• Applying systems concepts to schools and looking at perception of roles between principals and school counselors

Education

• 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.

Professional Experience

• July 2003 - present, Professor and Chair, Department of Educational Leadership and
  Counseling Psychology, Washington State University.
• 2000 - 2003, Professor and Department Head, Department of Counseling,
  Texas A&M University-Commerce.
• 1996 - 2000, Associate Professor and Director of Community Counseling Center (Senior Graduate Faculty Member), Department of Counseling, Texas A&M University-Commerce.
• 1992 - 1996, Assistant Professor and Director of Community Counseling Center, Department of Counseling & Guidance, East Texas State University.
• 1993 - 1994, Consultant and Family Therapist for Family Focus Project, Hunt
  County Family Services.
• 1991 - 1992, Marriage and family doctoral internship, Family Life Center, St.
  Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas.
• 1991 - 1992, Adjunct Instructor, Department of Counseling and Human
  Services, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas.
• 1988 - 1992, Director, Upward Bound Program, Southwest Texas Junior
  College, Uvalde, Texas
• 1983 - 1988, Counselor, Upward Bound Program, Southwest Texas Junior
  College, Uvalde, Texas
• 1976, Vocational counselor internship, Vocational Guidance Clinic,
  Houston, Texas.

Awards

• 2001 Chair of dissertation that received the Distinguished Dissertation Award (Mabe).
• 1999 Paul Barrus Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching.
• 1998 TACES Outstanding Counselor Educator Award.
• 1998 Undergraduate Commencement Speaker for Texas A&M University-Commerce.
• 1997 TCA Distinguished Service Award.
• 1997 Outstanding Faculty Member, Chi Sigma Iota-Epsilon Tau.
• 1997 ACA, First Place Award (Large Branch) for the TCA Journal (under my editorship)

Selected Publications and Book Sections

• 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., & Caffery, T. (2000). An Interview with Robert Marvin: Linking Systems
  and Attachment Theory. The Family Journal,8(3), 309-316.
• Caffery, T., Erdman, P., & Cook, D. (2000). Two Systems/One Client: Bringing
  Families and Schools Together. The Family Journal,8(2), 149-154.
• Caffery, T., & Erdman, P. (2000). Conceptualizing Parent Adolescent Conflict:
  Applications from Systems and Attachment Theories. The Family Journal, 8(1),14 - 21.
• Erdman, P. (1998). Conceptualizing ADHD as a contextual response to parental
  attachment. The American Journal of Family Therapy,26(2), 177-185.
• Kane, C., & Erdman, P. (1998). Differences in family of origin perceptions among
  African American, Anglo American, and Hispanic American college students. The Family
  Journal, 6(1), 13-18.
• Erdman, P., & Caffery, T. (December 1997/January 1998). Systemic treatment of
  attachment issues in parent-child relationships. Family Therapy News, p. 12-13.
• Trusty, J., Watts, R. & Erdman, P. (1997). Family and demographic variables as
  predictors of parents' involvement in their teens' career development. The Journal
  of Career Development, 23(2), 189-201.
• LaBauve, B., & Erdman, P. (1997). A systemic perspective of children of Vietnam
  veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Kentucky Counseling Association Journal,16(1), p. 19-22.
• Mauzey, E. & Erdman, P. (1997). Trainee perceptions of live supervision phone-ins: A
  phenomenological study. The Clinical Supervisor,15(2), p. 115-128.
• Seymour, J. & Erdman, P. (1996). Family play therapy with children in transition. The
  International Journal of Play Therapy, 5,19-30.
• Watts, R., Trusty, J., Erdman, P. & Canada, R. (1996). Texas LPC's perceptions of
  their counselor training. TCA Journal, 24, 9-14.
• Erdman, P. & Lampe, R. (1996). Adapting basic counseling skills for children. Journal
  of Counseling and Development, 74, (4), 374-377.
• Mauzey, E. & Erdman, P. (1995). Let the genogram speak: Curiosity, circularity, and
  creativity in family history. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 6, 1-11.
• Erdman, P. (1994). Supervisor development: How it affects the supervisees. Journal
  of the British Association for Counseling, 5, 275-279.
• Erdman, P. (Summer 1994). The family yarn: A metaphor for family change. The
  Family Journal, 2, 254-255.
• Erdman, P. (1993). Dialogue or debate: Family systems or individual counseling.
  Family Therapy News.
• Erdman, P. (1990). Enhancing communication between teenagers and their parents.
  Journal for National Council of Educational Opportunity Associations.
• 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: runner/Routledge.
• Erdman, P. (2002). Conveying the "not knowing" position in marriage and family
  counseling. Chapter in R. E. Watts (Ed.), Techniques in Marriage and Family Counseling (Vol. 2). Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
• Erdman, P. (2000). Bringing a symbol: An experiential exercise in systemic change.
  Chapter in R. E. Watts (Ed.), Techniques in Marriage and Family Counseling (Vol. 1).
  Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
• Erdman, P. (2000). An affair to forget. Chapter in L. B. Golden (Ed.)., Case Studies in
  Marriage and Family Therapy. NJ: Prentice-Hall.
• Erdman, P. (1996). Bowenian. Chapter in D. Ratliff & L. Yingling (Eds.), Reviewing
  our common body of knowledge (Ch. 3). Austin, TX: Texas Association for Marriage and
  Family Therapy, Inc.
• Erdman, P. (1996). Family life cycle. Chapter in D. Ratliff & L. Yingling (Eds.),
  Reviewing our common body of knowledge (Ch. 15). Austin, TX: Texas Association for
  Marriage and Family Therapy, Inc.