Wellness Counseling

Jonathan H. Ohrt is currently an associate professor and counselor education program coordinator at the University of South Carolina. He earned his PhD in counselor education at the University of Central Florida in 2010 and his MA in counselor education at the University of South Florida in 2006. He is a certified K-12 school counselor and has worked for several years providing psychoeducation as well as individual and small group counseling services to high school students in Florida. He has also provided services in a university-based counseling clinic. His current research projects are related to prevention and wellness promotion for children, adolescents, and transitional-age youths; counselor wellness; and group work. Philip B. Clarke earned his MS/EdS in counseling in 2004 and his PhD in counselor education in 2012. He has been a licensed professional counselor (North Carolina) since 2006 and a faculty member in the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University since 2011. He has worked and interned in multiple counseling settings, including a group private practice, a hospital-based intensive outpatient substance abuse program, a treatment research clinic, and a hospital-based counseling program. He has experience counseling clients with substance use and co-occurring disorders. His clinical experience has also centered on providing counseling for people diagnosed with dementia and their family caregivers. He had the privilege of taking a course in wellness counseling from Dr. Jane Myers, which sparked his interest in the subject. He has presented and written about wellness counseling for people with substance use concerns, cancer survivors, and family caregivers of people with dementia. His scholarship also includes developing integrative counseling and experiential teaching approaches. In his classes, he strives to engage students through the use of actors to portray clients. Abigail H. Conley is an assistant professor in the Department of Counseling and Special Education, and is affiliate faculty member in the Institute for Women's Health, at Virginia Commonwealth University. She earned her PhD in counselor education from North Carolina State University in 2012 and her MA in counseling psychology at Lewis and Clark College in 2006. Her clinical experience is in higher education in both community college and university settings, focusing on providing counseling and advocacy services to survivors of sexual assault. Her research interests include interpersonal violence survivorship and healing, violence prevention, and wellness and resiliency. She serves as an Associate Editor of Quantitative Research for Counseling and Values, the official journal of the Association of Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling, a division of the American Counseling Association.