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
Director, School Counseling Program
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
- Prevention
- Health Disparities
- Spirituality in Counseling
- Wellness/Burnout
- Supervision and Education
- Pedagogy
- Latino Psychology
- Latino College Students
- School Counseling Supervision
- Qualitative and indigenous research methodology
- Multicultural competence
- The supervisory relationship
- Creativity in Mental Health
- Group Counseling Interventions
- Spirituality, Ethics, and Values
- Trauma Responses
- Counselor Education Competencies
- Telehealth
- Spiritual Development
- Ethical Consideration of Resilience
- Compassion Fatigue
- Impact of pornography use
- Multivariate statistics
- Research design
- 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