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Dr. Victoria Kress
Professor
Psychological Sciences & Counseling
Beeghly Hall 3105
phone: (330) 941-3259
Bio
Victoria E. Kress, Ph.D./LPCC-S (OH), NCC, CCMHC is a distinguished professor, counseling clinic director, and the director of the clinical mental health and addictions counseling programs at Youngstown State University. She has extensive experience advocating for the counseling profession and those served, and she previously worked as the Director of Advocacy for the National Board of Certified Counselors. She has nearly three decades of clinical experience working with youth and adults in various settings which include community mental health centers, hospitals, residential treatment facilities, private practices, and college counseling centers. She has published over 140 refereed articles and book chapters, and she has co-authored 6 books on counseling youth and adults. She has been identified as a top producer/published author in counseling journals. She previously served as the editor of the ACA Practice Briefs, the associate editor of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling, and as an editorial board member for the Journal of Counseling and Development and a number of other counseling journals. Dr. Kress has lectured throughout the United States as well as internationally on various topics related to counselor practice. Dr. Kress served two terms as a governor-appointed member of the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, and served as the chair of the board’s Ethics Committee. She also served as the ethics liaison for Ohio’s state regulatory board, and she serves as a consultant/expert witness for counselor ethics cases. She has been the recipient of over 40 professional and community service awards, most of which for her advocacy, leadership, scholarship, community service, and mentorship initiatives. She has also received awards for her work with people who have intellectual disabilities, for empowering girls in her community, for her sexual assault prevention efforts, and for her child abuse advocacy work. CACREP honored her with the Martin Ritchie Award for Excellence in Advocacy. She also received a number of American Counseling Association (ACA) Awards including: the ACA Fellow Award; the Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person, the Distinguished Mentor Award, the Counselor Educator Advocacy Award, and the Government Relations Award. She has been the recipient of the following Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Awards: the Counseling Vision and Innovation Award, the Outstanding Mentor Award, the Robert Stripling Award for Excellence in Standards, and the Leadership Award. She has also received a number of university awards (e.g., the Giant Award, Distinguished Scholar, Distinguished Public Servant, Distinguished Teaching Award) as well as various Ohio Counseling Association awards including their Counselor of the Year Award, the Research and Writing Award, the Legislative Advocacy Award, and their Leadership Award. She has served in over 100 professional service roles, chairing and serving on various committees and task forces for ACA as well as its divisions (e.g., AHC, ACES, ACC, AARC), AMHCA, CSI, NBCC, and OCA, just to name a few. She is a past president of Association for Humanistic Counseling, Chi Sigma Iota International, the Ohio Counseling Association, and the North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision; she is a past ACA region chair; and she is a member of ACA’s Governing Council. She has also worked and volunteered in Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, and Rwanda promoting mental health awareness and training, and the professionalization of counseling.
Research Interests
self-injury
Teaching Interests
theories; diagnosis and treatment; trauma; internship; practicum
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1999
Ph D, Counselor Education and Supervision and Clinical Mental Health Counseling
The University of Akron
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1995
MEd, Community Counseling
The University of Akron
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1993
BA, Psychology/Sociology (double major); Biology/Dance (double minor)
Baldwin Wallace University
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2024
American Counseling Association
Thomas Hohenshil National Publications Award
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2024
North Central ACES
Professional Service Award
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2024
OCA
Mentoring Award
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2024
NBCC
Leadership Excellence for Counselors by Counselors Award
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2022
American Counseling Association
Thomas J. Sweeney Award for Visionary Leadership and Advocacy
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2022
Association for Humanistic Counseling
Past President Award
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2022
North Central ACES
Leadership Award
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2022
Youngstown State University
Distinguished Service Award
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2020
Youngstown State University
Distinguished Teaching Award
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2020
Youngstown State University
Distinguished Professor Award
Designation awarded to a professor who receives all YSU Distinguished Professor awards.
