Rate My Professor Adrianna Gil-Wilkerson

Gil-Wilkerson has provided marriage and family therapy services in Texas since 2003, beginning her training as a master’s level therapist at the Houston Galveston Institute, where she later advanced to Clinical and Training Director from June 2015 to May 2021 and Associate Director from May to November 2021. Her career at Our Lady of the Lake University spans multiple roles, including Graduate Assistant from 2004 to 2005, Adjunct Professor from 2010 to 2021, and Clinic Director from 2021 to 2025, involving teaching courses such as PSYC 8301 Group and Family Process, PSYC 8359 Couples and Sex Therapy, PSYC 8348 Strengths Based Approaches in Contemporary Issues: Substance Use, and practicum supervision in reflecting team settings using systemic and postmodern frameworks including solution-focused therapy, narrative therapy, and collaborative-dialogic therapy. She oversees program administration, COAMFTE accreditation, clinical training, and student services. Key publications include Saldivar, E., Gil-Wilkerson, A., & Zepeda, S. (2024). A conversation with Dr. Harlene Anderson about first conversations: Intakes from a collaborative-dialogic stance. Journal of Systemic Therapies; Gil-Wilkerson, A. & Levin, S. B. (2021). Collaborative-dialogic therapy in Theoretical Perspectives for Direct Social Work Practice; and Levin, S. B., Gil-Wilkerson, A., & Rapini, S. (2018). Single-session walk-ins as a collaborative learning community in Single-Session Therapy by Walk-in or Appointment. She received the Taos Institute 2021 Outstanding Contribution Award and served as President of the Houston Association for Marriage and Family Therapists in 2022. Gil-Wilkerson has presented extensively on collaborative practices, ethics, and therapy with diverse populations at conferences including Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapists and National Latinx Psychological Association.