Counseling Psychology
School of Education

Stephanie Budge

Associate Professor

budge@wisc.edu

(608) 262-3753

305 Education Building

Budge, Stephanie

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Stephanie Budge (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling Psychology and is also the Director of the Advancing Health Equity and Diversity program in the Collaborative Center for Health Equity 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. As a licensed psychologist, she provides pro-bono psychological services to 2STNB youth and adults. 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.

Link to the Trans CARE Collaborative website: https://trl.education.wisc.edu/
Link to the AHEAD program website: https://ictr.wisc.edu/program/ahead-program/

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., 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., Sinnard, M. T., & Hoyt, W. T. (In Press). Longitudinal effects of psychotherapy with transgender and nonbinary clients: A randomized controlled pilot trial. Psychotherapy
  • 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
  • Budge, S., Conniff, J., Belcourt, W. S., Parks, R. L., Pantalone, D., & Katz-Wise, S. L. (2018). A grounded theory study of the development of trans youths’ awareness of coping with gender identity. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27, 3048-3061.

Select Presentations

  • Barburoğlu, Y., Gao, S., Elliott, G., Wachter, E., Gilchrist, S., Dvorak, D., Lynn, S., Budge, S., & Katz-Wise, S. L. A Longitudinal Investigation of Gender Identity Fluctuations among Transgender and Nonbinary Youth. Paper presented at the National Transgender Health Summit, San Francisco, California.
  • Domínguez, S., Norton, M., Mcneill, J. N., Lee, J., Tebbe, E., & Budge, S. Cultivating trust and communicating effectively: Building a community advisory board for community-based participatory research. Workshop presented at the National Transgender Health Summit, San Francisco, California.
  • Lindley, L., & Budge, S. For us, by us: Trans centered development and psychometric validation of measures of gender minority stress. Paper presented at the National Transgender Health Summit, San Francisco, California.
  • Lee, J., Budge, S., Dominguez, S., & Tebbe, E. From gatekeeping to a companionship model: How to write referral letters for trans and nonbinary individuals. Paper presented at the National Transgender Health Summit, San Francisco, California.
  • Gao, S., Wachter, E., Barburoğlu, Y., Lynn, S., Dvorak, D., Gilchrist, S., Elliott, G., Budge, S., & Katz-Wise, S. L. How Do Families Understand Transgender and Nonbinary Youths’ Identity Processes? A Longitudinal Qualitative Investigation of Pairwise Agreement. Paper presented at the National Transgender Health Summit, San Francisco, California.
  • Domínguez, S., Budge, S., Tebbe, E., Norton, M., Lee, J., Lindley, L., & Mcneill, J. N. Longitudinal analyses from an open psychotherapy clinical trial with Two-Spirit, trans, and nonbinary clients of color. Paper presented at the National Transgender Health Summit, San Francisco, California.
  • Lee, J., Gao, S., Dominguez, S., Norton, M., Budge, S., & Tebbe, E. Understanding the Psychotherapy Goals of Two-Spirit, Transgender, and Nonbinary People of Color from the First Psychotherapy Trial Study for TPOC. Paper presented at the National Transgender Health Summit, San Francisco, California.
  • Budge, S. Changing Cisnormative Spaces: Improving Access to Psychotherapy and Educational Spaces for Trans and Nonbinary People. Fellows talk presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  • Lee, J., Dominguez, S., Matsuno, E., Norton, M., Lindley, L., Tebbe, E., & Budge, S. Mixed-Methods Results from Gender, Resilience and Resistance, Empowerment, and Affirmation Training. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  • Budge, S., & Lee, J. Understanding and Incorporating Trans-Affirmative Therapies When Working With Two Spirit, Trans, and Nonbinary Clients. Virtual Presentation presented at the Korean Counseling Association/ Korean Counseling Psychology Association Conference, 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