Geoff Bathje, Ph.D., core faculty for the Adler University Clinical Mental Health Counseling program in Chicago, shared his views on integrating psychedelics into safe contexts in a Vox story.
Elissa McNicholas, a graduate of the Masters in Counseling: Art Therapy program in Chicago was featured on Medium. In the interview, McNicholas shared her personal connection to the arts and art therapy.
Rachel D. Miller, a Chicago Campus student in the Doctorate of Philosophy in Couple and Family Therapy program, was featured in a U.S. News & World Report story about doctorate degrees and why students choose to pursue them.
For the November/December issue of Family Therapy Magazine, Cherry Tolbert, M.A., a student in the Ph.D. in Couple and Family Therapy program, wrote a letter to her fellow Black therapists about the importance of coming together and checking in on each other.
Kristina Brown, Ph.D., LMFT, joined The 21st, a talk radio show on Illinois Public Media, for a discussion about mental health during the holidays. The show explored topics such as dealing with holiday stress, coping with loss during the holidays.
Joseph E. Troiani, Ph.D., talked to WGN Morning News about resources available to veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD). Dr. Troiani, a retired Naval commander and clinical psychologist, was invited to the program in the wake of the tragic mass shooting by a veteran in Thousand Oaks, California.
Blake Schroedter, Psy.D. ’16, was named to the “Bicentennial Honor 200” list, part of the Illinois Bicentennial celebration. Schroedter was among 200 veterans in Illinois named to the list for going “above and beyond in serving their fellow veterans and their communities.”
An Adler University student helped organize an art exhibit celebrating diversity at the St. Charles Public Library in suburban Chicago.
An alumnae of Adler University’s forensic counseling program, Stephanie Booco, M.A. ’12, recently joined Fort Collins Police Services as a Mental Health Co-Responder.
Dawn Wolfe, M.A. ’17, is organizing a fundraiser for a Kankakee, Illinois, nonprofit organization that supports artists with autism. The fundraiser features a mystery that guests solve using artwork created by artists with autism.
Columnist Robert Koehler wrote about the impact the Restorative Justice Community Court can have for youth in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood.
A WBEZ feature story about the Restorative Justice Community Court highlighted Adler University’s role in evaluating the ground-breaking court. The court offers an alternative to the traditional criminal justice system for young adults from Chicago’s North Lawndale and Garfield Park neighborhoods who are accused of nonviolent crimes.