Faculty Member

Dr. Colleen Peterson

Education

PhD, Kansas State University, 1995

Major: Human Ecology

Teaching

MFT 6510

Contemporary Issues in MFT, Fall 2025

MFT 6100

Ethical Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy, Fall 2025

MFT 6240

Individual Therapy, Fall 2025

MFT 6900R

Pre-Practicum, Fall 2025

FAMS 475R

Current Topics in Family Studies, Summer 2025

MFT 692R

Practicum II, Summer 2025

MFT 691R

Practicum I, Spring 2025

MFT 694R

Practicum IV, Spring 2025

MFT 6300

Working with Diversity in MFT, Spring 2025

Presentations

Peterson, Colleen M (Panelist), UAMFT Fall Conference 2025, "Ethics Panel", Utah Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, St George. (September 25, 2025)
Peterson, Colleen M (Co-Author), Fawcett, Elizabeth (Co-Author), UAMFT Spring Conference, "What Can We Learn from Licensure Discipline?", Utah Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (UAMFT), Salt Lake City, UT. (March 27, 2025)
Augustus, Rachel (Co-Author), Fawcett, Elizabeth (Co-Author), Story Chavez, Megan (Co-Author), Peterson, Colleen M. (Co-Author), Withers, Matt (Co-Author), Teaching for Learning (T4L) Conference, "Examining the practice of co-therapy in MFT graduate programs", Intermountain Consortium for Faculty Development and Utah Valley University, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah. (February 28, 2025)
Peterson, Colleen M. (Co-Author), Fawcett, Elizabeth (Co-Author), UVU Mental Health Conference 2024, "Protecting Ourselves from the Slippery Slope_ What Can We Learn from Licensure Discipline?", Utah Valley University College of Health and Social Sciences, UVU Campus. (October 3, 2024)
Peterson, Colleen M (Presenter & Author), Fawcett, Elizabeth (Presenter & Author), Story Chavez, Megan (Presenter & Author), Supervisor Continuing Education - Clinical Placement Site Meet & Greet, "Supervision Refresher Course", UVU MFT Program, UVU Ballroom. (May 19, 2023)
Peterson, Colleen Margaret (Author Only), Critical Issues Facing Children & Adolescents Conference, "Emotion-Focused Therapy", ESI Management Group , Salt Lake City. (September 27, 2022)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Peterson, Colleen , "Meet and Greet and Placement Process" .
Peterson, Colleen M, "TERMINATION-TRANSFER PROTOCOLS" .

Awards

Spot Award

Behavioral Science Department - December 15, 2021

Appreciation for service to the Department when the UVU Community Mental Health Clinic Director resigned and the students and clients needed support. Made myself available for emergency on-call support and coordinated with colleagues for the clinic to continue operations during the time of transition.