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2020
Ohio Counseling Association
David Brooks/Creating New Paths in the Profession Award
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2019
American Counseling Association
Fellow Award
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2019
Youngstown State University
Distinguished Scholar Award
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2019
Association for Counselor Education & Supervision (ACES)
Counseling Vision and Innovation Award
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2018
Youngstown State University College of Graduate Studies
Giant Award
50 Year Anniversary Faculty Award
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2018
American Counseling Association
Distinguished Professional Service Award
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2018
Ohio Counseling Association (OCA)
Charles Weaver Award for Professional Service/Being a Caring Person
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2017
Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio
Woman of Distinction Award
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2017
American Counseling Association (ACA)
Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person
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2016
Ohio Counseling Association (OCA)
Professional Leadership Award
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2016
CACREP
Martin Ritchie Award for Excellence in Advocacy
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2016
Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC)
Hollis Award: Advanced Humanistic Values in Counseling
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2016
American Counseling Association (ACA)
Government Relations Award
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2016
American Counseling Association (ACA)
Branch Advocacy Award (Ohio/OCA)
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2016
American Counseling Association (ACA)
Best Leadership Development Project Award (Ohio/OCA; Midwest Region)
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2015
Chi Sigma Iota (CSI)
Thoma J. Sweeney Professional Leadership Award
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2015
Association for Counselor Education & Supervision (ACES)
Robert Stripling Award for Excellence in Standards
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2015
Ohio Counseling Association (OCA)
Past-President Award
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2015
Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC)
Outstanding Leadership Award
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2015
Association for Counselor Education & Supervision (ACES)
Outstanding Counseling Program Award
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2015
American Counseling Association (ACA)
Best Leadership Development Project Award (Ohio/OCA; Midwest Region)
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2014
Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC)
Outstanding Humanistic Educator/Supervisor Award
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2014
North Central ACES (NCACES)
Outstanding Counselor Education Program Award
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2014
American Counseling Association (ACA)
Distinguished Mentor Award
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2013
North Central ACES (NCACES)
Outstanding Mentor Award
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2012
Ohio Counseling Association (OCA)
Legislative Advocacy Award
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2012
American Counseling Association (ACA)
Counselor Educator Advocacy Award
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2011
Association for Counselor Education & Supervision (ACES)
Professional Leadership Award
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2011
Ohio Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (OACES)
Outstanding Counselor Educator Award
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2011
Ohio Counseling Association (OCA)
Counselor of the Year Award
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2009
Youngstown State University
Distinguished Scholar Award
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2008
Association for Counselor Education & Supervision (ACES)
Outstanding Mentor Award
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2007
Youngstown State University
Distinguished Public Service Award
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2003
Ohio Counseling Association (OCA)
Research and Writing Award
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2003
Association for Counselor Education & Supervision (ACES)
Outstanding Counseling Program Award
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2003
Ohio College Personnel Association
Innovative Program Award
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2003
Youngstown State University
Distinguished Scholar Award
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2003
Counseling Services Category, American College Association
Best Practices Award
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2000
Chi Sigma Iota, Alpha Upsilon Chapter
Outstanding Research Award
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1993
North East Care Center
Employee of the Year Award
Residential treatment facility for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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2020 - 2022
Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center
Advisory Group Member/Consultant
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2017 - 2018
National Board of Certified Counselors
Director of Advocacy
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2016 - 2017
Africa University of Guidance, Counseling, and Youth Development
Senior Lecturer
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2008 -
Youngstown State University
Counseling Clinic Director/Clinical and Administrative Supervisor
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2007 -
Youngstown State University Community Counseling Clinic
Counselor
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2001 -
Youngstown State University
Distinguished Professor
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2001 -
Youngstown State University
Clinical Supervisor
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2000 - 2001
University of North Carolina Greensboro
Assistant Professor
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1997 - 2013
John Carroll University
Adjunct Faculty
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2024
"Trauma-Informed counseling for individuals who have an intellectual developmental disorder: Considerations for mental health counselors"
V. Kress, C. McAllister, M. Rausch
Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, p. 1-16
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2024
"Sibling sexual abuse: Youth counseling considerations"
V. Kress, C. McAllister, E. Forner, A. Hall
The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, p. 1-10
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2024
"Relational cultural theory as a framework for counselor leadership"
V. Kress, L. Dunson, E. Forner
Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy
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2024
"Program evaluation of the radKIDS® Youth Personal Empowerment Safety Education Program"
V. Kress, D. Johnson-Shelton, S. Daley, J. Gau, N. Canavan
Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma
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2024
"Hidden burdens: Creative technique for understanding and addressing transgenerational trauma"
V. Kress, C. McAllister, A. Reider, T. Spisak
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, p. 1-17
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2024
"Treating those with mental disorders: A comprehensive approach to case conceptualization and treatment (3rd ed.)"
