Charlie Huntington, M.A., Ph.D.Contributing Writer
Charlie Huntington is a therapist in private practice and a postdoctoral researcher at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. His research interests include the development of psychopathology across childhood and adolescence, romantic relationships and interpersonal functioning, sexual health, and sexual assault prevention. He enjoys trail running and rock climbing, making music, and living in community with others. You can read more of his writing at his Psychology Today blog and learn more about his research here.
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Education
- Ph.D. in social psychology at the University of Denver
- M.A. in clinical psychology from the University of Denver
- B.A. in English literature and linguistics from Swarthmore College
Work/Research Experience
- Researcher focused on romantic relationships, sexual health, and sexual assault prevention
- Facilitator of prevention programming in high schools
- Training in psychological assessment with children, adolescents, and adults
- Psychotherapist working with adults and couples
Expertise/Skills:
- Implementation and evaluation of relationship education and sexual assault prevention programming
- Knowledge of the intersection of sexual health and romantic relationship quality
- Qualitative data analysis
- Writing about research findings for technical and non-technical audiences
Sample Publications
- Huntington, C., Stanley, S., Doss, B., & Rhoades, G. (2021). Happy, healthy, and wedded? How the transition to marriage affects physical and mental health. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication.
- Huntington, C., & Rhoades, G. (2021). Associations of sexting with dating partners with adolescents’ romantic relationship behaviors and attitudes. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 1-16.
- Huntington, C., Markman, H., & Rhoades, G. (2021). Watching pornography alone or together: longitudinal associations with romantic relationship quality. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 47(2), 130-146.