Kim Goodman
Teaching Professor, Practicum Education and Coordinator, Student Wellness
Professor Goodman specialized in adults, healthy aging and behavioral health.
Kim Goodman
Teaching Professor, Practicum Education and Coordinator, Student Wellness
Professor Goodman specialized in adults, healthy aging and behavioral health.
Biography
Kim Goodman, LCSW is a teaching professor of social work, practicum education and the student wellness coordinator at the University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck (SDP) School of Social Work. She has been a member of the practicum education faculty since 2004. Her areas of interest include mental health, health and wellness, mind-body-spirit practices and mindfulness-based interventions.
In practice, Goodman has worked in the fields of mental health and health, predominately as a clinician and administrator working with lesbian, bisexual and transgender women with cancer, their partners and caregivers. She continues to provide mental health services in the community, serves on university wellness committees, and serves as a volunteer with the SDP-Keck Human Rights Clinic. Goodman is heavily involved in providing advisement and mentorship to MSW students.
Education
Virginia Commonwealth University
MSW 2000
Indiana University
BA 1997
Area of Expertise
- Social Work Education
- Health & Wellness
- Adults and Healthy Aging
- Mental Health Counseling
- Caregiving & Oncology
- Mind-Body-Spirit Medicine
- Social Work
Industry Experience
- Education/Learning
- Health Care - Services
- Health and Wellness
- Mental Health Care
- Health Care - Providers
Research Interest
Articles & Publications
Weigensberg, M. J., Àvila, Q., Spruijt-Metz, D., Davis, J. N., Wen, C., Goodman, K., Perdomo, M., Wadé, N. B., Ding, L., & Lane, C. J. (2021). Imagine HEALTH: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Guided Imagery Lifestyle Intervention to Improve Obesity-Related Lifestyle Behaviors in Predominantly Latinx Adolescents. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.), 27(9), 738–749. https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2020.0515
Weigensberg MJ, Provisor J, Spruijt-Metz, Lane C, Florindez D, Wen, Perdomo M, Goodman K. (2019). Guided imagery council: feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a novel group-based lifestyle intervention in predominantly latino adolescents. Glob Advances in Health and Medicine, 8, 1-12.
Goodman, K., Classen, S., & Lenahan, P. (2012). Tragedy and Transcendence: Cancer. Medicine. In Alexander, P. Lenahan, & Pavlov (Eds.), Cinemeducation: Using film and other visual media in graduate and medical education. Oxford, UK: Radcliffe.
Goodman, K., Nelson, A., & Pennington, J (2006). Hope and Healing: Creating Safe Spaces for Lesbian Cancer Survivors. Washington, DC: The Mautner Project.
Baernstein, A., Bostwick, W., Carrick, K., Dunn, P., Goodman, K., et al (2006). Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Public Health. In Shankle, M. (Eds.), The Handbook of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Public Health (pp. 97-102). New York: Harrington Park Press