Interest and areas of expertise
- Diversity and gender issues in substance abuse treatment
- Family therapy with hospitalized clients
- Refugee mental health and adjustment
Education
- Ph.D. Counseling and Counselor Education (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
- M.S. Community Counseling (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
- B. S. English and Psychology (The College of William and Mary)
Classes I teach
- Professional Issues and Ethics for Counselors
- Foundations of Clinical Mental Health Counseling
- Crisis, Trauma and Grief Counseling
- Evidence Based Treatment of Psychopathology (previously called Research/Clinical Project)
- Clinical Mental Health Internship I & II
Profile
Dr. Leah Clarke, director of the graduate program in counseling is a Licensed Professional Counselor who earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in counseling and counselor education from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. Her undergraduate work was done at The College of William and Mary in Virginia.
Dr. Clarke's clinical experience includes work in a college counseling center, family services agency and an inpatient psychiatric unit. Her research and writing focuses on cross-cultural counseling including counseling refugees, best practices in online counselor education, and empathy.