

Telephone: (747) 279-4586
Email: manalili@bc.edu
suffering, meaning-making, narratives, embodiment, psychopathology, morality, ethics
Mookie is a psychotherapist, professor, and researcher—interested in suffering, embodiment, meaning-making, narratives, trauma, memory, and ethics.
He is a Licensed Independent Certified Social Worker (LICSW) psychotherapist in private practice, which blends narrative therapy, psychoanalysis, logotherapy, mindfulness traditions, and body-based techniques.
Mookie is a Part-Time Faculty for the School of Social Work (i.e., Narrative Therapy, Adult Psychological Trauma) and Department of Psychology & Neuroscience (i.e., Introduction to Psychopathology) at Boston College. Additionally, he is co-leader of the Psychological Humanities Lab: Ethical Research and Clinical Practices.
Mookie is honored to serve as the co-chair for Psychology and the Other, as well as an Associate Editor for its namesake series with Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. He has given dozens of academic presentations and professional workshops in the fields of psychology, philosophy, theology, and social work.
Currently, Mookie resides in Boston, Massachusetts, and is also pursuing a PhD in Pastoral Theology & Psychology at Boston University—and researching with the Danielsen Institute's Center for Study of Religion and Psychology.
In all his various roles, Mookie hopes to participate in our duty to better our society: particularly for folks who suffer injustices; for the widow, orphan, and stranger; for a future and world beyond one's self. If you'd like to chat about therapy/research or about life's mysteries over tea (or bourbon), feel free to reach out to Mookie via email!
Manalili, M. M. C., Goodman, D. M., & Boros, D. (forthcoming). Aesthetic ethics: Towards a moral imagination. Routledge: Taylor & Francis.
Manalili, M. M. C., Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., Amormino, P., Goya-Tocchetto, D., Markowitz, E., & Young, L. (in press). The motivation to protect future people as a source of meaning and mental wellness. Pre-print:
Chukwudebe, A., Manalili, M. M. C., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Independence of intellect and ego relates to increased subjective well-being and decreased psychopathology.
Goodman, D. M., & Manalili, M. M. C. (2024). Meaningless suffering: Traumatic marginalization and ethical responsibility. Routledge: Taylor & Francis.
Goodman, D. M., Sandage, S. J., Rupert, D., Manalili, M. M. C., Owen, J., Farchione, T., & Zanarini, M.C. (2021). The virtue of virtue for psychotherapy: Contextualizing and situating the conversation. Routledge international handbook of theoretical and philosophical psychology. Routledge: Taylor & Francis.