V. Kress, M. Paylo
Pearson -
2024
"Humanistic antiracism in counselor education: Infusing action into pedagogy"
V. Kress, K. Fleitas, A. Evans, A. Palacios
Journal of Humanistic Counseling
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2024
"Experiential interventions for addressing nonsuicidal self-injury: Practice considerations for humanistic counselors"
V. Kress, J. Whisenhunt, C. McAllister
Journal of Humanistic Counseling
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2024
"Diagnosing and cultural humility"
V. Kress, T. Dari, E. Forner
Journal of Counseling and Development
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2024
"Counseling children and adolescents (2nd ed.)."
V. Kress, M. Paylo, N. Stargell
Pearson -
2023
"Special populations and issues"
V. Kress
Routledge -
2023
"Experiential therapies and nonsuicidal self-injury"
V. Kress, J. Whisenhunt, N. Stargell, C. McAllister
, p. 1169–1190 -
2022
"Theoretical foundations of client advocacy"
V. Kress
Routledge, p. 116-135 -
2022
"Professional advocacy: Being allowed to do good"
V. Kress
Routledge, p. 77-93 -
2022
"Meaningfulness and selecting clinical mental health counseling as a career: A cross sectional study of master's students and recent graduates"
V. Kress
Journal of Humanistic Counseling, p. 1-13
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2021
"Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Systems, Strategies, and Skills"
V. Kress
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2021
"Supervision and client self- injury: Using creativity to support supervisees’ growth"
V. Kress
, volume 36, issue 1, p. 42-47 -
2021
"School counselors' role in advocating for students who self-injure"
V. Kress
IGI Global, p. 214-236 -
2021
"Remedial interventions to address receptivity to feedback in master’s-level counseling students"
V. Kress
Counselor Education & Supervision, volume 60, p. 274-290
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2020
"Techniques for helping children navigate anxiety related to COVID-19"
V. Kress
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2020
"Using apps to promote clients' safety"
V. Kress
, volume 63, issue 2, p. 48-50 -
2020
"Professional advocacy: A call to the profession"
V. Kress
, volume 62, issue 12, p. 46-50 -
2020
"Relational‐cultural supervision: A humanistic approach to promoting vulnerability and counselor development"
V. Kress
The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, volume 59, p. 188-200
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2020
"Professional advocacy: A foundation of CSI"
V. Kress
, volume 35, issue 1, p. 47-49 -
2020
"Counseling youth who have chronic health issues"
V. Kress
American Counseling Association -
2020
"Counseling children experiencing grief"
V. Kress
American Counseling Association -
2020
"Counseling adults who have intellectual disabilities"
V. Kress
American Counseling Association -
2019
"Counseling termination and new beginnings"
V. Kress
, volume 62, issue 4, p. 40-44 -
2019
"Treating Those with Mental Disorders: A Comprehensive Approach to Case Conceptualization and Treatment (2nd ed.)"
V. Kress
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2019
"Self-help"
V. Kress
ABC-CLIO -
2019
"Multicultural diagnosis and conceptualization"
V. Kress
Pearson, issue 3rd, p. 558-590 -
2019
"Creative approaches for promoting vulnerability in supervision: A relational-cultural approach"
V. Kress
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 14, p. 391-404
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2019
"Counseling Children and Adolescents"
V. Kress
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2019
"Behavioral theories and therapies"
V. Kress
ABC-CLIO -
2018
"The use of Relational-Cultural Theory in counseling clients who have traumatic stress disorders"
V. Kress
Journal of Counseling and Development, volume 96, p. 106-114
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2018
"Student non-suicidal self-injury: A protocol for school counselors"
V. Kress
Professional School Counseling, volume 21, p. 37-46
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2017
"Supporting counselors after a client suicide: Creative supervision techniques"
V. Kress
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 12, p. 451-467
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2017
"Counseling youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)"
V. Kress
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2017
"Counseling strategies for empowering people living in poverty: The I-CARE Model"
V. Kress
Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, volume 45, p. 201-213
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2017
"Advocating for educational standards in licensure laws"
V. Kress
Counselor Education and Supervision, volume 56, p. 162-176
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2016
"The experience of being a graduate counseling student"
V. Kress
Oxford University Press, p. 93-112 -
2016
"Social and relational aspects of bullying and victimization in elementary school: Strength-based strategies for prevention."
