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Michael Ungar

Michael Ungar, Ph.D.

Dr. Ungar is a Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist with experience working directly with children and adults in child welfare, mental health, educational and correctional settings. He conducts research internationally on resilience-related themes relevant to the treatment and study of at-risk youth and families and is a collaborator on several international research projects in countries such as China and Colombia. Dr. Ungar maintains a family therapy practice in association with Phoenix Youth Programs, a prevention program for street youth and their families.

Positions

  • Professor, School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada Director, The Resilience Research Centre at Dalhousie University

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 1995, Wilfrid Laurier University, Social Work

 

Relevant Publications

  • Ungar, M., Barter, K., McConnell, S., Tutty, L. & Fairholm, J. (in press). Patterns of disclosure among youth. Qualitative Social Work.
  • Little, A., Hartman, L. & Ungar, M. (in press). Introducing ‘the narrative construal of reality”™ and ‘the club of life”™. International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work.
  • Ungar, M., Liebenberg, L., Boothroyd, R., Thiessen, V., Duque, L.F. & Makhnach, A. (in press). Construction of a Valid Measure for the Study of Resilience across Cultures: A pilot study. Research on Human Development.
  • Ungar, M. (in press). Overprotective parenting: Helping parents provide children the right amount of risk and responsibility. American Journal of Family Therapy.
  • Ungar, M., Brown, M., Liebenberg, L., Othman, R., Kwong, W., Armstrong, M., et al. (2007). Unique pathways to resilience across cultures. Adolescence. 42(166), 287-310.

 

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