Dr. Justine D’Arrigo
Associate Professor & Faculty Coordinator of the Minor
Bio:
Dr. D’Arrigo has been teaching and training both doctoral and masters level family therapy and counseling students for nearly 15 years. They have been with the masters in counseling program at CSUSB for 9 of those 15 years. Their teaching is primarily clinically focused, training students in the practice of therapeutic conversations from a narrative framework. Narrative practice is philosophy of therapy and counseling that centers client knowledge and experience, refrains from pathologizing people by actively separating people and problems, and intentionally examines systems of power and oppression that create harm in communities, families and the lives of the clients who seek support.
Publications:
D’Arrigo‐Patrick, J., Hoff, C., Knudson‐Martin, C., & Tuttle, A. (2017). Navigating Critical Theory and Postmodernism: Social Justice and Therapist Power in Family Therapy. Family Process, 56(3), 574–588. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12236
Bull, B., & D’Arrigo-Patrick, J. (2018). Parent experiences of a child’s social transition: Moving beyond the loss narrative. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 30(3), 170–190. https://doi.org/10.1080/08952833.2018.1448965
D’Arrigo-Patrick, J., D’Arrigo-Patrick, E., Hoff, C., Esmiol Wilson, E., & Nice, L. (2018). Colliding Discourses: Families Negotiating Religion, Sexuality, and Identity. In Socially Just Religious and Spiritual Interventions (pp. 37–49). Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01986-0_4
D'Arrigo, J., & ChenFeng, J. (2023). “We’ve got this”: Unburdening the pressure of identity through co-teaching. In L. A. Nice & C. Eppler (Eds.), Social justice and systemic family therapy training (pp. 13–25). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29930-8_2
Dr. Lorraine Hedtke
Professor & Core Teaching Faculty in the Minor
Bio:
Dr. Hedtke has taught students at CSUSB for more than 20 years, teaching courses in counseling, counseling theories and practices, and courses on innovative approaches to counseling conversations when speaking about death and grief. As a narratively trained counselor, being mindful of socially just issues and practices of power that impact on counseling and social change, has been at the core of her profession, her practice as a counselor, her research, writing, and her teaching. She has published five books on postmodern counseling and grief practices, and more than thirty articles and chapters and her work has been translated into seven different languages. Her upcoming book, “Ongoing love in the face of grief” will be published in 2026.
Publications:
Hedtke, L. & J. Winslade (2017). The Crafting of grief: Constructing aesthetic responses to loss. New York, NY: Routledge.
Hedtke, L. & Davidove, A., (2013) My Grandmother is always with me: A remembering journey, 2nd Ed. Illustrations by A. Davidove & A. Olson. Raleigh, NC: Lulu Press.
Hedtke, L. (2012). Breathing life into the stories of the dead: Constructing bereavement support groups. Chagrin Falls, OH: Taos Institute Publications.
Hedtke, L. & Yost, A., (2005) My Grandmother is always with me: A remembering journey. Illustrations by A. Yost & A. Olson. Philadelphia, PA: Xlibris Press.
Hedtke, L. & Winslade, J. (2004). Re–membering lives: Conversations with the dying and bereaved. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publications.