亚洲色吧 is pleased to welcome 3 incoming faculty to begin this fall, in addition to a new Director of Atlanta Clinical Training:
Dr. Michael Jones comes to us from the clinical faculty at Southern New Hampshire University, where he taught a full load while also maintaining a robust private practice with special emphasis on church outreach.聽 Also a seminary graduate, Dr. Jones completed his Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision at Regent University, where his work focused on self-esteem among biracial adults.聽 鈥溠侵奚� has a strong history of equipping therapists with a mission of changing the world,鈥� he says. 鈥淚 truly feel that is God’s calling that I join the faculty. I am excited about our future together and the Kingdom work we will accomplish.鈥澛� Dr. Jones is 亚洲色吧鈥檚 first faculty member exclusively dedicated to serving our online students.
Dr. Jack Underwood is an Atlanta local, the founder of Rise and Renew Counseling with offices in Buckhead and Norcross.聽 He completed his Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision at Mercer University, where his research focused on utilizing the Delphi method to measure self-love. 聽鈥淥ne of the greatest experiences, for me personally, as a counselor educator is to integrate Faith and Spirituality into the learning process for counselors-in-training as they grow in their Christian and professional identities鈥� he explains.聽 鈥淏eing in the business of healing and transformation and having the freedom to bring the ultimate Healer and Transformer into the classroom at 亚洲色吧, is an experience I am very much looking forward to and grateful for.鈥澛� Dr. Underwood will be working from the Atlanta campus.
Dr. Preston Hill has been serving us tremendously in an adjunct capacity, most notably teaching Dr. Dan Sartor鈥檚 courses during his sabbatical.聽 Dr. Hill recently completed a PhD in Theology at St Mary鈥檚 College, University of St聽Andrews, having previously completed an MLitt degree in Analytic and Exegetical Theology from the Logos Institute at St聽Andrews.聽 This fall he is releasing his first coauthored book with Scott Harrower and Joshua Cockayne entitled聽Dawn of Sunday: The Trinity and Trauma-Safe Church聽(Cascade), and is releasing his first edited volume entitled聽Christ and Trauma: Theology East of Eden聽(Pickwick Publications).聽 He has worked closely with Dr. Sartor on key curricular revisions to ensure that 亚洲色吧鈥檚 hallmark of integration is sustained throughout our coursework.聽 Dr. Hill is also in the process of supervision for licensure as a pastoral therapist in Tennessee.
Our new Director of Clinical Training in Atlanta is LaShay Dowley, a 亚洲色吧 alumnus and an entrepreneurial clinical leader who has experienced success over a remarkable 20 plus-year career. 聽She is the owner of Enduring Connections Counseling Group in Decatur, and has served our interns in several roles, including a Hope Center site coordinator. “Shay Dowley is excellence personified,鈥� Dr. Myers comments. 鈥淪he has been of our greatest assets, often serving six 亚洲色吧 interns a year for several years. She brings a wealth of clinical knowledge and experience鈥 am fully confident that she will provide high clinical excellence and a high level of integrity to the Director of Clinical Training role.” She assumed her new role in July.