About
Ms. Lawrence: Edith Lawrence, known to most as “Winx,”
is an Associate Professor in the Curry Programs in Clinical and
School Psychology at the University of Virginia and Associate
Director of Training for the Center for Clinical Psychology Services,
the mental health clinic associated with the graduate program.
In addition to teaching several graduate courses, she offers and
supervisees graduate students offering marital and family therapy
in the clinic.
She
is the co-author of Competence, Courage, and Change: An Approach
to Family Therapy and presents workshops on this work frequently
on the national level. She has recently developed a competence-based
assessment measure that helps multiproblem families and those
who work with them assess both the family’s resources and
stressors prior to formulating a treatment plan.
Winx
is also the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Young Women Leaders
Program, a mentoring program for middle school girls and college
women that focuses on boosting the self-esteem and leadership
skills of both ages. The program is in its fifth year of operation
and has served over 300 area middle school girls. Finally, she
is the mother of three children, who mostly like her but infrequently
ask her for advice.
