Patients who seek a diagnosis from the Memory Assessment Clinic (MAC) at the J. Paul Sticht Center of Aging now receive more that medical advice. The MAC Counseling Center provides free support and mental health services to help cushion the shock of a dementia diagnosis, […]
October 25th, 2013 Alexander Street Press and the American Counseling Association (ACA) just released a video of Sam Gladding, chair and professor of counseling, conducting a 90-minute group counseling session before a live audience at last year’s ACA conference in Cincinnati. The video is titled “Promoting […]
Several faculty members from Wake Forest University’s Department of Counseling braved the Colorado snow to attend the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) conference in Denver on October 17th through 20th. Six members of the Department of Counseling led an education session entitled ‘Integrating […]
Recently, one of WFU’s online Counseling students took the University motto ‘Pro Humanitate’ to a whole new level. Natasha Gillyard became a bone marrow donor, and saved a human life. In this photo, Natasha discusses her experience with Dr. Debbie Newsome, departmental faculty member. When asked […]
The Department of Counseling is celebrating our 10th anniversary of becoming a free standing department! The Counseling program at Wake Forest University has actually been in existence since 1968, so we are older than we look! However, we were part of the […]
Dr. Newsome has published the 4th edition of her book, Clinical Mental Health Counseling in Community and Agency Settings, in conjunction with Dr. Sam Gladding. The book was published by Pearson Education Inc, Upper Saddle River, NJ. ISBN 978-0132851039 Dr. Newsome coauthored two previous editions of this […]
Please enjoy this video from Dr. Sam Gladding, reflecting on his summer 2013 Fulbright Specialist experience teaching group skills and counseling theories at Minnan Normal University in Zhangzhou, China. //
Fifteen 2nd year students graduated with their Master of Arts in Counseling on May 20, 2013. Caleb Pusey, a dual-degree student, also received his Master of Divinity. CONGRATULATIONS to all our graduating students!
Options in the World of Work How job shadowing builds confidence and competence When Rahel Tafese spent a day shadowing a sales representative for a company called BioRx, she learned a lot about treatments for immune deficiency, but more importantly, she made connections […]
“A Shared Enthusiasm: An American Student’s Perspective of Counselor Education in Malawi” written by Paul H. Smith and Wendi K. Schweiger is featured in the NBCC.org – NBCC International Update (page 7). Follow the link for the entire article http://nbcc.org/assets/newsletter/issues/winter2013.pdf
