Biography
Dr. Olufowote is a licensed marriage and family therapist and AAMFT Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor. She specializes in couples therapy and is an Advanced EFT therapist and member of the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy. She serves on the board of the Indiana Association of Marriage and Family Therapy as the Member-At-Large Representative.
Her research interests focus on positive attachment change, interracial/multinational couples, couples therapy, and qualitative methodology. Her dissertation research, “How can I become more secure?: A grounded theory of earning secure attachment,” was awarded the 2020 AAMFT Research and Education Foundation’s Outstanding Research Publication Award. Dr. Olufowote is a core faculty for the online Couple and Family Therapy program."
Professional Interests
- Attachment Change Processes
- Interracial/Intercultural Couples and Families
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Qualitative Research
- The Integration of Faith and Practice.
Education and Certifications
- LMFT, AAMFT Clinical Fellow & Approved Supervisor
Courses
- Couples Therapy
- Research Methods
- Practicum
- Advanced Couple Therapy.
Scholarship and Contributions to the Field
- Dansby Olufowote, R. A. (Accepted Spring 2023). "Yoruba Nigerian and European-American interracial couples in therapy." K. Hertlein’s (Ed.) International handbook of couple and family therapy.
- ElRoby Saleh, M., Samman, S. K., Dansby Olufowote, R. A. (Accepted Spring 2023). "Practicing couple therapy in the Middle East: Arab and Muslim related critiques and clinical considerations. K. Hertlein’s (Ed.)" International handbook of couple and family therapy.
- Samman, S. K., Frick, H., Dansby Olufowote, R. A. (2022). "Medical family therapy with diverse populations part I: Interracial couples navigating infertility, racialized pregnancy, and pregnancy loss." Special issue submission to the International Journal of Systemic Therapy, 33(4), 227-249. doi: 10.1080/2692398X.2022.2128623
- Dansby Olufowote, R. A., Samman, S. K., Frick, H. (2022). "Medical family therapy with diverse populations part II: Understanding & treating interracial & international couples with chronic illness using Emotionally Focused MedFT." Special issue submission to the International Journal of Systemic Therapy, 33(4), 250-275. doi:10.1080/2692398X.2022.2125264
- Dansby Olufowote, R. A., Seshadri, G., Samman, S. K. (July/Aug 2022). "Why your interracial/ multinational couples might be dropping out: A self-of-the-therapist exploration of critical factors." Family Therapy Magazine, 21(4). https://ftm.aamft.org/why-your-interracial-multinational-couples-might-…;
- Turns, B. A., Dansby Olufowote, R. A., Smock Jordan, S., Story Chavez, M. (2022). "A multiple case study examining the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy experiences of couples raising children with ASD." International Journal of Systemic Therapy, 33(1), 37-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/2692398X.2021.1999135
- Dansby Olufowote, R. A., Fife, S. T., Schleiden, C., Whiting, J. B. (2019). "How can I become more secure? A grounded theory of earning secure attachment." Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 46(3). doi: 10.1111/jmft.12409
- 2020 AAMFT Foundation Outstanding Research Publication Award, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Research & Education Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia.
- Dansby Olufowote, R.,* Soloski, K. L.,* Gonzalez, N., & Hayes, N. (2019). "A latent class growth analysis of adolescent bonds and trajectories of depressive symptoms." Journal of Child and Family Studies. doi: 10.1007/s10826-019-01542-1
*Co-first authors - Whiting, J. B., Dansby Olufowote, R. A., Cravens-Pickens, J., & Banford Witting, A. (2019). "Online blaming and intimate partner violence: A content analysis of social media comments." The Qualitative Report. The Qualitative Report, 24(1), 78-94. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol24/iss1/6
- Dansby Olufowote, R. A., Turns, B., & Eddy, B. (2019). "How ASD influences the sibling subsystem." In B. Turns, J. Ramisch, & J. Whiting (Eds.), Systemically treating autism: A guide for empowering families. Springer.
- Eddy, B., Turns, B., & Dansby Olufowote, R. A. (2019). "Undiagnosed siblings". In B. Turns, J. Ramisch, & J. Whiting (Eds.), Systemically treating autism: A guide for empowering families. Springer.
- Ramisch, J., & Dansby Olufowote, R. A. (2019). "Focusing on emotions of couples: tailoring emotionally focused therapy to couples with children with ASD." In B. Turns, J. Ramisch, & J. Whiting (Eds.), Systemically treating autism: A guide for empowering families. Springer.
- Dansby, R. A., Turns, B., Whiting, J. B., & Crane, J. (2017). "A phenomenological content analysis of online support seeking by siblings of people with autism." Journal of Family Psychotherapy. Published online November 28, 2017, 1-20. doi: 10.1080/08975353.2017.1395256
- Dansby, R. A., & Bertram, D. E. (2017). "Moderation as a teacher of cultural competency in higher education." Journal of Faith and the Academy, 10(1), 44-51.
- Dansby, R. A., Hayes, N., & Schleiden, C. (2017). "A guide for assessing clients’ attachment to the Sacred: The Spiritual Attachment History." Contemporary Family Therapy, 39(1), 1-11. Published online, February 8, 2017. doi: 10.1007/s10591-017-9402-5
- Dansby, R. A., & Whiting, J. B. (Published online November 08, 2017). "Second-order change in couple and family therapy." In J. Lebow, A. L. Chambers, D. Breunlin (Eds.), Encyclopedia of couple and family therapy. New York: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_307-1