Kathy Lay
- Ph.D., MSW
- Adjunct
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IU Indianapolis
Contact
- kalay@iu.edu
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Education/Social Work Building
902 W. New York St.
Education
PhD
Emphasis/Major: Social Work2002 - University of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work
Dissertation: How Does Feminist Theory Inform Social Work Practice
Masters of Science in Social Work
Emphasis/Major: Social Work1978 - University of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work
Dissertation: Depression in Women
BS
Emphasis/Major: Sociology/Social Work1975 - Unversity of Louisville
Research Interests
Dr. Kathy Lay has a Ph.D. in social work from the University of Louisville with a Certificate in Women's Studies. She has been a clinical practitioner, working in mental health and substance abuse with individuals, couples, and families for over twenty years. She has extensive training in family/couples therapy, narrative therapy, and working with individuals who have experienced trauma. Her research interests include substance use disorders with an emphasis on recovery. She has been a co-investigator on research projects with an interprofessional team researching SBIRT, tobacco cessation education for mental health professionals, and alternative practices used to facilitate recovery from addictions. Her pedagogy focuses on critical reflection and she has conducted research on reflection as it relates to clinical practice, service learning, and the classroom. Her research methodology is primarily qualitative with a focus on phenomenology and grounded theory. She has been trained in mindfulness meditation, transcendental meditation, and has special interests in brain-based therapy and teaching.
Teaching Interests
Social wok practice, mental health, addictions
Awards and Honors
2019 - Office for Women
Publications
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Lay, K., Glassburn, S. L., & , . (2018). Vigilance: The lived experience of women in recovery. Qualitative Social Work, 17(5), 624-638. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325016683244
Recovery from addiction is an individualized process and necessitates understanding the phenomenon from the perspective of the individual living the experience. This qualitative study seeks to understand women’s lived experience of recovery. Data were collected through participant interviews of women self-identifying as in recovery and interpreted from a phenomenological lens. The overarching theme is vigilance—a way to maintain recovery from addiction through remembering, being careful, and seeking community.
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Schwindt, R., Agley, J., McNelis, A., , ., Lay, K., & Bentley, M. (2017). Assessing perceptions of interprofessional education and collaboration among graduate health professions students using the Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Survey (ICCAS). Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice, 8, 23-27. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2017.05.005
Advancing the science of interprofessional education (IPE) and its impact on collaborative practice requires measurement instruments with robust psychometric properties
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Schwindt, R., McNelis, A., Lay, K., Bently, M., & , . (2016). Student’s perception of tobacco education intervention. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 30(2), 167-169. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2015.08.007
Persons living with a mental illness represent an especially vulnerable and disadvantaged subgroup of smokers. Compared to those in the general population, they smoke more, die younger, and suffer disproportionately from cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke, and cancer, all diseases and conditions directly associated with, and exacerbated by, smoking. Despite strong evidence that tobacco cessation counseling by a health professional can approximately double patients’ odds of quitting, clinicians across disciplines are reluctant to offer these individuals effective means by which to quit smoking. This disinclination is due, at least in part, to inadequate tobacco cessation training during degree education. The purpose of this qualitative study was to assess undergraduate nursing students’ perceptions of a tobacco education intervention. Findings support the integration of tobacco education into undergraduate nursing curricula.
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Lay, K. (2016). Mindfulness (pp. 80-84). The New Social Worker.
Self-care processes for helping professionals.
Presentations
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Glassburn, S. L., Canada, M., & Lay, K. (2020). Deconstructing the Perfect Storm: The Lived Experience of Compassion Fatigue and Burnout. CSWE, , United States.
Presentation of research.
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Glassburn, S. L., & Lay, K. (2020). What’s all the Buzz about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy? ACT Basics,. IUSSW Alum, Indianapolis, IN United States.
Presenting day long workshop to social work practitioners on Acceptance Commitment Therapy.
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Lay, K. (2019). Yoga & Meditation for Recovery: The Mind, Body, & Spirit Connection Presentation, Beyond the Data. IUSSW, Indianapolis, IN United States.
Yoga as mediating recovery from addiction.
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Lay, K., & Glassburn, S. (2018). Cutting through the Smoke Screen: Preparing Social Workers to Spark an Interest in Smoking Cessation for People with Severe Mental Illness. SWSD, Dublin, Ireland.
This presentation will provide social work practitioners with an understanding of the dangers of and myths about smoking in those with severe mental illness (SMI), along with offering a practical model for intervention with clients. The SMI population consistently has high rates of nicotine addiction. Individuals with mental illness are 5.3 times more likely to smoke than the general population (Bradshaw, Davies, Stronach, Richardson, & Hermann, 2014), and up to 70% of people with SMI are current smokers (Jochelson & Majrowski, 2006). People with SMI die an average of 25 years prematurely with smoking being a major cause of shortened life span (Prochaska, Das, & Young-Wolff, 2017). Often social workers and other professionals do not intervene due to inaccurate perceptions that quitting smoking will be too hard on the clients, could potentially make them decompensate, or that smoking may actually help them manage their mental health symptoms (Hall & Prochaska, 2009; Sheals, Tombor, McNeill, & Shahab, 2016). Social work practitioners are not trained to provide smoking cessation counseling to this population, and fail to assess and intervene on behalf of these individuals for nicotine addiction (Kleinfelder, Price, Duke, Jordan, & Price, 2013). Individuals attending this presentation will learn the 5 A’s, a best practices model for intervention: Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange (WHO, 2014). Additionally, interprofessional collaboration with nurses, physicians, and pharmacists will be emphasized for successful intervention with this population.
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Lay, K., & Glassburn, S. (2018). ACT for Anxiety. ISSWLHC , Indianapolis, IN United States.
ACT for Anxiety in Health Care Settings
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Schwindt, R., Agley, J., Hudmon, K., Lay, K., McNelis, A., & Bently, M. (2016). Demystifying interprofessional education: A curricular model for teaching graduate health professions students an interprofessional collaborative approach to patient care,. Miami University, Oxford, OH United States.
Following completion of an online module, an interprofessional live training session, and a simulation experience with a standardized patient, graduate health professions students (N=36 [n=13 nursing, n=9 pharmacy, and n=14 social work]) reported high perceived ability to engage in collaborative care and work as part of an interprofessional team. This curricular model has the potential to inform the ways in which students across the spectrum of health professions are educated.
Institutional Services
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Committee Member
2017 - Mental Health & Addictions Curr CommitteeParticipate in revision of MH & A Corses -
Committee Member
2002 - MSW Curriculum CommitteeCommittee member -
Committee Chair
2018 - IUSSW Faculty Senate ChairCollect Faculty Senate Agenda Items, Prepare Agenda for Meeting, Conduct Faculty Senate (Planned for Mo Meetings)
Professional Services
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Reviewer, Journal Article
2008 to 2016 - Reviewer, Substance Use and Misuse, 2008—PresentReview articles at the request of the editor.
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Reviewer, Journal Article
2005 to 2017 - Reviewer, Advances in Social Work, 2005—PresentReview articles at the request of editor.
Public Services
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Other
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Instructor
2013 to 2016 - Yoga/Meditation for Marion Co Drug CourtLead yoga/meditation for women court ordered to Marion County Drug Court.