Tiffany Brown, College of Education

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Tiffany Brown

Senior Lecturer I
Clinic Director, Couples and Family Therapy Program
Practice Areas: Athlete Mental Health, Female Athletes, Athletic Systems, Ethical Coaching, Coach Abuse, Mental Health, Eating Disorders, Marriage and Family Therapy, Addiction, Recovery, Self-harm (Non-Suicidal Self-Injury), Addiction on College Campuses, Grief

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Tiffany Brown is an academic expert in addiction, recovery and self-harm. Her recent work applies her mental health work to athletics. Specifically, she can talk about athlete mental health, female athletes, athletic systems, coaches – ethical coaching and coach abuse, as well as anxiety, depression, self-harm, trauma, eating disorders and suicide in athletes. A licensed marriage and family therapist, Tiffany’s expertise includes self-harm education and educating college students about addiction and recovery issues. She regularly consults with schools and community programs on screening and prevention outreach.

Recent Media: 
Is alcoholism a disability or a disease? (PODCAST: The Shift with Shane Hewitt, Aug. 4, 2023)
4J School district to host information session on self-harm (KEZI, April 19, 2022)
How to stop self-harming: Learn coping skills that help you thrive (Mashable, Feb. 22, 2020)
A better you in 2020: cultivate healthy relationships (The Register-Guard, Jan. 1, 2020)
Bullying prevention needs attention and funding (Mail Tribune, June 2, 2019)
Pub talk to focus on love, and making it better (Around the O, Feb. 1, 2018)
Relationship need a tuneup? A UO clinic has a lot of love to share (Around the O, Jan. 2, 2018)
Domestic abuse, national spotlight: Pastor’s wife speaks further about problems (Idaho Statesman, Jan. 29, 2016)