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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Dr. McGuire is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow at the VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research for a two-year fellowship within the VA Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA)-funded advanced training program. Ideal candidates for this lab will have an interest in positive psychology and how related principles can be integrated into trauma-focused treatments. For more information, please see the fellowship website.
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Dr. McGuire will be reviewing applications for the University of Texas at Tyler Clinical Psych PhD program (recently APA accredited!) with a start date of Fall 2026. For more information about the program, please see the program website.

Contact



903.213.5360


Department of Psychology and Counseling

The University of Texas at Tyler

3900 University Blvd
HPR 237
Tyler, TX 75799


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