Faculty Profiles

Blalock, S. M., Barber, H., Ross, K., Wongsaroj, A., & Valentine, H. (2025). E hoki ki tō ūkaipō: Honoring grief and connection through sandtray in New Zealand. World Journal for Sand Therapy Practice, 3, 1–14. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.58997/wjstp.v313

Gilfillian, B., Dahir, C., Hilts, D., Guzman, Y., Barrow, S., Scott, S., … Campbell, L. (n.d.). Transforming school counselor education: A Delphi study. Professional School Counseling.

Holm, C. H., Blalock, S. M., Dochterman, B., & Sharber, E. (2025). Sandplay Therapy. In The Encyclopedia of Mental Health Modalities, Trainings, Certifications, and Credentials: A Practitioner’s Guide to Becoming a Highly Qualified Mental Health Professional (Vol. 7). Arizona, United States: ONBLLC Publishing.

Goble, P. M., Blalock, S. M., Nauman, C., Flynn, T., Ezra, P., Moreno, S., & Sharber, E. (2025). Play therapy in preschool: Promoting teacher empathy and strengthening child-teacher bonds. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 99. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101838

Blalock, S. M., Goble, P. M., Purswell, K. E., Greene-Rooks, J. H., Glosoff, H. L., Moreno, S., & Flores, L. (2024). Preschool Teacher Perceptions of Child-Teacher Relationship Training. International Journal of Play Therapy. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1037/pla0000229

Hastings, T., Lindo, N., Webster, L., Blalock, S. M., Ceballos, P., & Werts, R. (2024). A Career Construction Expressive Arts Group: An Exploration of Self-concept and Adaptability of Preadolescent Girls. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 1–18. https://doi.org/doi-org.libproxy.txstate.edu/10.1007/s10775-024-09701-7

Blalock, S. M., Goble, P., & Mozier, K. (2024). Teacher Professional Development Training: Utilizing Child-Centered Play Therapy Skills in the Classroom. International Journal of Play Therapy, 33(1). https://doi.org/10.1037/pla0000209

Berger, C., Blalock, S. M., Goodman-Scptt, E., & Brown, E. (2022). Driving forces in advocacy for elementary school counseling. Professional School Counseling, 26(1a), 138–156. Retrieved from University of Minnesota

Goodman-Scott, E., Brown, E., Berger, C., & Blalock, S. M. (2022). Experiences with elementary school advocacy. Professional School Counseling, 26(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1177/2156759X211067958

Blalock, S. M. (2021). School-based sandtray counseling on a shoestring. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/15401383.2021.1928575

Blalock, S. M., Ybanez-Llorente, K., & Morman, M. K. (2021). Helping beginning supervisors reduce barriers to licensure:  Ethical roadblocks in supervision. The Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 14(3). https://doi.org/https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/jcps/vol14/iss3/6

Chen, S.-Y., Lindo, N. A., Blalock, S. M., Yosef, D., Smith, L., & Hurt-Avila, K. (2021). Teachers’ perceptions of teacher-child relationships, student behavior, and classroom management: Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 11(1), 153–167. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5590/JERAP.2020.11.1.11

Goble, P., Nauman, C., Fife, K., & Blalock, S. M. (2020). Development of executive function skills: Examining the role of teachers and externalizing behavior problems. Infant and Child Development, 29(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.2160

Blalock, S. M., Lindo, N., & Ray, D. (2019). Individual and group child-centered play therapy: Impact on social-emotional competencies. Journal of Counseling and Development, 97(3), 238–249. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12264

Blalock, S. M., Lindo, N., Haiyasoso, M. D., & Morman, M. K. (2019). Child-centered play therapists’ experiences of conducting group play therapy in elementary schools, 44(3), 184–203. https://doi.org/10.1080/01933922.2019.1637985

Lindo, N. A., Ceballos, P., Meany-Walen, K. K., Prochenko, Y., Blalock, S. M., Opiola, K., … Ojiambo, D. (2019). Teacher-child relationship building: Trainers’ perceptions of a play-based intervention. Journal of Child and Adolescent Counseling, 5(2), 161–174.

Lindo, N. A., Ceballos, P. L., Blalock, S. M., Conner, C., Edwards, J., Spellings, M., … Opiola, K. (2019). Students’ perceptions of career counseling: An examination of a graduated curriculum in the United States. British Journal of Guidance and Counseling. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2019.1679350

HOlden, J. M., St. Germain-Sehr, N., Reyes, A., Loseu, S., Schmit, M., Laird, A., … Mandalise, J. (2019). Comparative effects of Induced After-Death Communication and traditional counseling on grief. Grief Matters: The Australian Jurnal of Grief and Bereavement, 22(1), 4–9.

Greene-Rooks, J. H., Fulton, C. L., Haiyasoso, M. D., & Blalock, S. M. (2019). Leadership and gender: School counselors’ experiences of girls’ leadership in secondary schools. Journal of Counselor Preparation & Supervision, 12(4), 1–32. https://doi.org/https://repository.wcsu.edu/jcps/vol12/iss4/9

Fulton, C. L., Greene-Rooks, J. H., Blalock, S. M., & Haiyasoso, M. D. (2019). Promoting Girls’ leadership in secondary schools. Journal of School Counseling, 17(8), 1–33. https://doi.org/http://www.jsc.montana.edu/articles/v17n8.pdf

Lindo, N., Cartwright, A., Ceballos, P., Conner, C., Edwards, J., & Blalock, S. M. (2019). Identification and integration of career theory: Students’ perspectives on the process. Career Development Quarterly, 67(1), 62–76. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12163

Blalock, S. M., & Holden, J. M. (2018). Preparing students to counsel clients with potentially spiritually transformative experiences. Counseling and Values, 63(April 2018), 31–44.

Ohrt, J., Blalock, S. M., & Limberg, D. (2016). Preparing school counselors-in-training to conduct large group developmental guidance. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 41, 96–116. https://doi.org/10.1080/01933922.2016.1146377

Blalock, S. M. (2016). Individual and Group Child-Centered Play Therapy:  Impact on Social-Emotional Competencies. Denton, Texas, United States: University of North Texas.

Lindo, N. A., Opiola, K., Ceballos, P. L., Chen, S. Y., Meany-Walen, K. K., Cheng, Y. J., … Blalock, S. M. (2016). The impact of supervised filial therapy training on attitude, knowledge, and skills. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 24(3), 239–246. https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480716648696

Pace, L., Holden, J. M., Blalock, S. M., Holliman, R., & Henson, R. K. (2016). Development of the Knowledge and Attitudes About Near-Death Experiences Scale (KANDES). Journal of Near-Death Studies, 34, 173–188.

Lindo, N. A., Meany-Walen, K., Ceballos, P., Ohrt, J., Prosek, E., Yousef, D., … Blalock, S. M. (2015). Wellness and Burnout Prevention: Perceptions of a Group Supervision Intervention. Journal of Professional Counseling, 12.

Blalock, S. M., Holden, J. M., & H. Atwater, P. M. (2015). Electromagnetic and other environmental effects following near-death experiences: A primer. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 33, 181–211. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.17514/JNDS-2015-33-4-p181-211