Welcome to the Spring 2016 semester!

Dr. Robert Allan
Allan, R., Ungar, M., & Eatough, V. (2016). “So I feel like I’m getting it and then

Dr. Cannon serves as the program administrator and his duties include, but are not limited to, organizing the class schedule, managing new student interviews and orientations, interviewing and hiring lecturers with assistance from faculty, keeping up to date with CACREP, writing this lovely newsletter which you are now reading (thank you!). He continues to teach Practicum and Strategies of Agency Counseling, among other courses. He continues to lead the CMHC track and serves as the faculty advisor for CSI BAO. He also worked with Dr. Gentile on the fourth annual CU GLBTI symposium and also serves on the Governor's LPC Examiners Board. In April, he will be presenting two education sessions at ACA Montreal, one with Dr. Allan and Dr. Gentile.

Dr. Diane Estrada
Dr. Estrada continues to serve on the Association for Multicultural Counseling & Development (AMCD) Bylaws Committee and the American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA) Nominations Committee. Dr. Estrada continues to serve as the faculty advisor for the Counseling Students of Color and the Counselors for Social Justice student groups. 
Dr. Estrada has been nominated to run for the Presidency of AMCD and the Executive Board of AFTA.  Wish her luck!


Dr. Lisa Forbes
Dr. Lisa Forbes comes to us from Arizona where she was previously a faculty member at Northern Arizona University. She earned her PhD in counselor education and supervision from the University of Northern Colorado. Her dissertation was a Delphi study which attempted to clarify the essential descriptors and definitional boundaries of counselor impairment. Dr. Forbes is excited to be a part of CU Denver and the counseling program. She will teach within the couples and family track as well as core counseling courses.


Dr. Troyann Gentile

Dr. Troyann Gentile continues to be an advocate and liaison between our program and our community partners, building additional networks and relationships in support of our students’ training. In addition she continues her appointment to serving as the Chair of the CU Denver GLBTI Faculty Assembly Committee, as well as Chair for the University of Colorado System Faculty Council GLBTI Committee. As part of her role as chair of the Faculty Council committee, she is charged with fundraising and organizing the Annual CU System GLBTI Symposium, which took place on  November 13th, 2015 at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.  This Fall was a busy time for conference attendance and presentation. Dr. Gentile presented at the European Branch American Counseling Association conference in Naples, Italy, as well as the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference on topics of Socially Just Gatekeeping, and  Social Justice and Diversity Throughout the  Supervision Process.  Dr. Gentile also continues to serve CACREP as a accreditation site team member

Presentations:
Allan, R., Gentile, T., & Cannon, E. (2016). Proven Strategies for Triadic Supervision. American Counseling Association, Montreal, Canada, April 2016.

Poulsen, S., & Gentile, T. (2015). Clinical Training & Gate-keeping: Remediation as Socially Just, Nurturing & Empowering, not Punitive. Association for Counselor Education & Supervision. Philadelphia, PA, October 2015.

Gentile, T., & Poulsen, S. (2015). Cross-Cultural Supervision in the 21st Century: Beyond A Western Context.  European Branch-American Counseling Association. Naples, Italy, Oct 2015.

Dr. Carlos Hipolito-Delgado

Kirshner, B., Hipolito-Delgado, C. P., & Zion, S. (2015). Sociopolitical development in educational systems: From margins to center. Urban Review, 47, 803 – 808. doi: 10.1007/s11256-015-0335-8

Watts, R. J. & Hipolito-Delgado, C. P. (2015). Thinking ourselves to liberation?: Advancing sociopolitical action in critical consciousness. Urban Review, 47, 847 – 867. doi: 10.1007/s11256-015-0341-x

Kirshner, B., Hipolito-Delgado, C. P. and Zion, S., (2015-2017). Measurement of Young People’s Policy Arguments in Authentic Contexts. Funded $50,000 by the Hewlett Foundation.

