation Hispanic students 2005 Valadez and De La Portilla (Mini-grant $1000) Perceptions of Adult Day
• Care Centers Health Care Workers on the Emotional and Physical
• Progression of Mexican-American Impoverished Elderly Women
• College of Education and Human Development (funded)Mini-grant: Exploring the lived experience of Mexican-American
• Hispanic elderly women who attend Adult Day Care Centers $1000.00 (funded)Scholarly Creative Grant ($1000): Construction of
• Professional/Developmental FieldScholarly Creative Grant ($1080): Exploration of Past
• Evaluative Experiences: Implications for Counseling Supervision, 2006 Valadez, A
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• (P.I) National Institute of Health—SCORES project:
• Health Care Disparities and Mexican-American, Elderly Impoverished
• Women with Diabetes ($283,000)
• Accepted for Full Submission: anticipated funding Internal Reviewed and accepted for External Review at NIHResiliency, Culture, and Latino Alcohol Use in College
• National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (1.5 Million submitted received score of 258 competitive range but not fundable) recommendations to resubmit with revisions
• Revisions resubmitted for
• Feb
• 2006 consideration.Valadez, A
• (PI) ($340,000) Exploration of factors that contribute Non- compliance among Impoverished, Mexican-American Elderly Diabetics in
• South Texas Border Regions who Attend Adult Day Care Centers
• National Instituted of Health (not funded)Trepal, H and Valadez A.A
• ($14,990) Mexican-American Grandparents
• Raising Grandchildren: A preliminary examination of concerns, needs, and service use
• San Antonio Area Foundation (not funded). 2002 A Collaborative Approach Toward Establishing a Safe Campus Task
• Force at UTSA: A Pilot Project Study ($5000) Not funded
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• Professional Growth Activities
• Department Committees, H
• Services Activities
• Chair Department of Leadership and Counseling
• Work with the Dean to coordinate recruitment efforts
• Work closely with academic advisor and assist him/her with issues related to admissions, course transfers and substitutions
• Assures that all faculty members are assisting with student advising and provides current, accurate information
• Coordinate, along with faculty, comprehensive exams
• Serve as a representative on Curriculum Committee
• Recommends the purchase of library acquisitions
• Maintains a list of qualified adjunct faculty
• Assists with the recruiting, orientation, mentoring and evaluation of adjunct faculty
• Makes recommendations to the Dean for curriculum changes, including new programs and/or certificates
• Participates in the development of both a long-range and a short-range strategic plan for the program
• Identifies all classes to be included in the schedule
• Provides recommendations to the Dean relative to course schedule
• Community Service

• 1994-95 U.S. Department of Education Funds for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education in Research Award for the prevention of Drug and Alcohol Abuse ($8000funded) 1995 Graduate Minority Scholarship Award ($1500; funded) 1990-93 Research Minority Fellowship Parent Grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) DA05548 (60,842-funded) Non-funded Grant Proposals and invitations to resubmit

Valadez, A. A. & Jeremijenko, A. (2022) Can hologram technology promote family connection and combat anxiety and depression in oil and gas employees?  Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association Journal

de Vries, S. R., Juhnke, G. A., Valadez, A. A. & Marcus, I. (2016). Addictions Severity Index (ASI) Findings: Implications for Counseling South Texas Homeless Persons. Journal of Professional Counseling: Practice, Theory, & Research,42(2) 2-16.

Kearney, W.S. & Valadez, A. (2015). Ready from day one: An examination of one principal preparation program’s redesign in collaboration with local school districts. The Journal of Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 26 (1), 27-38.

W. Sean Kearney, Valadez, A.A. and Garcia L. (2012) Leadership for the Long-haul: The Impact of Administrator Longevity on Student Achievement. School Leadership Review (7) 24-33.

De Vries, S.R. & Valadez, A.A., (2009) Let our Voices be Heard: Qualitative Analysis of an Internet Discussion Board. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health Counseling.

Valadez, A.A., Juhnke, G., Coll, K., Granello, P., Peters, Scott, Zambrano, E. (2009) The Suicide Probability Scale: A Means to Assess Substance Abusing Clients’ Suicide Risk. Journal of Professional Counseling: Practice, Theory, & Research.

Juhnke, G.A, Coll, K. M., Evans, M., Sunich, M.F., Hansen, K. K., Valadez, A. (2008). A Modified Infidelity Debriefing Process for Couples Who have Recently Experienced Infidielity Disclosure. The Family Journal (16), 308-316.

Valadez, A. A. & Evans, M. (2007). A novel approach: Using literary writing and creative interventions for working toward forgiveness after divorce. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health Counseling (2), 103-121.

de Vries, S. R., & Valadez, A. A.(2006). Counseling students’ mental health status and attitude toward counseling.  Journal of Professional Counseling: Practice, Theory & Research (34) 1&2, 2006.

