University of Vermont-Graduate Counseling Program

09/05/2024

Interested in pursuing a PhD in Counselor Education & Supervision? Join the University of Vermont counseling faculty for a virtual information session on Sept. 25 or Oct. 13 from 4-5pm EST. Sign Up to attend here:

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05/02/2024

Congratulations to our 2024 Vermont School Counseling Awards recipients! We are especially proud of Ian and Randy, who are graduates of our program.

VTSCA is pleased to announce the 2024 Vermont School Counseling Award recipients!

IAN TROMBULAK*
James F. Cawley
Outstanding School Counselor of the Year

RANDY SWEENY*
New School Counselor of the Year
UVM-Counseling Program Alumni

DEBBIE BERETTA
Lifetime Achievement Award

12/08/2023

Today marks a significant milestone for the Department of Counseling, Human Development, and Family Science at the University of Vermont. The Counseling faculty is pleased to extend a warm welcome to interview candidates for the inaugural cohort of the Ph.D. Program in Counselor Education and Supervision. The faculty took this picture before commencing the formal admissions process this morning.

11/08/2023

Hi Counseling Program Family, I invite you to check out an interview on Counseling Today about Dr. Okech's new co-authored book on Group Work. You can find the link here: https://wp.me/p2BxKN-85F.

The co-authors of the second edition of Interactive Group Work discuss the benefits and challenges of group work and what it takes to be an effective group leader.

10/08/2023

This fall, two nationally recognized scholar-researchers join the team of accomplished faculty in UVM’s Master of Science in Counseling Program and the newly launched...

05/20/2023

2023 UVM Graduate College Hooding Ceremony in progress!!!

05/20/2023

It’s Graduation day and our students have just entered the UVM Gutterson Fieldhouse for the UVM 2023 Graduate College Hooding Ceremony.

03/31/2023

Check out this publication( online first) freshly off the press by Drs. Okech and Rubel (Oregon State University), and newly minted Counseling alumnae Maya Jamaleddine, Crystal Hutchinson, and Liana Redmond (Class of 2022)

Jane E. Atieno Okech, Deborah Rubel, Maya Jamaleddine, Crystal Hutchinson & Liana Redmond. (2023). Applying the Principles of Anti-Oppression to Group Work Supervision, The Journal for Specialists in Group Work, DOI: 10.1080/01933922.2023.2190775

While clinical supervision is an accepted and essential means by which to promote group worker competence, as well as safeguard group members, little has been written about the practice of anti-opp...

02/27/2023

"A lot of people focus on trauma changing the brain....but what they miss is that healing changes it as well," (Meredith Draughn, 2023 School Counselor of the Year).

As children continue to navigate the most "normal" school year since the pandemic, 2023's School Counselor of the Year shares some advice.

01/24/2023

Trauma and resiliency are not individualistic experiences, so approaching traumatic loss through a cultural resilience framework helps strengthen clients’ healing process and prevent severe mental health outcomes.

09/25/2022

UVM Counselor Education Faculty Searches: Those interested in the School Counseling position should access this link:
uvmjobs.com/postings/56943

Those interested in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling position should access this link:
uvmjobs.com/postings/56934

09/20/2022

https://www.uvm.edu/news/cess/uvm-counseling-program-welcomes-addition-new-faculty

The aim of UVM's nationally accredited Master of Science (MS) in Counseling Program is to prepare graduate students to work with diverse populations in a variety of settings using culturally responsive and strength-based modalities....