Benjamin Finlayson

Benjamin T. Finlayson (he/him), PhD, MFTC, recently joined Regis University as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Counseling and Family Therapy. He graduated from Texas Tech University after successfully defending his dissertation, The moderating roles of hope and emotion regulation between minority stress and negative social media experiences on psychological distress and help-seeking behaviors for LGBTQIA adult individuals. Benjamin’s research on LGBTQIA identity, solution focused therapy, suicide, and medical family therapy (MedFT) has been published and presented in academic spaces across the United States. His current projects center on LGBTQIA experiences of obtaining and receiving healthcare and solution-focused teletherapy practices. He spends additional time offering workshops in both academic and clinical spaces on topics ranging from crisis intervention, identity, to religion/spirituality. He moved to Denver with his cat, Ricky Meowtin. Benjamin looks forward to his time at Regis and living out the value of Cura Personalis! If you are on the Thornton campus, stop by his office and say hi!