Dr. Anders has his degree in Counseling Psychology and focuses on working with underserved communities with a special focus on LGBTQIA+ folx. He has worked in a variety of settings including college counseling centers, an LGBTQIA+ counseling center, refugee counseling clinic, a rural telehealth clinic, and has offered ADHD, ASD and LD assessments in private practice. Dr. Anders’ clinical and research interests include multicultural processes and outcomes in psychotherapy, exploring intersections of identity, identity salience, and non-traditional means of accessing wellbeing. He has also has a special interest in applied role-playing game group therapy. Outside of professional interests, Dr. Anders enjoys writing and playing music, baking, backpacking/camping, and hiking with his pup, Sierra.
Education
Ph.D in Counseling Psychology from University of Iowa in 2023
MA in Counseling Student & Personnel Psychology from University of Minnesota
BA in Psychology from St. Olaf College
Research Interests
Content areas: Psychotherapy process and outcome, mindfulness-based interventions, multicultural counseling and psychology, identity salience, LGBTQIA+ identity, applied Role-Playing Game group therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, access to wellbeing.
Research methodology: Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR), grounded theory, polynomial regression with response surface analysis, and varied qualitative & quantitative methods
Population(s): College students, LGBTQIA+, Adults
Professional Contributions
Selected conference presentations
Wang, K., Anders, C., Yu Chak S. Ho, Yunkyoung Loh Garrison, & Kivlighan III, D.M. (August, 2022). Asian International Psychotherapists’ Experiences of Clients’ Microaggressions in Therapy. American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Hunsicker, M., Anders, C., & Kivlighan III, D.M. (August, 2022). Therapist ability to identify microaggressions toward transgender and nonbinary clients in therapy. American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Anders, C., Hooley, I., & Kivlighan III, D.M. (August, 2022). The nature of a pandemic: Testing the relationship between access to nature, nature relatedness, wellbeing and belonging in nature using polynomial response surface analysis. American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Virtual.
Anders, C., Stuart-Maver, S., Hong, J., Amos, E. & Spears, R. (August, 2021). Bi+ Masculinity: Experiences of Bi+ & Masculinity Across Contexts. American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Virtual.
Anders, C., Gates, C., Kivlighan III, D.M., & Kuehnle, F. (August, 2021). Are Intake Forms Affirming & Inclusive for TGNB Clients on University Campuses? A Content Analysis. American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Virtual.
Anders, C., Kivlighan III, D.M., Porter, E., & Owen, J. (2020, August). Attending to the saliency of clients’ multiple identities: A further investigation of therapists’ multicultural orientation. American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Virtual.
Cheng, J., Wang, J.H., Grimes, J.L., Hong, J.E., Arriaga, A.S., Anders, C. (2019, August). A brave new man: Empowering an anti-colonialist and intersectional approach in men and masculinities. American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Publications
Anders, C., Kivlighan III, D.M., Porter, E., Lee, D., & Owen, J. (2020). Attending to the saliency of clients’ multiple identities: A further investigation of therapists’ multicultural orientation, Journal of Counseling Psychology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cou0000447
Miles, J., Anders, C., Kivlighan III, D. M., & Belcher Platt, A.A. (2021). Cultural ruptures: Addression microaggressions in group therapy. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 25(1), https://doi.org/10.1037/gdn0000149
Anders, C., Stuart-Maver, S.L., Hong, J.E., & Amos, E. (2022). Examined masculinity: Bi+ men’s experiences of sexuality and gender across heteronormative & queer spaces. Journal of Bisexuality, https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2022.2150919
Anders, C., Hooley, I., & Kivlighan III, D.M. (2022). The nature of a pandemic: Testing the relationship between access to nature, nature relatedness, wellbeing and belonging in nature using polynomial regression with response surface analysis. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 85, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101949
Hunsicker, M.J., Stuart-Maver, S.L., Anders, C., Kivlighan III, D.M., Mahatmya, D., Bettergarcia, J., & Owen, J. (In press). Microaggression detection in psychotherapy: Expanding affirming care for transgender and nonbinary clients. The Counseling Psychologist.
Anders, C. & Kivlighan III, D.M. (2023). Identity salience: An intersectional approach to understanding multicultural processes & outcomes in psychotherapy. Journal of Counseling Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2023.2209694
Goldberg, S., Anders, C., Stuart-Maver, S.L., & Kivlighan III, D.M. (2023). Meditation, mindfulness, and acceptance methods in psychotherapy: A systematic review. Psychotherapy Research. 33(7), 873-885. https://doi:10.1080/10503307.2023.2209694
Kivlighan III, D.M., Wang, K., Anders, C., & Bardoshi, G. (2024). Members’ goal orientation and working alliance in group therapy: A response surface analysis. Journal of Counseling Psychology, (71(3), 179-189. https://doi:10.1037/cou0000722
Book Chapters
Goldberg, S.B., Anders, C., Stuart-Mayer, S.L., & Kivlighan III, D.M. (2023). Meditation, Mindfulness, and Acceptance. In. C.E. Hill & J.C. Norcross (Eds.), Psychotherapy Skills and Methods that Work.