University of Texas

Ricardo Ainslie is a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and a Fellow in the Charles H. Spence Centennial Professorship in Education. He is also affiliated with the Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies, the Center for Mexican American Studies, and the American Studies programs at the university. In addition, he teaches one course per year in the university’s Liberal Arts Honors program.

He served as director of the Doctoral Program in Counseling Psychology for 13 years (1987 – 2000) and that program continues to serve as his home within the Department of Educational Psychology.

Counseling Psychology Doctoral Courses

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
This course covers the core concepts of classical and contemporary psychoanalytic approaches to treatment.

Object Relations Theory
This course covers psychoanalytic developmental theories (from Freud to current relational models) and their relationship to concepts of psychopathology and treatment

Practicum Seminar
This course is for doctoral counseling students who are working in practicum settings.

Rorschach and TAT Interpretation
This course teaches students the foundations of projective testing, with a strong emphasis on scoring and interpreting the Rorschach Inkblot Test and developing interpretive skills for clinical data.

In the past he has also taught the following courses: Post-Modernism and Psychoanalysis
The Theory of the Interview
MEd Counseling Practicum Seminar
Psychopathology

Liberal Arts Honors Courses

Life History and Documentary Approaches to InquiryStudents in this course develop documentary projects over the course of the semester on a variety of topics of their choosing. Students learn the basic elements of documentary filmmaking, including interviewing, videography, and editing.

Administrative Responsibilities

In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Ricardo Ainslie serves on the Counseling Psychology Doctoral Training Program’s Executive Committee and on the Admissions Committee for both the doctoral and the MEd counseling programs. He is also the faculty member responsible for overseeing the program’s extensive practicum placement process. He also serves on the departmental Graduate Studies Committee, and on a variety of committees within the college and the university.