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Introduction
Introduction
The Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) Program is part of the Counseling Division in the Graduate School of Counseling, Psychology and Therapy at Antioch University. The Higher Education Learning Commission accredits Antioch University aThe Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) accredits the CMHC Program. Further details are available on the CMHC program's website.
There are two delivery methods covered in this handbook: (1) in-person, residential model on the Seattle campus and (2) low-residency (online, synchronous Zoom meetings) with in-person residencies held on an Antioch University campus. Both models utilize a Learning Management System called SAKAI, on which all course details, schedules, and assignments are organized.
The classes in the residential pathway are held in several modalities including, but not limited to, in-person classes on Tuesdays and weekend courses held on select Saturdays and Sundays throughout the term. Low-residency students participate in four, week-long, face-to-face residencies during the program, [the residency fee is $1,500 which includes breakfast and lunch. Students are responsible for their transportation, lodging, and evening meals.
Information on the different certificates offered can be found in the Academic Catalog
Upon review of this handbook and related materials, please complete and sign the First Quarter Student Checklist and Agreement Form below and send to your advisor.
Organizational Structure
Organizational Structure
Divisional Dean: Cathy Lounsbury, EdD, LCPC, Professor
Assistant Dean, Student Support: Taqueena Quintana, PhD, LPC
Divisional Campus-Based, Seattle Low-Residency Programs Chair : Misty Grant, PhD, LPC
Divisional New England, CES Low-Residency: Kalesha Jenkins, PhD, LPC, NCC
Divisional Outcomes and Accreditation Chair: Porshia Daniels, PhD
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Program Director Students: Evan-Marie Woodall PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S
Program Director Curriculum: Nick Erber-Lapierre, PhD, LMHC, NCC
Program Director, Low Residency: Bernell Elzey, PhD, LPC, CSC, NCC
Clinical Director, Low Residency: Erin Berzins, PhD, LMHC, LPCC
Clinical Director, Campus-Based: Shakesha Costict, PhD, LMHC, NCC
Admissions Coordinator: Taylor Sweet - Cosce, PhD, LMHC, NCC
CACREP Liaison: Porshia Daniels, PhD
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Counseling 3 Division Administration:
Divisional Administrative Director: Elizabeth White, MBA
Divisional Process Manager: Ann Bradley, MA
Program Coordinator, Administrative Processes: Brenda Fox Tree
Program Coordinator, Academic Processes: Chloe Dauer, MEd and Katelyn Lawver, MEd
Program Coordinator, Admissions Processes: Maria Symons
Program Coordinator, Practicum: Joy Greeley, MEd
Program Coordinator, Internship: Paige Crickard, MBA
Administrative Assistant: Samina Shaw, MHA
Please review the CMHC Department webpage for bios of our faculty members.
The Chair is responsible for oversight of the entire department, including supervision of faculty and administration of budget, and represents our department in campus and university decisions. The Program Director is responsible for oversight of the academic component of the program, including admissions, curriculum, evaluation, and student services.
The Clinical Director is responsible for the oversight of the clinical experiences in the program, including clinical courses and practicum/internship, and supporting students in obtaining licensure and credentialing.
Antioch University History & Mission
Antioch University History & Mission
First Quarter Student Checklist & Agreement Form
First Quarter Student Checklist & Agreement Form
Founded in 1852, our first president – politician, abolitionist, and education reformer – Horace Mann, sought to build an Antioch whose education inspired students to seek a more socially just world. Today’s Antioch remains firmly committed to nonsectarian, co-educational pathways to innovation and progress – as originally intended.
In the 1920s, President Arthur E. Morgan advanced the Antioch method of empowerment further through the introduction of a structured curriculum of co-op learning – education in tandem with practice, in the community. Recognizable today in higher education as their new “Experiential Learning” programs. Here at Antioch, it’s long been integrated into every study as a critical learning structure.
In fact, educating to fuel positive, progressive change in the world encompasses all of Antioch’s methods, goals, and attitudes. A mission still inspires our intentional outreach to underserved communities with more effective and accessible methods of learning. We meet students where they are and measure success based on personal growth. By removing the traditional barriers to learning – we continue making a real difference.
As a result, Antioch alumni emerge unafraid to promote innovation in any discipline, conscious of context, and rooted in common dialogue. To us, doing nothing is not an option.
Antioch University now spans coast-to-coast with online and low-residency locations, sharing progressive values aligned in a mutual mission to educate the next generation of those determined to win victories for humanity.
Our Mission
Our Mission
Antioch University provides learner-centered education to empower students with the knowledge and skills to lead meaningful lives and to advance social, racial, economic, and environmental justice.
This information and more can be found on Antioch University's website.
AUS Counseling Program Land Acknowledgement
AUS Counseling Program Land Acknowledgement
The Counseling Department would like to acknowledge that the Seattle campus is located on the traditional land of the first people of Seattle, the Duwamish People, past and present and honor with gratitude the land itself and the Duwamish Tribe.
As a mental health clinical training program, we acknowledge the unique mental health needs resulting from historical trauma, as well as the unique knowledge systems and healing traditions of the Duwamish and all Indigenous Peoples.
Modified from https://www.duwamishtribe.org/land-acknowledgement
The history of white settlement here has been brutal to those who were here first and forever. Acknowledging the need for atonement and a long-overdue reconciliation, as Counselors, we pay respect and commit to following the lead of indigenous elders past and present, and extend our respect to their descendants and to all Indigenous people. To acknowledge this land is to recognize its long history and our place in that history; it is to recognize these lands and waters and their significance for the peoples who lived and continue to live in this region, whose practices and spiritualities were, are, and shall always be tied to the land and the water, and whose lives continue to enrich and develop in relationship to the land, the waters and other inhabitants.
Scope of This Handbook
Scope of This Handbook
This CMHC Program Handbook is a supplemental resource to the Academic Catalog/Student Handbook for students enrolled in the CMHC Program. Although this Handbook provides students information about CMHC-specific practices, students are expected to use the AU Academic Catalog for all student policies and procedures for the year in which they were admitted to the program. Other policies can be located here under the Resources tab. This handbook outlines practices and procedures specific to the CMHC Program. Practices and procedures pertaining to Practicum and Internship are outlined in the CMHC Practicum & Internship section, later in this Handbook.
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