V. Kress
The Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 11, p. 285-297
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2016
"Hoarding disorder: Diagnosis, assessment, and treatment"
V. Kress
Journal of Counseling and Development, volume 94, p. 83-90
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2016
"Excoriation disorder: Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment"
V. Kress
Professional Counselor, volume 6, p. 50-60
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2016
"Counseling youth who have bipolar disorders"
V. Kress
American Counseling Association -
2015
"Treating Those with Mental Disorders: A Comprehensive Approach to Case Conceptualization and Treatment"
V. Kress
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2015
"Treating depressive disorders in youth"
V. Kress
American Counseling Association -
2015
"Treating anxiety disorders in youth"
V. Kress
American Counseling Association -
2015
"Thomas J. Sweeney: A visionary leader and advocate for the counseling profession"
V. Kress
Journal of Counseling and Development, volume 93, p. 114-118
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2015
"Supervisor’s suggestions for enhancing counseling regulatory boards’ sanctioned supervision practices"
V. Kress, R. Hoffman, J. Protivnak, N. Stargell
Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 2, p. 109-123
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2015
"Supervisors’ suggestions for enhancing counseling regulatory boards’ sanctioned supervision practices"
V. Kress
Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 37, p. 109-123
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2015
"Spirituality/religiosity, life satisfaction, and life meaning as protective factors for non-suicidal self-injury in college students"
V. Kress
Journal of College Counseling, volume 18, p. 160-174
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2015
"Meta analysis: Counseling outcomes for youth with anxiety disorders"
V. Kress
Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 37, issue 63-94
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2015
"Making the intangible tangible: Using expressive art during termination to co-construct meaning."
V. Kress
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 10, issue 1, p. 89-99
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2015
"Hoarding disorder"
V. Kress
American Counseling Association -
2015
"A qualitative study of supervisors’ reflections on providing sanctioned supervision"
V. Kress, R. Hoffman, J. Protivnak, N. Adamson, E. Herman
The Clinical Supervisor, volume 34, issue 1, p. 38-56
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2015
"A qualitative study of supervisors' reflections on providing sanctioned supervision"
V. Kress
The Clinical Supervisor, volume 34, p. 38-56
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2014
"The synonymic nature of professional counseling and humanism: Presuppositions that guide our identities"
V. Kress
Journal of Humanistic Counseling, volume 4, p. 191-201
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2014
"The removal of the multiaxial system in the DSM-5: Implications and practice suggestions for counselors"
V. Kress
The Professional Counselor, volume 4, p. 191-201
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2014
"Teaching diagnosis in context: Guided imagery as a contextually sensitive pedagogical technique"
V. Kress
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 9, p. 275-291
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2014
"Special populations and issues"
V. Kress
Pearson, p. 144-169 -
2014
"Professional Credentialing"
M. Paylo, J. Protivnak, V. Kress
Sage -
2014
"Professional credentialing"
V. Kress
Sage, p. 267-292 -
2014
"Narrative therapy with children who have been abused"
V. Kress
Pearson -
2014
"Managing boundary issues in counseling"
V. Kress
Pearson -
2014
"Custody issues"
V. Kress
Pearson -
2014
"Creative rituals for use with traumatized adolescents"
V. Kress
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 9, issue 111-121
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2014
"Counseling outcomes for youth with oppositional behavior: A meta-analysis"
V. Kress
Journal of Counseling and Development, volume 92, issue 13-24
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2014
"Advocacy in action: CACREP Degree required for counselor licensure of Ohio graduates"
V. Kress
