About Us
Areas of Study
What do we do?
The ELEVATE Research Lab studies how to integrate positive psychology principles into treatment for veterans suffering from trauma-related distress.
- Improving our understanding of positive emotions like moral elevation and gratitude
- Investigating the elicitation and effects of elevation in experimental settings
- Examining individual and contextual predictors of elevation responses
- Developing treatments that incorporate these principles
News & Updates
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Applications for the University of Texas at Tyler Clinical Psych PhD program (recently APA accredited!) are no longer being accepted for start date of Fall 2025. Please check back for updates regarding whether Dr. McGuire will review new applications for the next application cycle (start date of Fall 2026). For more information about the program, please see the program website.