Stephanie Trudeau
Postdoctoral Research Associate
About Dr. Trudeau
Stephanie Trudeau, Ph.D. is a postdoctoral research associate with the Thrive Center for Human Development. Trained as a medical family therapist and family social scientist from the University of Minnesota, her academic and clinical expertise utilizes a biopsychosocial-spiritual and systemic lens in order to examine illness and recovery across family and social systems. She has dedicated her scholarly and clinical career toward developing a deeper understanding of how families cope in the face of adversity, trauma, and grief.
Her research and clinical interests include families and chronic illness, the integration of behavioral health into primary and tertiary care settings, program development and evaluation, interdisciplinary team dynamics, burnout prevention and recovery and the function spirituality has as a coping and meaning-making mechanism.
At the Thrive Center, Dr. Trudeau is focusing her research efforts on the intersection of thriving and spirituality, beliefs, meaning making, gratitude, and family systems level thriving. She is co-investigator for the Center's Shades of Gratitude Project and sub-study following the Fetzer Institute's Study of Spirituality in America.
Read Posts by Dr. Trudeau
Helping Our Healthcare Workers: A Primer to Moral Injury
Dr. Stephanie Trudeau shifts the conversation from burnout to moral injury, presenting ways we can help those experiencing moral injury.
+ Read MoreCoping with Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Process Heartache we Don’t Understand
How can we make sense of our “new normal?” Dr. Stephanie Trudeau discusses ambiguous loss, sharing 3 ways we can cope with it.
+ Read MorePlanting Seeds of Healing Through Spirituality
Postdoctoral Researcher, Stephanie Trudeau provides ways spirituality can be resource for healing within ourselves and our families.
+ Read MoreOn the Road to Healing: Meaning-Making and Beliefs During COVID-19
Dr. Stephanie Trudeau continues her discussion on loss, and how meaning-making and beliefs can guide us toward healing.
+ Read MoreEmbracing Self-compassion During Times of Grief
Stephanie Trudeau talks collective loss and how we can approach our feelings with compassion and grace.
+ Read MoreFamily Under Pressure: the Connecting Power of Being Isolated Together
Dr. Stephanie Trudeau offers ways we can orient our family towards growth and connection amid isolation during COVID-19.
+ Read MoreLa familia bajo presión: El poder de conexión al estar aislados juntos
Dra. Stephanie Trudeau ofrece maneras de orientar a nuestra familia hacia el crecimiento y la conexión en medio del aislamiento durante COVID-19.
+ Read MoreBecoming a Girl Dad
Guest blogger, Brandon Jensen and Dr. Stephanie Trudeau explore what it means to be a girl dad and share the key messages that impact daughters.
+ Read MoreAspire to Inspire: Learning the Mamba Mentality for Every Day Greatness
Dr. Stephanie Trudeau breaks down the Mamba Mentality framework and offers tips for how to integrate it into our own lives.
+ Read MoreGradations of Grief: Navigating the Days Following Tragedy
Grief comes in many forms. Dr. Stephanie Trudeau walks us through the intricacies of grief within our youth.
+ Read MoreNot All Superheros Wear Capes, Some Play Ball: How Tragedy Unites
As communities mourn the loss a legend, Dr. Stephanie Trudeau shares ways caring adults can facilitate healthy grieving for youth.
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