, volume 29, issue 2, p. 26-29 -
2013
"Women's mental health"
V. Kress
ABC CLIO/Greenwood, p. 845-850 -
2013
"Trauma"
V. Kress
ABC-CLIO/Greenwood, p. 801-807 -
2013
"The use of visual arts in counseling clients who engage in nonsuicidal self-injury"
V. Kress
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 8, issue 120-135
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2013
"The use of guided imagery as an intervention in treating non-suicidal self-injury"
V. Kress
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 8, p. 35-47
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2013
"The DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) and its discontents"
V. Kress
ABC-CLIO/Greenwood, p. 174-185 -
2013
"Self-help"
V. Kress
ABC CLIO/Greenwood, p. 723-726 -
2013
"Romantic relationships in counselor education"
V. Kress
Routledge, p. 178-184 -
2013
"Non-suicidal self-injury as a gateway to suicide in young adults"
V. Kress
Journal of Adolescent Health, volume 52, p. 486-492
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2013
"Non-Suicidal self-injury"
V. Kress
American Counseling Association -
2013
"Multicultural diagnosis and conceptualization"
V. Kress
Pearson, issue 2nd -
2013
"Mental health counseling"
V. Kress
ABC CLIO/Greenwood, p. 445-450 -
2013
"Marriage, divorce, and mental health"
V. Kress
ABC CLIO/Greenwood, p. 99-101 -
2013
"Legal standards and processes"
V. Kress
Routledge, p. 219-226 -
2013
"Informed consent, confidentiality, and diagnosing: Ethical guidelines for counselor practice."
V. Kress
Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 35, p. 15-28
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2013
"Family and mental illness"
V. Kress
ABC CLIO/Greenwood, p. 279-282 -
2013
"Creative approaches for promoting counselor self-care"
V. Kress
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 8, p. 456-469
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2013
"Counseling the female sexual offender"
V. Kress
, volume 172 -
2013
"Child sexual abuse: Treating children"
V. Kress
American Counseling Association -
2013
"Campus Life and Mental Health"
J. Protivnak, K. Choi, V. Kress
ABC-CLIO/Greenwood, p. 99-102 -
2013
"Behavioral theories and therapies"
V. Kress
ABC-CLIO, p. 83-88 -
2013
"A Relational Cultural approach to working with clients with eating disorders"
V. Kress
American Counseling Association, p. 425-441 -
2012
"Graduate Student Committee: Supporting ACA’s graduate students’ needs"
V. Kress
, volume 55, p. 65 -
2012
"Theoretical foundations of client advocacy"
V. Kress
Routledge, p. 81-93 -
2012
"The use of safety plans with children and adolescents living in violent families"
V. Kress
The Family Journal, volume 20, p. 249-255
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2012
"The creative use of chain analysis techniques in counseling clients who engage in nonsuicidal self-injury"
V. Kress
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 7, p. 343-354
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2012
"A Relational Cultural approach to working with clients experiencing eating disorders"
V. Kress
Journal of Counseling and Development, volume 90, p. 346-356
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2011
"Non-suicidal self-injury in a college population: General trends and sex differences"
V. Kress
Journal of American College Health, volume 59, issue 8, p. 691-698
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2011
"Letters from the future: The use of letter writing as a school counseling intervention with students"
V. Kress
Australian Journal of Guidance Counseling, volume 21, issue 1, p. 74
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2011
"Counseling people living in poverty: The CARE model"
V. Kress
Journal of Humanistic Counseling, volume 50, p. 161-171
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2011
"Are your recommendation letters potentially doing harm?"
V. Kress
, volume 26, issue 2, p. 12 -
2011
"ACC Graduate Student Committee Updates"
V. Kress
, p. 28 -
2011
"Green counseling: Integrating reused household materials into creative counseling interventions"
V. Kress
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 6, issue 3, p. 193-201
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2010
"Twenty tips for engaging counselor educators in CSI activities"
V. Kress
, volume 25, issue 4, p. 5 -
2010
"The use of therapeutic stories in counseling child and adolescent sexual abuse survivors."
