Kevin C. Hynes, Ph.D., LMFT

Assistant Professor of Couple and Family Therapy

Introduction

Kevin C. Hynes is an assistant professor in the Couple and Family Therapy program. His program of research focuses on disparities in mental health outcomes with minority populations and the utilization of technology for therapists.

Research Overview

Broadly, Dr. Hynes hopes to increase the field of C/MFT’s alliance and ability to work with minority clients and collaboratively work with community partners to do so. In addition, Dr. Hynes collaborates with researchers from other institutions on therapeutic processes. Finally, Dr. Hynes maintains a personal and professional interest in transracial, transnational adoption.

Select Publications

• Hynes, K. C., & Kingzette, A. (2021). Are we prepared? Recommendations for marriage and family therapists engaging with young generations on social media. Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10591-021-09583-9
• Hynes, K. C., Tambling, R., Russell, B. S., Park. C. L., & Fendrich, M. (2021). A latent profile analysis of the COVID-19 Stressors Scale. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001085
• Hynes, K. C. (2019). Cultural values matter: The therapeutic alliance with East Asian Americans. Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal, 41, 392-400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10591-019-09506-9

Teaching Focus

Dr. Hynes teaches from a collaborative and social constructionist approach and works with students to create a classroom or supervision that everyone can participate within. He teaches primarily couple and family therapy graduate courses and provides supervision to student-therapists. His main teaching focus is on diversity, self-of-therapist work, and research methods.

Faculty Spotlight

Professor Hynes advice to students is to seek mentorship from professors and older students. They are huge resources that can help you achieve what you want to do.

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