UF Counseling team assists Botswana women's shelter

UF counselor education doctoral student Dadria Lewis (pictured second from left) poses with Botswana Women’s Shelter staff members receiving donated toiletries for shelter residents. Lewis was part of a UF-led national team of counselors who embarked on an outreach expedition in July to southern Africa.

UF counselor education professor Cerecie West-Olatunji and recent doctoral graduate Rachael Goodman (PhD ’09, mental health counseling) coordinated the excursion. The counseling group provided clinical outreach and training to individuals at various community agencies and public schools in Botswana and South Africa.

West-Olatunji also sponsored a three-day conference in Botswana in partnership with the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD), the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), and the University of Botswana.

Photos and daily blogs from the trip can be found at the conference web site: https://education.ufl.edu/Faculty/WestOlatunji/amcd_tour.html.