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Marty Swanbrow Becker

Associate Professor, Florida State University
Dr. Marty Swanbrow Becker is an Associate Professor of Psychological and Counseling Services in the Educational Psychology and Learning Systems Department at Florida State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin in 2013 and completed his pre-doctoral internship at the Appalachian State University Counseling Center. He is currently chair of the Prevention Section of the American Psychological Association's Society of Counseling Psychology.

Dr. Swanbrow Becker holds a deep commitment to improving people’s lives through designing effective mental health prevention efforts and helping individuals develop to their full potential. At Florida State University, he has integrated his research, teaching, and service to further his study of college student mental health and his efforts to improve suicide prevention and wellness promoting programs. Through his research, he investigates how diverse college students cope with stress and why some develop distress and thoughts of suicide while others do not. He expands on this inquiry through his research into the efficacy of suicide prevention and wellness promoting programs, searching for how to improve the ability of colleges and universities to identify, intervene with, and refer students in distress to professional help. He incorporates his research findings in his teaching as he trains graduate students in how to intervene with suicidal clients. He also trains his students in the science of research methodology by developing campus suicide prevention interventions and disseminating the results of his research through publications and presentations. His research and teaching also drive his service, as he uses his knowledge of suicide prevention to design and deliver mental health trainings on campus and in the community.

The mental health crisis on campus and how colleges can fix it

Jan 07, 2020 15:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

When college students seek help for a mental health issue on campus something they are doing more often the place they usually go is the college counseling center. But while the stigma of seeking mental health support...

Economy

New Zealand Budget 2026 Focuses on Fiscal Discipline and Infrastructure Investment

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced that the government will maintain strict control over day-to-day spending in Budget 2026 while significantly increasing capital investment to strengthen the countrys...

OECD Sees Bank of Japan Raising Interest Rates to 2% by 2027

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Politics

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Science

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NASA's Artemis II Mission: First Crewed Lunar Journey Since Apollo

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Technology

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Digital Currency