Faculty: Counseling M.S. and Counselor Education and Supervision Ph.D. | Department of Counseling, Human Development and Family Science | The University of Vermont(title)

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Full-Time Faculty

Anna Elliott

Associate Professor of Counseling • Counseling Program Coordinator

anna.h.elliott@uvm.edu

  • Rural Mental Health
  • Family Counseling
  • Trauma Healing
  • Clinical Supervision
  • Relational Cultural Counseling

Robin Hausheer

Associate Professor of Counseling • School Counseling Track Lead and CACREP Liaison

Robin.Hausheer@uvm.edu

  • Underage drinking prevention
  • Parent/Guardian underage drinking prevention programming
  • School counseling program evaluation
  • Impact of implicit bias in counseling and education

Aishwarya P. Joshi

Assistant Professor of Counseling

Aishwarya.Joshi@uvm.edu

  • Clinical Mental Health
  • Intersectionality
  • Multicultural, Social Justice and Equity Competencies
  • Crisis and Trauma

Jane E. Okech

Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs • Professor of Counseling

Jane.Okech@uvm.edu (802) 656-1481

  • Clinical supervision
  • Diversity, access and equity
  • Ethics
  • Group co-leadership
  • Group psychotherapy
  • Mental health
  • Multiculturalism
  • Social justice

Lance Smith

Associate Professor of Counseling

Lance.Smith@uvm.edu (802) 656-3898

  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Critical Consciousness
  • Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)
  • Restorative Practices

Nancy Thacker Darrow

Assistant Professor of Counseling • Program Coordinator of PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision

nancy.thacker@uvm.edu

  • Culturally-informed grief theory and counseling, non-death losses
  • LGBTQ+ mental health and development
  • Social justice and equity in education and counseling
  • Qualitative research and critical methodologies

Julie Ann Welkowitz

Senior Lecturer of Counseling • Field Placement Coordinator

Julie.Welkowitz@uvm.edu (802) 656-5655

  • Clinical and systems consultation
  • Model development within schools to support youth with emotional and behavioral challenges
  • Narrative practices clinical supervision systems change initiatives

Adjunct Faculty

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Anne Geroski, EdD / Email: Anne.Geroski@uvm.edu

Fiona Griffin, LCMHC / Emaii: Fiona.Griffin@uvm.edu

Beth Goss, LCMHC / Email: BethG@howardcenter.org

Olivia Sanders, MS, LCMHC, AAP / Email: Olivia.Sanders@uvm.edu

Susanne Schmidt, LCMHC / Email: Susanne.Schmidt@uvm.edu 

Staff Support

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Aaron Sonam Friedensohn, Program Specialist

Email: cslgprog@uvm.edu