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  1. Conceptualizing mindful-based social–emotional learning in college administration: A grounded theory study.

    Article • Psychology of Consciousness Theory Research and Practice, June 2026, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  2. Three Realistic Principles for Nurturing Ethical Prosocial Behavior

    Article • ETHICS IN PROGRESS, December 2025, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  3. Clergy Health

    Article • November 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  4. Wisdom from the APA Code of Ethics addresses challenging times.

    Article • Professional Psychology Research and Practice, November 2025, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  5. Ethical considerations in LGBTQI+ clinical care

    Article • Ethics & Behavior, May 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  6. A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing the Psychological Benefits of a Daily Examen-Based Practice

    Article • Journal of Religion and Health, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  7. Dealing with Divisiveness: Ignatian Principles for Better Relationships

    Article • Pastoral Psychology, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  8. Spirituality in clinical practice: Updates and transitions.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, December 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  9. Advising Discerning College Students about Psychotherapist Career Options: Unpacking the Alphabet Soup of Graduate Training and Licensure

    Article • August 2024, Wiley

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  10. Religious and Spiritual Communities Must Adapt or Die: Surviving and Thriving during Challenging Contemporary Times

    Article • Religions, June 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  11. Work is religion and religion is work in Silicon Valley

    Article • Politics Religion & Ideology, April 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  12. Spirituality in clinical practice: Integrating who we are with what we do.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, March 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  13. Review of The House We Live In: Virtue, Wisdom, and Pluralism.

    Article • The Humanistic Psychologist, March 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  14. What professional psychotherapy practice can learn from the Jesuits: Introducing Ignatian spirituality informed therapy (I-SIT).

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, January 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  15. A clinical trial of the Examen and mindfulness within a secular substance use disorder treatment program

    Article • Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, January 2024, Wiley

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  16. Use of the MMPI-3 with Catholic and Episcopal Seminary and Religious Life Applicants

    Article • Pastoral Psychology, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  17. Potential Benefits of the Jesuit Examen for Psychological Health and Well Being: A Pilot Study

    Article • Pastoral Psychology, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  18. The Effects of Centering Prayer on Well-Being in a Sample of Undergraduate Students: A Pilot Study

    Article • Pastoral Psychology, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  19. Confronting religious and spiritual discrimination in clinical and professional practice.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, July 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  20. Medical assistance in dying (MAiD): Ethical considerations for psychologists.

    Article • Professional Psychology Research and Practice, February 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Gerald P. Koocher, Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  21. Human interaction with the divine, the sacred, and the deceased: topics that warrant increased attention by psychologists

    Article • Current Psychology, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  22. Principles for Managing Burnout among Catholic Church Professionals

    Article • Pastoral Psychology, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  23. Five spiritually based tools for clinical practice during challenging, stressful, and apocalyptic times.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, October 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  24. Spirituality and Addiction

    Article • Journal for the Study of Spirituality, July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  25. Minding the gap: Spirituality in clinical practice during increased secularization and mental health needs.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, June 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  26. Four lessons learned from 1,000 psychological evaluations of clerics and clerical applicants in the Roman Catholic and Episcopalian Churches.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, June 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  27. Psychological evaluations of clergy applicants in the Catholic Church: Answering frequently asked questions.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, February 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Anthony Isacco, Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  28. Religion has a public relations problem: Integrating evidence-based thinking into clinical practice.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, January 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  29. Four positive lessons learned during the 2020–2021 COVID-19 global pandemic: Implications for spirituality in clinical practice.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, December 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  30. Introduction to a special issue on prayer and communication with the divine, the sacred, the departed, and the demonic in spiritually oriented therapy.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, September 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  31. Using the Examen, a Jesuit Prayer, in Spiritually Integrated and Secular Psychotherapy

    Article • Pastoral Psychology, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  32. The role of civility and cultural humility in navigating controversial areas in psychology.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, June 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE, Darren Freeman-Coppadge, Christina Kim

  33. Strength of Religious Faith in Peruvian Adolescents and Adults: Psychometric Evidence from the Long and Short Version of the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire in Spanish

    Article • March 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  34. How Roman Catholic traditions can be integrated into spiritual and secular psychological services.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, March 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  35. An examination of the psychological health of applicants to the Catholic priesthood and diaconate.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, December 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Anthony Isacco, Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  36. Introduction to a special issue on addressing Catholic clergy issues in psychological research and practice.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, December 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Anthony Isacco, Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  37. A Review of Spiritual Development and Transformation among College Students from Jesuit Higher Education

    Article • Religions, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  38. St. Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits, was pretty savvy about human behavior and behavior change

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, March 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  39. New Directions and Improvements for Spirituality in Clinical Practice

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, March 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  40. Catholic Church Clerical Sexual Abuse: Myths vs Reality

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, November 2019, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  41. Further Developments of the Santa Clara Ethics Questionnaire

    Article • Pastoral Psychology, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  42. The Santa Clara Ethics Scale

    Article • Pastoral Psychology, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  43. Encouraging civility in organizations and institutions

    Article • Professional Psychology Research and Practice, December 2017, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  44. A Survey of Ethics Training in Undergraduate Psychology Programs at Jesuit Universities

    Article • Pastoral Psychology, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  45. The 4 Ds: Using Ignatian spirituality in secular psychotherapy and beyond.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, January 2017, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  46. Compassion Predictors in Undergraduates: A Catholic College Example

    Article • Pastoral Psychology, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  47. Nurturing Compassion Development Among College Students: A Longitudinal Study

    Article • Journal of College and Character, July 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  48. Beyond Mindfulness

    Article • Open Theology, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  49. Graduating with Honor

    Article • January 2016, Bloomsbury Academic

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  50. Compassion Development in Higher Education

    Article • Journal of Psychology and Theology, June 2015, SAGE Publications

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  51. Psychological Well-Being of Roman Catholic and Episcopal Clergy Applicants

    Article • Pastoral Psychology, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  52. Six principles to consider when working with Roman Catholic clients.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, January 2015, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  53. Four steps to improve religious/spiritual cultural competence in professional psychology.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, December 2014, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  54. Four Lessons Learned from Treating Catholic Priest Sex Offenders

    Article • Pastoral Psychology, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE

  55. Adult clinical psychology.

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor THOMAS G PLANTE