Hipolito-Delgado, C. P., Estrada, D., & Garcia, M. (October 8 – October 11, 2015). Differences that Make a Difference for Graduate Students of Color in a Counselor Education Program. Program presented at the national conference of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. Philadelphia, PA.

Dr. Farah Ibrahim
Ibrahim, F. A., & Heuer, J. R. (2016).  Cultural and Social Justice Counseling: Client-Specific Interventions. New York: Springer Science+Business Media. 

Dr. Ibrahim was invited to submit an entry in the Sage Encyclopedia on Gender, on Existential theories and gender development.  The entry was accepted, awaiting a publication date. Dr. Ibrahim also submitted an invited chapter on "Issues in Counseling South Asian Americans” in a text edited by C. E. Chang, and M. J. Periera on  "BiopsychosocialApproaches to Understanding Health in South Asian Americans.” Dr. Ibrahim was also invited to present her publication on "international consultation and training in group work in South Asia" published last year in JSGW (2015).  She will be presenting this on February 19, 2016, at the ASGW conference in Alexandria, VA.  Taylor and Francis will also be publishing a two volume text on International Group Work and her publication will be included in one of the two volumes.

Dr. Shruti Poulsen
The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB) awarded Dr. Poulsen a
Fulbright award for a one-year teaching appointment in Istanbul, Turkey. Dr. Poulsen will spend
her one-year sabbatical in Turkey starting this coming fall. Dr. Poulsen will continue this spring
in her role as the contact/lead faculty for the Couple and Family Track.
 
Dr. Poulsen continues her scholarly activities engaging in presenting and publishing:
 
Allan, R. & Poulsen, S.S. (2015, October), Multicultural competencies in couple & family
therapy supervision. Poster presentation at the Association for Counselor Educators &
Supervisors Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
 
Poulsen, S.S. & Gentile, T. (2015, October), A model for social just clinical remediation:
Nurturing & empowering, not punitive. Research Symposium at the Association for Counselor
Educators & Supervisors Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
 
Gentile, T. & Poulsen, S.S. (2015, October). Cross-cultural supervision in the 21st century:
Beyond a Western context. Presentation at the European Branch of the American Counseling
Association Conference, Naples, Italy.
 
Dr. Poulsen is collaborating as a co-editor with Dr. Allan on two special issues’ books: the
AFTA Springer Briefs and special issues in family therapy book. Dr. Poulsen continues her ongoing role/appointment as Board Member: Colorado State Board of Marriage & Family Therapist Examiners 
Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies. Dr. Poulsen was also elected to the Board of Commissioners of the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage & Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE).  Her three-year term began on January 1, 2016.


Dr. Scott Schaefle
During the Fall semester, Dr. Schaefle had a publication relating to microaggressions,
Malott, K., Paone, T., Schaefle, S., & Gao, J. (2015). "Is it racist?” Addressing racial microaggressions in counselor training. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health 10(3), 386-398.

He was also involved in  apresentation on the same topic at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Conference. At ACES he also presented on White racial identity development:
Schaefle, S., Malott, K., & Paone, T.R. (2015, October). Understanding White Dialectics and Racial Identity Development: New Findings and Implications for Counselor Training. Presented at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Biannual Conference in Philadelphia.

He also facilitated a panel discussion on gatekeeping practices at ACES. 
Schaefle, S. Disscussant, (2015, October). Innovative Gatekeeping Practices. Presented at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Biannual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He will also be presenting in the Spring of 2016 at the American Counseling Association International Conference. 

 

 Frank Kim is a licensed psychologist and joined the Counseling Center in January, 2016 as the director.  He received his Master of Social Welfare (MSW) degree at the University of California, Berkeley and his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology through the University of Colorado at Boulder.  Frank has worked in a variety of settings including university counseling centers, community mental health, non-profit organizations, and national mental health advocacy settings.  Areas of expertise include multicultural counseling and services, community-based mental health services, community psychology, diversity training, and blended/integrative (health and behavioral health) care. 

