Doctoral Candidate
she/hers
ekhar@umich.edu
Office Information:
UM School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Sociology;
Graduate Student
Education/Degree:
2016 BS Humanities and Social Sciences Shimer College, Chicago
2023 MSW Social Work University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2023 MA Sociology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
About
Elizabeth is a doctoral candidate in Sociology and Social Work. Her research examines how politics enters psychotherapy across multiple levels, with a focus on three areas: (a) therapists' perceptions of politics in clinical practice, including how they construct and negotiate clinical neutrality, individual ideological commitments, self-disclosure, identity, and professional ethics; (b) the institutional dynamics that shape the boundaries between what is understood as "clinical" versus "political" within therapy; and (c) a broader theoretical and historical analysis of power and values in psychotherapy.
