Neuroscience - Informed Counseling with Children and Adolescents

Thomas A. Field, PhD, is is an Associate Professor in the College of Education at Oregon State University and formerly an assistant professor of psychiatry in the mental health counseling and behavioral medicine program at Boston University School of Medicine. He has worked as a counselor educator since 2011. He also currently sees clients in private practice. Since 2006, Professor Field has worked with more than 1,000 clients in a variety of settings, including schools, inpatient psychiatric units, and outpatient private practice. He received his doctorate in counseling and supervision from James Madison University. In 2019, he received the Linda Seligman Counselor Educator of the Year Award from the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA). His primary areas of research are the integration of neuroscience into counseling practice and professional advocacy issues. He is currently the associate editor of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling, the coeditor of Counseling Today's neurocounseling column, and chair of the AMHCA Neuroscience Interest Network and Neuroscience Taskforce. Michelle R. Ghoston, PhD, is an assistant professor at Wake Forest University. She has been a licensed counselor since 2006 and has worked as a counselor educator in some capacity since 2010. Professor Ghoston has worked with a variety of clients at many different levels and in many settings, including group homes, schools, hospitals, private practice, and intensive in-home treatment. Since entering the world of academia, she has consistently looked back on those early years of working with young people and how they have shaped who she is today. Her primary areas of research are social justice and equity, advocacy, and better understanding how neuroscience influences the work of counselors. Professor Ghoston currently serves as a member of the editorial board of Teaching and Supervision in Counseling (the official journal of the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision) and is on a number of taskforces, including the AMHCA Neuroscience Taskforce.