Margaret Hindman, Ph.D., LPC, RPT, served as an adjunct instructor for the counselor education program at SBU since the summer of 2020 and began as an assistant professor in fall 2021. Dr. Hindman is passionate about teaching counseling students.
She works to create a relationship and environment in which students feel supported, free to ask questions, make mistakes, and critically analyze content in asynchronous or synchronous settings. She has taught both clinical and content oriented
courses in collegiate settings. Dr. Hindman is terminally licensed as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Arkansas and she is a Registered Play Therapist (RPT).
In her doctoral work, she was a doctoral candidate and academy fellow at the University of Arkansas’ Counselor Education CACREP accredited program and a graduate assistant at the Center for Multicultural and Diversity Education. Dr. Hindman
was awarded the student 2016 International Award from the American College Personnel Association Commission for Commuter Students and Adult Learners Directorate. She earned her master's in counseling at the University of Arkansas CACREP accredited
program where she was selected as the 2016 most outstanding master's in counseling student.
Much of her clinical work is with children and their families in school-based settings using play therapy and with college students. Most of her clinical counseling work is school-based serving a Title 1 elementary school and primarily low-income
Hispanic and Marshallese children and their families.
Dr. Hindman’s theoretical orientation is relational Gestalt with strong person-centered influences. She has specialized training and experience in using sand tray and expressive arts with adolescents and adults and has presented research on
these topics at national and international conferences. Through play, she supports children in finding fulfillment in their school, home, and play environments and making healthy life transitions.
She has published research articles in refereed journals and has over 30 presentations at regional, national, and international conventions, and her most recent publication was in the International Journal for Play Therapy on exploring ways to improve
the public's mental health, play therapy literacy. She received the Association for Play Therapy’s Student Research Award for this article since it was based off her dissertation.
She serves on the Association for Play Therapy Ethics Committee in addition to the Research Committee. At SBU, she serves as one of the Phi Rho chapter’s Chi Sigma Iota faculty advisers, as the Counselor Education Comprehensive Exam Coordinator, and on the Graduate Council.
Over 35 refereed state, national, and international convention presentations. (See link to curriculum vitae below.)
Refereed Publications
- Hindman, M.L., Perryman, K. L., & Robinson, S. E. (2022). The adult public’s perception of the utility of play therapy. International Journal of Play Therapy, 31(1), 34-45. https://doi.org/10.1037/pla0000164 (Won the Association for Play Therapy Research 2022 Student Award for this article as it is based off dissertation)
- Schoonover, T. J., Hindman, M., Perryman, K., & Anderson, J. (2021). What is your superpower?: An elementary group using bibliotherapy with diverse fourth and fifth grade boys. Journal of School Counseling, 19(53). http://www.jsc.montana.edu/articles/v19n53.pdf
- Renshaw, T. L., & Hindman, M. L. (2017). Expressing gratitude via instant communication technology: A randomized controlled trial targeting college students’ mental health. Mental Health & Prevention, 7, 37–44.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhp.2017.08.001.
- Hindman, M., Livingston, M. M., & Carter, A. (2014). Social comparison and exam grades. Psychology and Education Journal, 51(1), 14–25. http://psychologyandeducation.net/pae/index.php/pae/Vol_51_No_3_4_2014.
- Livingston, M. M., Tobacyk, J., & Hindman M. (2011, September 28). Beyond RateMyProfessors: Blessings and curses of course selection resources on the Internet. The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal, 11(1). Retrieve from http://dus.psu.edu/mentor/.
Dissertation
- Hindman, M. The adult public’s perception of the utility of play therapy. [Doctoral Dissertation, University of Arkansas]. ScholarWorks@UARK. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/3751/ (199
downloads as of September, 2022; Won the 2022 Association for Play Therapy Student Research Award for the article based on dissertation)
Grant
- Schoonover, T. J., Hindman, M. L., & Perryman, K. P. (Accepted November 2019 from the Association of Specialty Group Work 2020, $1,000 research grant) Child-centered play therapy group with Marshallese children.
Awards
- Association for Play Therapy’s (APT) 2022 Student Research Award for my manuscript entitled The Adult Public’s Perception of the Utility of Play Therapy published in the International Journal of Play Therapy, which was based
off my dissertation. Nominated by Dr. Kristi Perryman. Announced in an announcement in APT’s Tuesday, April 26th Play Today, June 2021 Play TherapyTM magazine. Presented a plaque during APT’s 2022 Annual Conference,
given a check of $1500 to assist with conference attendance costs, and given an APT professional membership for 12 months.
- Association for Play Therapy (APT) 2020 Leadership Academy, Selected for and completed this program designed to develop the leadership necessary to ensure the long-term growth and advancement of both play therapy and APT. This program entails
learning about leadership, APT, system of governance, how to effectively contribute to organizations and APT though involvement in online discussion and collaboration. (Spring, 2020-Summer, 2020).
- Doctoral Academy Fellowship, “one of the highest marks of recognition the University of Arkansas can give graduate students,” $10,000 per year for a maximum award of $40,000. (Fall 2017-Summer 2020).
- Graduate Assistantship with Center for Multicultural and Diversity Education, Off-Campus Student Success (previously called Off Campus Connections) at the University of Arkansas. Covers tuition and provides a stipend. (2015-Summer 2020).
- Mister Rogers Award: for always being neighborly and kind. Awarded by the University of Arkansas’ Counseling and Psychological Services’ (CAPS) Training Director, Elizabeth Stout, Ph.D. and Director, Josette Cline, Ph.D. (May, 2018).
- Outstanding Master's Student in Counselor Education at the University of Arkansas. Selected by the Counselor Education Faculty (CNED) (Awarded at the College of Education and Health Professions (COEHP) Honors and Awards Banquet). (April, 2016).
- 2016 International Award from American College Personnel Association: The Outstanding Achievement by a Student from Commuter Students and Adult Learners, International award presented by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA)–College
Student Educators International Award (Awarded at the Montreal, APCA, 2016 conference). (March, 2016).
- Most Outstanding Senior in Psychology at LSU, Paul C. Young Award. The LSU psychology department gives this award annually to one outstanding senior. (April, 2014).
As a professor, I work to create a relationship and environment in which students feel supported, free to ask questions, make mistakes, and critically analyze content in asynchronous or synchronous settings.
My research interests include play therapy, the public’s mental health literacy, creative approaches to supervision, expressive arts, and group counseling work.