Luke, Chad
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
Counselor Education
ACADEMIC SCHOOL
School of Education
TITLES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Professor, Counselor Education
CONTACT
OFFICE
Works remotely
COURSES TAUGHT
I have taught counseling theories, ethics, multicultural counseling, career development, neuroscience for counselors, group counseling, assessment, crisis counseling, practicum, and internship.
ACADEMIC DEGREES
- Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 2009
- M.A. Counseling, Columbia international University, 2001
- B.A. Psychology, Columbia International University, 1998
OTHER EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Clinical experience with addictions, children & adolescents, unhoused adults, college students and other adults; five years’ experience as a higher education administrator
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Author of 25+ refereed articles and 7 books, including: “Neuroscience for Counselors and Therapists: Integrating the Sciences of Brain and Mind” (2nd ed.); "Neuroscience for Child and Adolescent Counselors;" "Essentials of Career-Focused Counseling: Integrating Research, Practice, and Neuroscience;" "Practicum in Counseling: A Developmental Guide;" "Counseling Children and Adolescents: Cultivating Empathic Connection."
Recipient of university awards for teaching and for research.
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
Learning is personal. It evokes feelings of vulnerability. Learning requires not-knowing (if you knew it, there’d be no reason to learn it).
My teaching philosophy might best be summed up with the term humanistic-experiential andragogy. Humanistic exemplifies the personal, learner-centered nature of learning; experiential embodies the active nature of learning; and andragogy characterizes the value the learner brings to the learning environment.
In my teaching, I try to demonstrate the parallel process between adult learning and counseling and between counseling and supervision: each requires an acceptance of the need for change. People experience growth and change when they are oriented toward such, are willing to take some action. I see my role as evoking this orientation.
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS/PROJECTS
Ethical integration of neuroscience and counseling; stigma and mental models of addiction treatment; neuroscience of addiction; neuroscience of implicit bias
PERSONAL INTERESTS/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Clinical supervision of pre-licensed counselors
ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Married to Erinn for 22 years, delightful daughter Gretchen (12 years old); 2 cats
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