Aimee Galick, MS, PhD

Associate Program Director of Master of Counselling (Edmonton)

Dr. Aimee Galick has over 10 years of experience as an educator in university settings in Canada and the US. She has a doctorate in Marital and Family Therapy and extensive training and experience in couples therapy, clinical research and therapy in medical settings. When Dr. Galick was in practice she was part of a clinical research group studying the impact of the larger social context on couples and couples therapy process and contributing to the development of new models of couples therapy.  She also provided therapy to patients and their families at Loma Linda Medical Center and Transplantation Clinic.  Dr. Galick serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy and has published articles and book chapters on couple therapy, women’s health issues, and infidelity treatment.   She teaches research courses at City University and has been the Director of Edmonton’s Counseling Clinic for the last 3 years. She also works in the Ministry of Advanced Education developing a new system of stakeholder engagement and conducting research and policy analysis.    

Research

I utilize a critical feminist lens in my research, which has previously focused on gender, couples, couple’s therapy and women’s health. I am drawn to research methods that help us better understand the process of therapy. Not only does therapy work? But how does it work?  What micro and macro processes are common among successful therapy? I am also interested in understanding the barriers women face in addressing health concerns like heart disease and how constructions of gender influence interactions with health care providers and loved ones around their illness.  In future research, I hope to conduct more qualitative meta-analyses on virtual counseling and people’s experiences of mental health. I am on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy and serve as a reviewer for four other scholarly journals. 

Publications
  • Wells, M., Lobo, E., Galick, A., Knudson-Martin, C., Huenergardt, D., & Schaepper, H. (2017). Fostering trust through relational safety: Applying Socio-emotional Relationship therapy’s focus on gender and power with heterosexual adult-survivor couples. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 16(2), 122-145. 
  • Galick, A., D’Arrigo-Patrick, E., & Knudson-Martin, C. (2015). Can anyone hear me? Does anyone see me? A qualitative meta-analysis of women’s experiences of heart disease. Qualitative Health Research, 25(8), 1123-1138. 
  • Galick, A. (2016). Quantitative research. In The Encyclopedia of Marriage, Family, and Couples Counseling. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.  
  • Galick, A. (2015). Women’s roles in families. In The Encyclopedia of Family Studies. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.  
  • Chen-Feng, J. & Galick A.  (2015).  How gender discourses hijack couple therapy – and how to avoid it. In C. Knudson-Martin, M. Wells, & S. Samman (Eds.), AFTA Springer Briefs Vol. 1 (41-66). New York, NY: Springer. 
  • Galick, A. (2013). The Buffering Effect of Relational Support in African American Marriages (Doctoral Dissertation). Proquest. 
  • Williams, K., Galick, A., Knudson-Martin, C., & Huenergardt, D. (2013). A contextual model for infidelity treatment, the Relational Justice Approach: A task analysis. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 39(3), 285-298.. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2012.00324.x     
Teaching

Each class is a different experience. Each student brings unique experiences and knowledge and I leave each class learning from my students. My teaching style favors process and interaction over passing down of expert knowledge. The classroom is a lab where ideas and theories are learned, tested, and discussed critically. I like getting people moving around, discussing, interacting, and doing role plays. I find this engaging style is conducive to deep learning. I try to model what I expect including being accountable, responsible, caring, and professional. I take a mentorship role and want to empower students to take risks, be vulnerable and self-reflect.  

Courses

  • CPC 695 Capstone 
  • CPC 526 Counseling Theory 
  • CPC 524 Psychopathology 
  • CPC 513 Brief Therapy Models 
  • CPC 520 Qualitative Research