CTC

Counselor Training Center

What does the department’s new slogan “preparing tomorrow’s counselor’s today” mean to you?

It means we as a department are committed to doing our part to ensure that those who want and need assistance to enhance the quality of their lives have readily available access to that assistance. As we work towards removing the stigma that is attached to counseling and more people who need assistance move towards it with less hesitancy and shame, we as a counseling community need to be prepared. I believe the department’s slogan, “preparing tomorrow’s counselors today,” embodies the essence of preparation by being proactive and responsive.

Geri Barber,

What is a way you see the Counselor Training Center demonDirector, Counselor Training Center strating this vision successfully now/in the future?

The Counselor Training Center is all about preparation, giving students an opportunity to enhance and expand their skills. Through practice and supervision students can literally be transformed in the "today" of practicum into the counselors of tomorrow. It might be said that the CTC is where the counselors of tomorrow begin to demonstrate today, that they are prepared.

Through varied opportunities with campus-based and community clients, practicum counselors can experience the growth-producing and healing impact that a counseling relationship can have. The CTC will continue to be responsive to the needs of counseling students, as well as university and community-based clients it serves through continued program development and facility enhancements.

Personally, it is and has been a joy to witness beginning practitioners grow in confidence and professionalism as they hone their skills to truly be the counselors of tomorrow.

Pictured above: Children participating in the Peacemakers Program run through the Counselor Training Center