Expertise

Specialty & Interests: Clinical Psychology

Dr. Flicker’s clinical expertise lies in family therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy for adults, adolescents, and parents. Her recent research examines attachment and relationship satisfaction in consensually non-monogamous (CNM) relationships, personality predictors of attitudes towards CNM, and, along with Dr. Michelle Vaughan, the development of a quantitative scale of compersion.

Research:

  • Consensual Non-Monogomous Relationships

Current Research

  • Comparing relationship satisfaction and romantic attachment across various types of consensually non-monogamous relationships and various ways that consensual nonmonogamy is practiced.
  • Identifying personality predictors of attitudes towards and willingness to engage in various forms of consensual non-monogamy.
  • Creating a quantitative measure of compersion, an informal term well-known in polyamorous communities that connotes the positive emotion one experiences at witnessing their partner’s happiness with another partner.

Media Availability

This researcher is available to speak to the media. Contact Lanaya Lewis, public information officer, at lanaya.lewis@csus.edu

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Organizational Affiliations

Associate Professor, Psychology Department

Education

Clinical Psychology
2004, PhD, University of New Mexico
Clinical Psychology
2000, MS, University of New Mexico
Human Development and Family Studies
1997, BS, Cornell University