Why Do We Separate "Weight" and "Lifting"?
Elizabeth Lee, MA, TIWL (she/her)
Elizabeth is a PhD student in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of Nevada Reno and a Graduate Research Assistant in the Center...
Mariah Rooney, MSW, LICSW | Co-Founder / Consultant| she/they
Mariah Rooney is weight lifter and a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in treating the complex...
Candace Liger, NASM-SPS, CE | Program Director | she/they
Originally from Greenville, Mississippi, Candace is a NASM - certified fitness coach, consent & harm reduction...
In partnership with researchers at Barry University and Harvard University: Beyond the Binary: Searching for Gender Affirming and Trauma Informed Gym Spaces
The purpose of this study is to explore...
In partnership with Eva Nowakowski-Sims, Barry University: Trauma Informed Weight Lifting among Trans Students: A Pilot Study
There has been very little research about transgender persons and their...
In partnership with the Mind-Body Trauma Care Lab at the Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Duluth (Research Team Director: Viann Nguyen-Feng, PhD, MPH, LP, RYT): Psychological...
In partnership with Barry University and Eva Nowakowski-Sims, PhD: A Grounded Theory of Weightlifting as an Adjunct Intervention for Trauma
A first of its kind qualitative research project...
It is well known that trauma disproportionately impacts individuals and groups who experience marginalization and oppression including people of color, those living in poverty and experiencing...