
Recovery Support Specialist Internship Broadens Career Opportunities for Students
Two students discovered the career path they now want to follow thanks to an internship provided by the Department of ...

UCF Researchers Pave the Way to Better Understand and Treat PTSD
In honor of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month, here are some efforts focused on helping those affected by this condition ...

Counselor Education Students Receive Recognition from Professional Counseling Organizations
Multiple awards will help fund the doctoral students’ dissertation work ...

Brief Thoughts on my Experiences as a Researcher
UCF Department of Counselor Education and School Psychology Chair and Professor Oliver Edwards shares his experiences as a researcher and ...

Master’s Students Compete for the First Time in UCF’s Three-Minute Thesis Competition
This year marked the first time that master’s students participated alongside doctoral students in the annual Three Minute Thesis Competition ...

Special Considerations for Counseling Military and Veteran Populations
After experiencing combat as a Marine in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, W. Bryce Hagedorn, PhD, NCC, MAC, LMHC, ...

Developing and Sustaining Healthy Relationships Through Education
For 18 years, UCF has been helping families stay together by teaching couples research-supported techniques focused on effective communication and ...

UCF Podcast: Destigmatizing Mental Health, Improving Education for Professionals
Associate lecturer, mental health counselor and Uzbekistan native Gulnora Hundley ’04MA ’08PhD, shares why she’s provided free teletherapy sessions to ...

UCF Counselor Education Doctoral Graduate Achieves Triple Knight Status
After 10 years working in the field, Sarah Mendoza ’06 ’09MA returned to UCF to get her doctorate and become ...

UCF Faculty Offers Teletherapy Sessions to Ukrainian Mental Health Professionals
Counselor education associate lecturer Gulnora Hundley ’04MA ’08PhD has provided free group therapy sessions to more than 60 mental health ...

UCF Counselor Education Doctoral Students Win American Counseling Association Award
Four students earned third place in the organization’s Graduate Student Ethics Awards for Doctoral Degree Students ...

Florida therapists could be out of a job if they don’t meet new licensing deadline
Mental health counselors are needed now more than ever because of the pandemic. But this week, some of Florida’s therapists ...

UCF faculty member offers remote therapy to those impacted by war in Ukraine
One faculty member at UCF said when Russia invaded Ukraine, she wanted to do something and help the people there ...

Research in 60 Seconds: How Play Therapy Helps Children Communicate
Associate Professor Dalena Dillman Taylor’s research examines play therapy and the data of three distinct factors that examine how change ...

UCF Relationship Expert on the Five Love Languages
The executive director of UCF’s Marriage and Family Research Institute discusses love languages and suggestions for balancing these expressions in ...