V. Kress
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 5, issue 3, p. 243-259
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2010
"Teaching the diagnosis and treatment planning course"
V. Kress
Sage, issue 2nd, p. 255-276 -
2010
"Students who self-injure: School counselor ethical and legal considerations"
V. Kress
American School Counselor Association, issue 3rd, p. 158-170 -
2010
"Resolving child and adolescent traumatic grief: Creative techniques and interventions"
V. Kress
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 5, issue 2, p. 158-176
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2010
"Multicultural diagnosis and conceptualization"
V. Kress
Pearson, p. 406-432 -
2010
"Letter writing as an intervention in family therapy with adolescents who engage in non-suicidal self-injury"
V. Kress
The Family Journal, volume 18, issue 1, p. 24-30
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2010
"Ethical dimensions of diagnosing: Considerations for clinical mental health counselors"
V. Kress
Counseling and Values, volume 55, issue 1, p. 101-112
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2010
"Adolescent non-suicidal self-injury: Minimizing client and counselor risk and enhancing client care"
V. Kress
Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 32, issue 4, p. 342-353
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2009
"Professional development plans to remedy problematic counseling student behaviors"
V. Kress
Counselor Education and Supervision, volume 48, issue 3, p. 154-166
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2009
"Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders"
V. Kress
American Counseling Association, p. 154-155 -
2008
"Writing for publication in the JMHC: Follow the yellow brick road"
V. Kress
Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 30, issue 2, p. 95-104
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2008
"Reliability and validity of the Professional Counseling Performance Evaluation"
V. Kress
Australian Journal of Guidance Counseling, volume 18, issue 2, p. 219-232
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2008
"Promoting professional counselor advocacy: How can your program do more?"
V. Kress
, volume 23, issue 2, p. 1-11 -
2008
"Non-suicidal self-injury and Motivational Interviewing: Enhancing readiness for change"
V. Kress
Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 30, issue 4, p. 311-329
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2008
"Narrative therapy and non-suicidal self-injurious behavior: Externalizing the problem, and internalizing personal agency"
V. Kress
Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education, and Development, volume 47, issue 2, p. 157-171
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2008
"Letters from the future: The use of therapeutic letter writing in counseling sexual abuse survivors"
V. Kress
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 3, issue 2, p. 105-118
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2008
"Gender and diagnosis: Struggles and suggestions for counselors"
V. Kress
Journal of Counseling & Development, volume 86, issue 2, p. 152-162
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2008
"Empowering adolescent survivors of sexual abuse: Application of a Solution-Focused, Ericksonian counseling group"
V. Kress
Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education, and Development, volume 47, issue 2, p. 172-186
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2008
"Counseling Clients Involved with Violent Intimate Partners: Mental Health Counselors’ Role in Promoting Client Safety"
V. Kress, J. Protivnak, L. Sadlak
Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 30, p. 200-210
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2008
"Counseling clients involved with violent intimate partners: Mental health counselors’ role in promoting client safety"
V. Kress
Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 30, issue 3, p. 200-210
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2008
"Client non-suicidal self-injurious behavior: Considerations for clinical supervisors"
V. Kress
The Clinical Supervisor, volume 27, issue 1, p. 97-110
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2007
"Self-Injurious behavior: Counseling students who self-injure"
V. Kress
American Counseling Association, p. 297-308 -
2007
"Focus groups: A practical and applied research approach for counselors"
V. Kress
Journal of Counseling & Development, volume 85, issue 2, p. 189-195
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2007
"Consensual faculty-student sexual relationships in counselor education: Recommendations for counselor educators’ decision-making"
V. Kress
Counselor Education and Supervision, volume 47, issue 2, p. 110-122
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2007
"A study of counselor-in-training self-efficacy: An exploratory analysis using role-play and real clients"
V. Kress
The Journal of the Professional Counselor, volume 22, issue 1, p. 51-62
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2006
"Trichotillomania: Behavioral assessment and treatment interventions"
V. Kress
International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, volume 2, issue 1, p. 65-72
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2006
"Theory and practice submissions to JMHC: Keeping the “mental health” in mental health counseling"
