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Dr. Kristina DePue joins the Counselor Education faculty

DePueDr. DePue received her doctoral degree in Counselor Education from the University of Central Florida. Prior to attending UCF, Dr. DePue graduated from Vanderbilt University for both her master and bachelor degrees. Helping individuals struggling with dependence from alcohol and other drugs (AODs) has been a personal mission of Dr. DePue’s for 9 years. She has worked in many roles in treatment settings and strives to increase community awareness of recovery and substance dependence. As an academic, Dr. DePue has spent the last 5 years researching in the area of addiction and change behaviors, and the chronic nature of addiction is central in her previous and future research. Dr. DePue’s dissertation examined the relationship between the bottoming out experience, the turning point, and early recovery using structural equation modeling, which was a continuation of her master’s thesis research. Dr. DePue has a high interest in research methodology and advanced statistical procedures in the human science field. At the University of Central Florida (UCF), Dr. DePue led a multi-year study in the Community Counseling Clinic that focused on counselor development and the supervisory relationship. Dr. DePue also serves as an “ad hoc” reviewer for the Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling and an invited reviewer for the Annual Review of Best Practices in Addictions and Offender Counseling. Dr. DePue is actively involved in both the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the International Association of Addiction and Offender Counselors (IAAOC) and has served as the IAAOC Collegiate Addiction Committee Chair for the past two years. Currently Dr. DePue is working to increase research connecting family and social systems with youth addicted to AODs, as well as working on grant proposals connecting neurobiology to both addiction counseling and lifespan developmental theory.

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Saey participates in "A Counselor's View of Italy"

67428_440620539370343_808568948_n(1)Sierra Saey, University of Florida M.Ed./Ed.S. counselor education student joined counseling students and counselor educators across the country to venture out of the country for two weeks to study counseling in Italy. This was the first time Saey had traveled beyond the United States and she embraced the opportunity to learn about the Italian culture and expand her knowledge about the counseling profession. She attended workshops on various counseling topics presented by Italian counseling professionals, as well as counseling professionals from the United States. She also had the opportunity to explore the culture and history of Italy. Saey remarked that her experience in Italy has helped enhance her cultural awareness and hopes to use what she has learned in working as a future school counselor.

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CACREP Accreditation Renewed

Congratulations to the University of Florida’s Counselor Education program for receiving renewal of their accreditation from the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)! The UF Counselor Education program has accreditation for all of their master’s/Ed.S. level programs (Clinical Mental Health Counseling; Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling; and School Counseling) and for their Ph.D./Ed.D. program in Counselor Education and Supervision.

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Wayne Griffin, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor

Wayne is a clinical associate professor and associate director with the Counseling Center. He works with the Center’s support staff, Web page development and network administration. Wayne also coordinates the Center’s participation in both the Crisis Response Team and University Counseling Resource Network, a response system developed for large scale crisis intervention on campus. He provides the clinical supervision and serves as an on-call consultant for the Crisis Intervention Consultant team for the U.F. Department of Housing. As a therapist, Wayne’s interests include relationship development, family of origin concerns, bereavement, post-trauma recovery and the integration of spirituality in meaningful personal and career decision making.

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