Research interests
Phyllis Erdman has been conducting research linking
family systems and attachment theory. She is currently
working on a book with Kok-Mun Ng, University of North
Carolina-Charlotte on cross cultural applications of
attachment theory.
Teaching/professional interests
Erdman is the chair of the Department of Educational
Leadership and Counseling Psychology for all four WSU
campuses. Erdman’s professional interest is
marriage and family therapy. Erdman has taught graduate
courses in this field, along with general counseling,
and supervision. Currently she is not teaching, but is
interested in marriage and family therapy and clinical
supervision, and working with parent/child relationship
issues.
Recent accomplishments
- Caffery, T., & Erdman, P. (Summer, 2003).
Attachment and family systems theory: Implications for
family therapists. Journal of Systemic Therapies,
22(2), 3-15.
- Erdman, P., (Summer, 2003). Invited as guest editor
for special section on Conceptualizing attachment
theory from a systemic framework: Implications for
family therapists for the Journal of Systemic
Therapies.
- Erdman, P., & Caffery, T. (Eds). (2003).
Attachment and Family Systems: Conceptual, Empirical,
and Therapeutic Relatedness. NY: Brunner-Routledge.
- Erdman, P. (2004). An affair to forget. Chapter in
L. B. Golden (Ed.). Case Studies in Marriage and Family
Therapy (2nd Ed.). NJ: Merrill Prentice-Hall.
- Haslam, C., & Erdman, P. (2003). Linking
systems and attachment theory: A conceptual framework
for marital violence. Chapter in P. Erdman & T.
Caffery (Eds.), Attachment and Family Systems:
Conceptual, Empirical, and Therapeutic Relatedness. NY:
Brunner/Routledge.
Educational background
- Ph.D., Counseling, with specialization in Marriage
and Family Therapy, St. Mary's University, San Antonio,
TX
- M.Ed., Counseling, University of Houston, Houston,
TX
- BA, Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX
