Dr. Bob Nations

Assistant Teaching Professor – Director of Online Counseling Programs

Member of Wake Forest faculty since 2011

Mailing Address: WFU Department of Counseling, Box 7406, Winston-Salem, NC 27109

Email: nationjr@wfu.edu

Office Phone:  336-758-8625

Location: Carswell 223

Education:

• DMin in Marriage and Family Counseling, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
• MDiv, Duke Divinity School, Duke University
• BA in History, Duke University

Research and Special Interests:

• Integrating Spirituality and Counseling, Premarital Counseling, Couples and Family Counseling, Group Counseling, Coaching Clergy, and Consulting Religious Organizations in Transition

Counseling Experience:

• Pastoral Care and Counseling as a United Methodist Pastor
• Director of Religious Services, Charter Mandela Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC
• Director of Counseling and Congregational Care, Centenary United Methodist Church, Winston-Salem, NC

Professional Licensure and Memberships (selected):

• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
• North Carolina Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
• American Counseling Association
• Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
• Southeast Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
• North Carolina Counseling Association
• Association of Clinical Pastoral Education
• Certified Facilitator in Association for Couples in Marriage Enrichment
• Emotionally Focused Therapy, Level 1 Practitioner
• Gottman Couples Therapist, Level 1 Certification
• Certified to administer Inventories (MBTI, FIRO-B, MMPI, and Enneagram) 
• Trained and Certified as Seminar Director and Practitioner in Prepare/Enrich Relationship Assessment
• Ordained as Elder in The United Methodist Church
• Certified as a Transitional Specialist in the United Methodist Church

Professional Service (selected)

• Member, Board of Directors of Insight Human Services, Winston-Salem, NC, 03/2023 – present
• Lower Division Academic Adviser, Undergraduates, Wake Forest University, 07/2015- 2019, 08/2023 – present.
• Department Liaison Divinity School, Department of Counseling, Wake Forest University, 09/2013 – present.

Recent Presentations (selected):

• South Carolina Highway Patrol and First Responder Chaplains, Family Systems Theory and Relationship Assessments, Columbia, SC, June 6-8, 2024
• Wake Forest Department of Counseling Faculty Webinar, Facilitator for Faculty Panel, Critical Incidents Along the Journey to Cultural Awareness, 09/18/2023
• Wake Forest Department of Counseling Faculty Webinar, Panel Member, Critical Incidents Along the Journey to Cultural Awareness, 02/28/2022
• Wake Forest Lunch and Learn Series, April 16, 2019, Intersectionality between Spirituality and Sexuality, Panel member, Winston-Salem, NC
• Mount Tabor UMC, April 7, 2019, Dealing with Anxiety, Stephen Ministry, WinstonSalem, NC
• Casares, R., Nations, J., & Warden, S. Podcasting a Wide Net: Opportunities for Enhancing Pedagogy and Promoting Equity. Roundtable presentation to the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision 2018 Conference. Myrtle Beach, SC, October 12, 2018
• Wake Forest Department of Counseling, Spring Seminar afternoon session, Families and Trauma, April 6, 2018
• Lewisville UMC, April 30, 2017, Winston-Salem, NC. Marriage Enrichment
• Nations, J. R., Coping with Trauma: Spirituality as a Major Asset. Presentation to the North Carolina Counselors Association 2017 Conference, Durham, NC, February 22, 2017
• Nations, J. R., (2016, February). Counseling Couples and Families Recovering from Disasters. Presentation given at 2016 Spring Seminar, Wake Forest University Department of Counseling, Winston-Salem, NC, February 26, 2016.

Personal

I enjoy spending time with my wife, Diane. I always look forward to seeing my two adult daughters, Laura and Rosemary. I am often on FaceTime with my granddaughter, Emaline.  Other than the love of being with my family, I am a big fan of ACC football and basketball. Reading, listening to music, hiking, and tracking animals (only shoot them with a camera!) in the wild are a few of my guilty pleasures.