Valadez, A. A., Lumadue, C., Guiterrez, B. and de Vries-Kell, S. (2006). Las comadres and adult day care centers: The perceived impact of socialization on mental wellness. Journal of Aging Studies, 20 (1), 39-53.

Valadez, A. A. (2005) Latinos in addictions counseling. In V. Kelly and G. Juhnke (Eds), Critical Incidents in Addictions Counseling, 75-82. Alexandria, VA: ACA Press

Valadez, A. A., Lumadue, C., Guiterrez, B. and de Vries-Kell, S. (2005). Family caregivers of impoverished Mexican-American elderly women: The perceived impact of adult day care centers. Families in Society, (86) 3, 384-392.

Evans, M. & Valadez, A. (2003) Cultured-Centered counseling from an existential perspective: What does it look like and how does it work for an African American woman client? In G. Roysirar, D.S. Sandhu and V. E. Bibbins (Eds), Multicultural Competencies: A Guidebook of Practices, (pp. 149-160). Alexandria, VA: AMCD Press.

Evans, M., Valadez, A.A., Burns, S. & Rodriquez, V. (2002). Brief and nontraditional therapeutic approaches to the counseling profession: An attitudinal study of field practitioners. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 24 (4), 317-329.

Valadez, A.A. and Garcia, J.L. (1999) Composition of the psychological ionosphere: A closer look at environmentally framed counselor supervision. Texas Counseling Association Journal, 27(2), 7-14.

Valadez, A. A. and Garcia, J. L., In a different light: An Environmental conceptualization Counselor supervision (1998). Texas Counseling Association Journal, 26 (2), 92-105.

Schenk, S., Worley, C. M., McNamara, C., Valadez, A. (1996). Acute and repeated exposure to caffeine: Effects on reinstatement of extinguished cocaine-taking behavior in rats.  Psychopharmacology, 126(1) 17-23.

Horger, B. A., Valadez, A., Wellman, P.J. and Schenk, S. (1994) Augmentation of the neurochemical effects of cocaine in the ventral striatum and prefrontal cortex following preexposure to amphetamine but not nicotine: an in vivo microdialysis study. Life Science, 1245-1251.

Valadez, A. and Schenk, S. (1994). Persistence of the ability of amphetamine pre-exposure to sensitize rats to the reinforcing properties of cocaine. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 47, 203-205.

Worley, C. M., Valadez, A., and Schenk, S. (1994). Reinstatement of extinguished cocaine taking behavior by cocaine and caffeine. Pharmacology Biochemistry Behavior, 48 (1), 217-221.

Schenk, S., Valadez, A., McNamara, C. (1993). Development and expression of sensitization to cocaine's reinforcing properties: Role of NMDA receptors. Psychopharmacology, 111:332-338.

Schenk, S., Valadez, A., Worley, C.M. and McNamara, C.G. Blockade of the acquisition of cocaine self-administration by the NMDA antagonist, MK-801 (Dizocilpine) (1993). Behavior Pharmacology, 4(6), 652-659.

Schenk, S., Valadez, A., Horger, B. A., Snow, S., and Wellman, P. W. (1994). Interactions between caffeine and cocaine in tests of self-administration. Behavioral Pharmacology, 5(2), 153-158.

Book Chapters

Valadez, A. A. (2003) The Boxer and the Cutman: A Metaphor for a Marriage. L Goldern (Ed), Case Studies in Marriage and Family Therapy, (pp. 158-164). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall.

Wright, J, Loessin, W., and Valadez A., Verbal Abuse: Words that Wound, Words that Heal: Faces of Verbal Violence in Heterosexual Couples (2001). D. H. In Sandhu, (Ed.) Faces of violence: Psychological correlates, concepts and intervention strategies. (pp. 279-293). New York: Nova Science.

Aspen Medical & Origin: The importance of mental health and wellbeing

https://youtu.be/hJZ2z9eCTwg

Health Matters podcast record here to review: The Special Mental Health Challenges for Fly in Fly Out (FIFO) Workers and their families https://vimeo.com/newcaststudios/review/856607328/22d99fa4fd

Health Matters: Substance Misuse https://soundcloud.com/user-392592275/health-matters-episode-31-substance-misuse?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Crisis Intervention-Evolution Resources  Oil and Gas Employees

Engaging your Empathic SelfShell Resources Presentation

Managing Mental HealthA Guide for Managers-Aspen Medical Staff

Working with distressed callers (Virtual Health)Virtual Health Staff Nurses

Stress Management and Resilience Building Aspen Medical

Men's Mental Health -Evolution Resources  Oil and Gas Employees