Rodney B Dieser
University of Northern Iowa, USA
Biography
Rodney Dieser, Ph.D., tLMHC is a Professor at the University of Northern Iowa in the Department of Health, Recreation, and Community Services and an affiliate faculty member in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. He believes in a researcher-practitioner model. As a researcher, he has published over 100 articles and five textbooks, and his writings have appeared in Counseling Psychology Quarterly, International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, Journal of Leisure Research, Leisure/Loisir, Mayo Clinic Proceedings and the Therapeutic Recreation Journal. As a practitioner, he works 10-12 hours a week as a Licensed Mental Health Therapist at a community mental health agency in Waterloo (Iowa). His primary research focus is the connection between leisure and mental health, including leisure and wellness embedded in mental health counseling and leisure services at Mayo Clinic.