Therapist Profile

• Angela J. Huebner PhD

Angela Huebner is training to be a resident therapist in Marriage and Family Therapy. She is an Associate member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. Angela completed her Ph.D. in Family Studies at the University of Arizona. She completed her MFT clinical coursework at Virginia Tech. She is currently an associate professor in the Department of Human Development at Virginia Tech in Falls Church, VA. While she has received advanced training in Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Angela also incorporates a wide variety of other therapy techniques in her work with clients. She believes that client's have an innate ability to heal and she strives to meet them where they are in a non-pathologizing way.

Counseling Experience

Angela's counseling experience includes agency work at Virginia Tech's Center for Family Services and at Ft. Belvoir's Chaplain's Family Life Center. In these setting she has provided therapy to a diverse group of individuals, couples, families and adolescents who are experiencing problems related to anxiety, depression, anger, trauma (including PTSD), issues related to military deployment, life adjustment, parenting, family conflict, and marital/relationship distress. She has specialized experience working with military Service members and their families and is a nationally recognized expert on the impact of military deployment on families.

Education

1. The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ - Ph.D. Family Studies
2. The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ - Master of Science, Family Studies
3. The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE - Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

Professional Organizations

1. American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, Associate Member, 2004-present.
2. National Council on Family Relations, Member, 1992 to present.

Publications

1. Huebner, A., Alidoosti, B., Brickel, M., & Wade, K., (August, 2010). Summary of Findings: Military Family Needs Assessment. Report submitted to the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Military Community & Family Policy Office.
2. Huebner, A., Mancini, J., Bowen, G., & Othner, D. (2009). Shadowed by War: Building community capacity to support military families. Family Relations, 58, 216-228.
3. Huebner, A., & Mancini, J. (2008). Supporting youth during parental deployment: Strategies for professionals and families. Prevention Researcher,15(supplement), 10-13.
4. Huebner, A., Mancini, J., Wilcox, R., Grass, S., & Grass, G. (2007). Parental deployment and youth in military families: Exploring uncertainty and ambiguous loss. Family Relations, 56(2), 111-121.
5. Huebner, A., & Howell, L. (2003). Examining the relationship between adolescent sexual risk-taking and perceptions of monitoring, communication, and parenting styles. Journal of Adolescent Health, 33(2), 71-78. Published monthly by The Society of Adolescent Medicine.

Presentations

1. Huebner, A. (Oct 2010). Adolescent adjustment and parental military deployment: Lessons from the field. Presented at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Family Forum II: American's Families, Our Children Oct. 26, 2010, Washington, DC.
2. Huebner, A. (2010). Military Related Separation through the Eyes of Adolescents: Implications for Support. Paper presented at the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Atlanta, GA, September 24, 2010.
3. Huebner, A. (September 2009). Impact of Deployment on Children and Families: Recent Research Updates. Department of Defense Joint Family Readiness Conference, Chicago, Illinois, September 2, 2009.