Counseling Psychology
School of Education

Stephanie Budge

Professor

budge@wisc.edu

(608) 262-3753

305 Education Building

Budge, Stephanie

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Stephanie Budge (she/her) is a Professor and the Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Counseling Psychology and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She founded the Trans CARE Collaborative in 2014—the collaborative is a group of scholars and community advocates who work together to improve research focused on Two Spirit, transgender, and nonbinary people. Stephanie’s research focuses on improving of medical and psychotherapy treatments (and access to care) for Two Spirit, trans, and nonbinary (2STNB) clients. She provides clinical trainings nationally and internationally related to LGBTQ issues, focusing on practitioners’ self-efficacy, knowledge, awareness, and skills. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she promotes 2STNB advocacy on campus by providing workshops to students, faculty, and staff related to navigating gender identity within a university environment. Stephanie is currently an Associate Editor of Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. She is also on the editorial board of the International Journal of Transgender Health and LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Stephanie loves to cook and has perfected making a marbled lemon curd cheesecake. Most weekends you’ll find her hiking with her wife and child and she loves to dream up exciting hiking trips around the world.

Affiliate: Institute for Diversity Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Affiliate: Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Link to the Trans CARE Collaborative website: https://trl.education.wisc.edu/
Link to the Healing through Ongoing Psychological Empowerment (HOPE) Study: https://www.transcarecollabstudy.com/

Education

  • PhD Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011
  • MS Educational Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 2006
  • BS Psychology, University of Utah, 2003

Select Publications

  • Budge, S., Wachter, E., Barburoğlu, Y., Gao, S., Dvorak, D., Elliott, G., Gilchrist, S., Godwin, E. G., & Katz-Wise, S. L. (2024). A longitudinal investigation of trans and nonbinary youth identity: Individual processes and family agreement in the Trans Teens and Family Narratives Study. LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal
  • Budge, S., Tebbe, E. A., & Love, D. (2024). The development and pilot testing of a minority stress psychoeducation tool for transgender and nonbinary people. Transgender Health, 9, 275-279.
  • Budge, S., Sinnard, M. T., Lindley, L., Dillard, Q., & Katz-Wise, S. L. (2023). Content analyses of concordance and discordance regarding identity, affect, and coping in families with transgender and nonbinary youth. LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 19, 1-20.
  • Budge, S., Shoenike, D., Lee, J., Norton, M., & Sinnard, M. T. (2023). Transgender and nonbinary patients’ psychotherapy goals: A secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 159, 82-86.
  • Budge, S., Lee, J., Tebbe, E. A., & Dominguez, S. (In Press). Using the companionship model when writing referral letters for transgender and nonbinary adults. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
  • Budge, S., Sinnard, M. T., & Hoyt, W. T. (2021). Longitudinal effects of psychotherapy with transgender and nonbinary clients: A randomized controlled pilot trial. Psychotherapy, 58, 1-11.
  • Budge, S., Domínguez, S., & Goldberg, A. E. (2021). Minority stress in nonbinary students in higher education: The role of campus climate and belongingness. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 7, 222-229.
  • Budge, S., Guo, E., Mauk, E., & Tebbe, E. A. (2021). The development of an observational coding scheme to assess transgender and nonbinary clients’ reported minority stress experiences. Psychotherapy, 58, 288-300.
  • Budge, S., Orzechowski, M., Lavender, A., Schamms, S., Onsgard, K., Leibowitz, S., & Katz-Wise, S. L. (2021). Transgender and gender nonconforming youths’ emotions: The Appraisal, Valence, Arousal Model. The Counseling Psychologist, 49(138-172)
  • Budge, S., Dominguez, S., & Goldberg, A. E. (2020). Minority stress in nonbinary students in higher education: The role of campus climate and belongingness. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 7, 222-229.

Select Presentations

  • Gao, S., Wachter, E., Barburoğlu, Y., Lynn, S., Dvorak, D., Gilchrist, S., Elliott, G., Budge, S., & Katz-Wise, S. L. (2024, August). A Qualitative Longitudinal Analysis of Family Agreement on Trans and Nonbinary Youth Identity. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Seattle, WA.
  • Domínguez, S., Budge, S., Tebbe, E., Lindley, L., Lee, J., & Matsuno, E. (2024, August). Clinical trial 6-month follow-up analyses with Two-Spirit, trans, and nonbinary clients of color. Symposium presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.
  • Norton, M., Accardo, M., Gao, S., Day, E., McNeill, J. N., Tebbe, E., & Budge, S. (2024, August). Previous therapy experiences of Two-Spirit, transgender, and nonbinary people of color. Symposium presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.
  • Lee, J., Mize, G., Pili, A., Tebbe, E., & Budge, S. (2024, August). Trans/nonbinary POC clients’ perceptions of change specific to therapy goals. Symposium presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.
  • Budge, S., Estevez, B., Flinn, R. E., Boot-Haury, J., Terepka, A., Skerven, K., Abreu, R. L., & Barr, S. (2024, August). Until everyone is free: Centering personal and collective well-being in TGD advocacy. Panel for a critical conversation at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.
  • Dyer, R., & Budge, S. (2024, August). Are We On the Same Page?: Psychologists' and Gestational Carriers' Perceptions of Evaluations. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.
  • McGuirk, A., Lindley, L., Pulice-Farrow, L., & Budge, S. (2024, August). Clinical Implications of a Qualitative Analysis focused on Gender Dysphoria. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.
  • Budge, S. (2024, August). Conversations with LGBTQ+ Psychologists: Promoting PRIDE in Advocacy for Graduate Training. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.
  • Lindley, L., & Budge, S. (2024, August). Feasibility and Acceptability of an Online Intervention for Gender Dysphoria. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.
  • Budge, S., & Lee, J. (2023, October). Transgender and Nonbinary Mental Health: Health Disparities and Protective Factors. Korean Counseling Association/ Korean Counseling Psychology Association Conference, Presented virtually to an audience in Seoul, Korea.

Select Awards and Honors

  • American Psychological Association Fellow, American Psychological Association (APA), (2021 (Division 44), 2023 (Division 29))
  • Division 17 Distinguished Contribution to Counseling Psychology, American Psychological Association (APA), 2021
  • Division 29 Social Justice Award, American Psychological Association (APA), 2021
  • UW-Madison Exceptional Service Award, UW-Madison, 2021
  • School of Education Impact 2030 Faculty Fellow, UW - Madison School of Education, 2020
  • Honorary Rainbow Degree, University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Gender and Sexuality Campus Center, 2019
  • Community Engaged Scholarship Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, 2018
  • Division 17 Early Career Award, American Psychological Association (APA), 2017
  • Division 29 Early Career Award, American Psychological Association (APA), 2015
  • Transgender Research Award, American Psychological Association (APA), 2010