Cynthia Chen, Ph.D., LP - Crisis Coordinator
Cynthia Chen is a licensed psychologist and is currently serving as the Crisis Coordinator at the CU Denver Student and Community Counseling Center. In this role, she maintains a caseload of clients, supervises interns, and follows up with “high risk” clients in the counseling center. She is an alumnus of the program, having completed the couples and family track in 2006. She received her doctorate in counseling psychology from Boston College, and she also works at Children's Hospital Colorado. More personally, Cynthia is an avid Michigan football and professional tennis fanatic. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, baking, knitting, eating out with her friends, and is still trying to learn how to play the guitar.
 

Christy McLaughlin is a full-time Licensed Clinician at the Counseling Center. She graduated from the CU Denver Counseling Psychology program in 2006 and has worked at the Counseling Center since August 2015. Prior to working at the Center, Christy worked with children and adolescents at Childrens Hospital in an inpatient psychiatric setting, in Hospice care coordinating  bereavement programs, and in private practice counseling individuals, couples and families.  She currently specializes in working with people who are working through grief and loss issues as well as those managing depression, anxiety, relationship challenges and trauma. In her free time, she enjoys running long distances and playing in the mountains in Evergreen with her two young children.

 

Geneva Sarcedo has been an academic advisor at CU Denver in the School of Education & Human Development since 2012. Before coming the Denver, she worked as an advisor for the Student Support Services (SSS) and Educational Opportunity Program programs at University of California, Davis and the SSS program at University of California, Berkeley. In addition to working at CU Denver, she is also a PhD student in the Urban Ecologies program and instructor in the Urban Community Teacher Education program here. Those professional experiences have influenced her research interests in campus climate, critical race theory (CRT) and whiteness in academic advising, and best and promising practices for working with first-generation and low income college students.

Dr.Jenn Matheson, PhD, LMFT, is the owner of Matheson Therapy, PLLC in Longmont, CO. Her clients are  individuals, couples, and families dealing wtih a wide range of mental health and realtional issues. She specializes in the systemic treatment of grief, loss, and trauma, but also has expertise in substance abuse and adolescence. She received her training in systems theory from Virginia Tech from 1999-2005. Some of her favorite therapeutic modalities include Internal Family Systems, Symbolic/Experiential, Play Therapy, EMDR, and Mindfulness. She is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and enjoys supervising licensure candidates as well as mentoring future approved supervisors. Dr. Matheson is the President of the Board of the Colorado Association of Marriage & Family Therapy. She also works closely with the Foundation for Self Leadership as their Senior Coordinator for Research and Advancing Psychotheray whose mission is to advance the model of Internal Family Systems therapy founded by Dick Schwartz. Prior to opening a full-time private practice in Longmont, Dr. Matheson was a tenured professor at Colorado State University's accredited MFT program where she also ran their on-site family therapy training clinic. While there, she was an award winning teacher and a NIDA research grantee for her research focused on substance abuse treatment on college campuses. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her spouse David and their dog Moxie, driving, trying new restaurants, visiting local breweries, and being a home chef.

Jennifer Place, LPC, LAC, is a graduate of the Counseling program. Over the past decade she has worked in a variety of capacities surrounding the prevention, intervention, and treatment of substance use disorders. Working for Peer Assistance Services, Inc. she has served as the Program Lead for the Nursing Peer Health Assistance Program, Director of Workplace Prevention Services, and provided oversight for the Colorado Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Program. Ms. Place has also worked as a private practice clinician and led treatment groups for those suffering with substance use disorders. With a passion for teaching, Ms. Place has presented across the state on issues surrounding substance use disorders, trauma, compassion fatigue, wellness, productivity, communication, and employee health. Her audiences have included the Colorado Dental Association, Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance, the Office of Behavioral Health, Colorado Community Mental Health Associates, Judicial Districts, Mental Health America, Metro State University, and companies across Colorado. She feels quite honored to add the University of Colorado's CPCE student body to the list.