COUN 511 - Counseling Theory

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Counseling Theory (COUN 511)

Term: 2021-2022 - FALL

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Melissa Schultz
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Office Hours/Availability/Response Time: Office hrs by appt. Email response time is within 12-24 hours. Response time may be up to 48 hrs over the weekend.  

Chat/Zoom: By appointment only

Bio: I am originally from North Dakota - I attended the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks and received bachelor degrees in psychology and communication. I then received a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA. In the last year of the Ph.D. program, I completed a full-time, APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship at the University of Idaho in Moscow, ID. My dissertation is titled "The Effectiveness of a Substance Abuse Treatment Group for At Risk College Students." 

After graduating, I taught full-time at universities in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and the Fargo area before deciding to go back into clinical work to get licensed. There were minimal options in North Dakota for someone at a doctoral level to do clinical training so I took a formal postdoc at Wichita State University in Wichita, KS. I completed a postdoc and became a licensed psychologist. I then took a job at Miami University in Oxford, OH, where I worked for almost 5 yrs. I mainly did clinical work with college students but also coordinated their prevention programming, eating disorder treatment team, and taught their doctoral students’ assessment. I also taught an undergraduate class in psychology as an adjunct at Miami University.

As both your instructor of this course and the director of the MCC program, my role is to help guide you through the program and ultimately toward your career goals. Please let me know how I can support you, and if there are any concerns, do not hesitate to reach out to me or any other faculty ASAP so we can address them. I look forward to working with each and every one of you!
Caitlin M Singletary
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Office Hours: I am available for Zoom appointments. Please email me to set up a meeting.

Bio

Hello! I currently live and work in Montgomery, Alabama. I am a clinical psychologist with the Central Alabama VA Hospital, and I work in the Outpatient Mental Health Clinic (since 2013). In addition to my clinical work, I am the LGBT+ Veteran Care Coordinator, which essentially means that I help to ensure that the Veteran LGBT+ population has equitable healthcare at our facility. I am also a National Consultant for a specific psychotherapy called Interpersonal Therapy for Depression (IPT-D). In this role, I teach other VA providers (nationally) how to use the treatment, and I follow them for 6 months while they then practice using it. I am also trained/certified in the following Evidenced Based Practices: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression (CBT-D) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT; trauma-focused treatment). I completed a Post Doctoral Master's Degree in Clinical Psychopharmacology, which allows me to prescribed medications (as a Psychologist; called a Medical Psychologist) in certain states that allow it (only allowed in a few states at this time, such as New Mexico and Louisiana, to name a couple). In addition to providing psychotherapy, I enjoy completing health-related assessments, such as transplant assessments, spinal cord stimulator evaluations, and gender-confirmation evaluations (all are pre-surgical assessments, but gender-confirmation is also pre-hormone therapy). 

I am married, and my wife and I have two cats and two dogs (both beagles). We love all things sports. She is an Auburn fan (and graduate), and I am a die-hard Saints fan. We have a fun SEC rivalry because I was born and raised in Louisiana, so I am an LSU fan (football season gets very interesting in our home). We also love traveling and finding restaurants along the way that have been featured on Food Network or are owned by our favorite Food Network chefs.

I have never been to North Dakota! I am excited to learn more about the culture, as culture (Cajun and Southern) have been huge aspects of my life. I also love the field of psychology (my wife is also a psychologist), and I am excited to share that passion with you.
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Description

Study of various theories and philosophies of counseling and therapy. This course provides an intensive look at selected theories of counseling and psychotherapy. The major concepts of each theory are reviewed and critiqued in light of current research and theory. Students are encouraged to begin to define their own theoretical approach.