Doctorate Degree
Counselor Education and Supervision
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Meet the Director, Dr. Kristy Ford
- View information for CACREP accreditation
Ph.D. Faculty Advisors
Department Chair
Director, Online Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program
Director, Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision Program
Director, School Counseling Program
Director of Doctoral Research
Research Interests
- Groupwork
- Counselor Educator Identity
- Qualitative Research Design
- Assessment of spirituality and religiosity
- Global mental health
- Technology in counseling and counselor education
- Attachment
- Burnout
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
- Women’s issues
- Group work
- Cognitive development of counseling students
- Women’s career development
- Leadership and advocacy
- Multicultural / social justice
- Advocacy
- Mentorship
- Marriage and Family
- Trauma-focused Interventions
- Religious and Spiritual Values in Counseling
- Clinical Supervision
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling
- Integration of Counseling and Christian Faith
- Clinical Supervision
- Wellness/Burnout
- Supervision and Education
- Pedagogy
- Qualitative and indigenous research methodology
- Multicultural competence
- The supervisory relationship
- Mental Health Counseling
- School Based Mental Health
- Clinical Supervision
- Advocacy
- Supervision and Leadership
- Clinical Social Work
- Trauma Responses
- Counselor Education Competencies
- Telehealth
- Spiritual Development
- Ethical Consideration of Resilience
- Compassion Fatigue
- Impact of pornography use
- Multivariate statistics
- Research design
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Creativity and Spirituality in Counseling
- Mentoring
- Counseling couples, families, and women
Program Information
- Qualifying Exam Manual (PDF)
- Practicum (COUC 998)
- Teaching Internship (COUC 970)
- Supervision Internship (COUC 980)
- Counseling, Research & Leadership Internship (COUC 999)
- Affiliation Agreements
- CORE Field Experience
- Background Check
- Candidacy Exam
- Dissertation Manual (PDF)
- Dissertation Rubric (PDF)
- State Requirements
- American Counseling Association
- Tuition, Fees, and Financial Aid