V. Kress
Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 28, issue 4, p. 286-288
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2006
"The DSM and professional counseling identity: Bridging the gap"
V. Kress
Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 28, issue 3, p. 202-217
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2006
"Students who self-injure: School counselor ethical and legal considerations"
V. Kress
Professional School Counseling, volume 9, issue 2, p. 203-209
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2006
"Evaluation of the impact of a coeducational sexual assault prevention program on college students' rape myth attitudes"
V. Kress
Journal of College Counseling, volume 9, issue 2, p. 148-157
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2006
"Counseling students who have been sexually assaulted"
V. Kress
American Counseling Association, p. 129-141 -
2005
"The DSM-IV TR and culture: Considerations for counselors"
V. Kress
Journal of Counseling & Development, volume 83, issue 1, p. 97-104
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2005
"Optimizing the informal curriculum: One counselor education program model"
V. Kress
Journal of Humanistic Education, Counseling & Development, volume 44, issue 1, p. 84-93
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2005
"A comprehensive model for addressing severe and persistent mental illness on campuses: The New Diversity Initiative"
V. Kress
Journal of College Counseling, volume 8, issue 2, p. 172-179
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2004
"The new diversity initiative"
V. Kress
, p. 21-25 -
2004
"Trichotillomania: Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment"
V. Kress
Journal of Counseling & Development, volume 82, issue 2, p. 85-91
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2004
"Promoting the counselor identity: Could your program do more?"
V. Kress
, volume 65, issue 2, p. 7-8 -
2004
"Preventing vicarious trauma: What counselors should know when working with trauma survivors"
V. Kress
Journal of Counseling & Development, volume 82, issue 1, p. 31-37
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2004
"Encouraging attendance at Chi Sigma Iota meetings"
V. Kress
, volume 19, issue 2, p. 10 -
2004
"Beyond the DSM Story: Ethical Quandaries, Challenges, and Best Practices"
V. Kress
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2004
"Adolescents who self-injure: Implications and strategies for school counselors"
V. Kress
Professional School Counseling, volume 7, issue 3, p. 195-201
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2003
"Supervisor and supervisee attachments and social provisions related to the supervisory working alliance"
V. Kress
Counselor Education and Supervision, volume 42, issue 3, p. 203-218
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2003
"Self-injurious behaviors: Assessment and diagnosis"
V. Kress
Journal of Counseling & Development, volume 81, issue 4, p. 490-496
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2003
"Responding to sexual assault victims: Considerations for college counselors"
V. Kress
Journal of College Counseling, volume 6, issue 2, p. 124-133
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2003
"Promoting professional advocacy in trainees: Activities for counselor educators and supervisors"
V. Kress
, volume 64, issue 2, p. 15-16 -
2003
"Online counseling: Ethical considerations"
V. Kress
, volume 29, issue 3, p. 5 -
2003
"Counseling clients who self-injure: Ethical considerations"
V. Kress
Counseling and Values, volume 47, issue 3, p. 220-229
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2002
"Sexual intimacies with clients: Ethical considerations"
V. Kress
, volume 29, issue 2, p. 8-9 -
2002
"Professional advocacy resources for counselors"
V. Kress
, volume 62, issue 4, p. 6 -
2002
"Externalizing childhood sexual abuse with adult survivors: Letter writing and drawing techniques in group therapy"
V. Kress
Journal of Clinical Activities, Assignments, & Handouts in Psychotherapy Practice, volume 2, p. 15-23
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2002
"Developing counseling objectives and empowering clients: A strength-based intervention"
V. Kress
Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 24, issue 3, p. 270-279
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2002
"Cultural competency: Knowing your limits"
V. Kress
, volume 28, issue 4, p. 5 -
2002
"Counselor advocacy 101: A primer for counselor educators and supervisors"
V. Kress
, volume 62, issue 4, p. 4 -
2002
"Counseling self-injurious clients: Ethical considerations"
V. Kress
, volume 28, issue 4, p. 4 -
2002
"College students’ perceptions of the peer facilitation of sexual assault prevention programs"
V. Kress
Peer Facilitator Quarterly, volume 18, issue 3, p. 27-29
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2002
"College students and self-injury: Intervention strategies for counselors"
V. Kress
Journal of College Counseling, volume 5, issue 2, p. 105-113
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2002
"Advocating for the counseling profession"
V. Kress
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2002
"Advocacy for counseling and counselors: A professional imperative"
V. Kress
Journal of Counseling & Development, volume 80, issue 4, p. 394-402
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2002
"Advocacy for counseling and counselors: A professional imperative"
