Echterling is a practicing
Roman Catholic. For over four decades, Echterling has been a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in
Harrisonburg.[1]
Career
Echterling developed Pathways to Resilience, a resilience building program sponsored by the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement of the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs of the
State Department.[2]
In 1990, Echterling began serving as a professor at James Madison University.[1][3] Echterling teaches graduate level courses in brief counseling, crisis intervention, group counseling, and emergency supervisors. Echterling also serves as the director of the Ph.D. in Counseling and Supervision program, and supervises counseling psychology interns.[4]
In Crisis Intervention: Building Resilience in Troubled Times,[19] Echterling posits that there are six facets of the crisis experience, summarized by the acronym BASICS:
Behavioral: what people do;
Affective: what people feel;
Somatic: how people respond physically;
Interpersonal: how people relate to others;
Cognitive: how people think;
Spiritual: what people believe and value.
LUV triangle
In Crisis Intervention: Building Resilience in Troubled Times,[19] Echterling posits the LUV triangle as a crisis intervention strategy, LUV being an acronym:
"Creative Crisis Intervention Techniques with Children and Families" by Lennis G. Echterling and Anne Stewart. In Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children edited by Cathy A. Malchoidi
"Evolution of PTSD Diagnosis in the DSM" by Lennis G. Echterling, Thomas A. Field, and Anne L. Stewart. In Future Directions in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment edited by Marilyn P. Safir, Helene S. Wallach, and Albert "Skip" Rizzo.
"In the Public Arena: Disaster as a Socially Constructed Problem" by Lennis G. Echterling and Mary Lou Wylie. In Response to Disaster: Psychosocial, Community, and Ecological Approaches by Richard Gist and Bernard Lubin
"Person-Centered Approaches" by Jack H. Presbury, J. Edson McKee, and Lennis G. Echterling. In Counseling and Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents: Theory and Practice for School and Clinical Settings edited by H. Thompson Prout, Douglas T. Brown
"Therapeutic Relationship" by Anne L. Stewart and Lennis G. Echterling. In The Therapeutic Powers of Play: 20 Core Agents of Change edited by Charles E. Schaefer and Athena A. Drewes.
Books
Becoming a Community Counselor: Personal and Professional Explorations by A. Renee Staton, A. Jerry Benson, Michele Kielty Briggs, Eric Cowan, Lennis G. Echterling, William F. Evans, J. Edson McKee, Jack Presbury, and Anne L. Stewart
Beyond Brief Counseling and Therapy: An Integrative Approach by Jack H. Presbury, Lennis G. Echterling, and J. Edson McKee
Crisis Intervention: Building Resilience in Troubled Times by Lennis G. Echterling, Jack Presbury, and J. Edson McKee
Thriving!: A Manual for Students in the Helping Professions by Lennis G. Echterling, Jack Presbury, Eric Cowan, A. Renee Staton, Debbie C. Sturm, Michelle Kielty, J. Edson McKee, Anne L. Stewart, and William F. Evans