Alan McLuckie
Associate Professor
Ph.D. (Social Work)
BA, Psychology
MSW (Specialization: Clinical Practice)
BSW (Honors)
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Research areas
- Health, Mental Health and Wellness
- Infant, Children and Adolescents
- Critical Disability
Research and Scholarly Activity
Interests: Infant, child and youth mental health, neurodevelopmental and learning difficulties, families affected by mental health difficulties, vulnerable family coping, family wellness and parenting stress, stigma, psychotherapy and evidence-based practice models including individual, couple/family therapy, and play therapy, models of clinical supervision, quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
Current Research
Alan is currently working with several research teams exploring i) the current landscape of mental health programming for children 0-5 years and their families, ii) how school-based mental health programming impacts stigma in youth, iii) how socioeconomic and university program factors influence students’ psychological distress levels, and iv) how Critical and Anti-oppressive approaches to social work are operationalized within direct practice settings. Alan also continues to examine family functioning and parenting stress in relation to childhood neuro-developmental disorders.
Biography
A graduate of the MSW program at U of C, Alan McLuckie joined the Faculty of Social Work as an Assistant Professor in 2014. Prior to joining the Faculty Alan was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University and was the Advanced Practice Leader for Mental Health and Addictions Services at the IWK Health Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he was responsible for family therapy training and programming. Alan maintains an affiliation with Dalhousie University as an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Psychiatry. Alan is an experienced mental health therapist specializing in individual and family-based psychosocial treatments for children, youth and families affected by mental health, neuro-developmental and learning difficulties. His clinical practice also involves supervision and training related to a range of psychosocial interventions including couple & family therapy, child & play therapy. His area of research compliments his direct clinical practice and teaching interests focusing on infant, child and youth mental health, parenting stress, family wellness and stigma.