V. Kress
Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 24, issue 2, p. 166-176
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2001
"The development of a goal to become a teacher"
V. Kress
Journal of Educational Psychology, volume 93, issue 299-308
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2001
"Renaming and rethinking the “diagnosis and treatment” course"
V. Kress
Bergin & Garvey, p. 203-218 -
2000
"Core goals and their relationship to semester subgoals and academic performance"
V. Kress
Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory, & Practice, volume 2, p. 13-28
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1998
"Prior knowledge, attitude and strategy use in an introduction to statistics course"
V. Kress
Learning and Individual Differences, volume 10, issue 4, p. 291-308
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ACES -
2024 - 2025
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ACES -
2024 - 2025
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ACA -
2024 - present
Chairperson
ACES Professional Counselor Identity and Advocacy Advisory Group -
2023 - 2024
Other
ACA -
2023 - 2024
Committee Member
ACA -
2023 - 2024
Committee Member
ACA -
2023 - 2025
Reviewer, Grant Proposal
National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities -
2022 - present
NCACES -
2022 - 2022
Other
NCACES -
2022 - 2022
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Association for Humanistic Counseling -
2022 - 2022
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AHC Sexual Assault Prevention Task Force -
2022 - 2023
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North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NCACES) -
2022 - 2023
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ACES Nominations and Elections Committee -
2022 - 2023
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ACA Nominations and Elections Committee -
2022 - 2025
Other
American Counseling Association -
2022 - 2025
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ACA -
2022 - 2025
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ACA Fellows Committee -
2021 - present
AHC -
2021 - 2021
Other
Association for Humanistic Counseling -
2021 - 2022
Officer, President/Elect/Past
North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NCACES) -
2021 - 2022
Task Force Chair
Chi Sigma Iota International Professional Advocacy Competencies -
2021 - 2022
Officer, President/Elect/Past
Association for Humanistic Counseling -
2021 - 2022
Committee Chair
Association for Humanistic Counseling Bylaws Committee -
2021 - 2022
Committee Chair
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Special Committee on State Branches -
2021 - 2022
Committee Chair
Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling Emerging Leaders Committee -
2021 - 2022
Committee Chair
AHC Nominations and Elections Committee -
2021 - 2023
Committee Chair
NCACES Nominations and Elections Committee -
2021 - 2023
Committee Chair
NCACES Bylaws Committee -
2021 - 2024
Editorial Review Board Member
Counselor Education and Supervision -
2021 - 2024
Editorial Review Board Member
Counselor Education and Supervision -
2020 - 2021
Officer, President/Elect/Past
North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NCACES) -
2020 - 2021
Other
Chi Sigma Iota -
2020 - 2021
Officer, President/Elect/Past
Association for Humanistic Counseling -
2020 - 2021
Committee Member
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Membership Survey Committee -
2020 - 2021
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Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Budget and Finance Committee -
2020 - 2021
Task Force Member
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) ACES/AMHCA Collaboration Task Force -
2020 - 2022
Committee Member
American Counseling Association Bylaws Committee -
2020 - present
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Chi Sigma Iota Professional Advocacy Competencies -
2019 - 2020
Officer, President/Elect/Past
Association for Humanistic Counseling -
2019 - 2020
Task Force Chair
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Advocacy Task Force -
2019 - 2020
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Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) ACES/AMHCA Collaboration Task Force -
2019 - 2020
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American Counseling Association Advocacy Task Force -
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2016 - 2019
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Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC) -
2013 - 2016
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American Counseling Association: Practice Briefs
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2021 - 2022
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Rwanda Mental Health Counseling Center -
2021 - 2023
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Rwanda Mental Health Counseling Center -
2021 - 2023
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Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center -
2017 - 2024
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Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio Leaders of Tomorrow and Women of Distinction -
2000 - 2025
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The Arc -
2000 - 2025
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Cuyahoga County Probate Court