While accessing nature certainly doesn’t require a formal prescription, Patricia Hasbach, certificate co-director, does believe “ecotherapy is one tool that [therapists] have to draw on to strengthen and deepen the work that [they’re] doing with clients or patients.”

In an article posted to their website, Columbia Sportswear discusses why spending time outside is healing with leading ecotherapists, including certificate co-director Patricia Hasbach.

In 2019, the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) held its third annual Student Ethics Competition. According to AAMFT’s website, the competition is designed to encourage marriage and family therapy students to foster an interest in ethics issues and enhance their ability to analyze and respond to the various ethics issues that they will undoubtedly encounter throughout their careers

Lewis & Clark’s Ecopsychology Program draws on the healing power of the outdoors to enhance mental health.

Information regarding ordering photos, as well as a link to view the recording of the ceremony, are now available.

An Ecopsychology Voices Interview, facilitated by Carol Koziol/

When given a nudge, a number of clients and students are admitting to an overwhelming concern about the news of today’s warming world, and with the fragility of life itself.

“As the only art therapy program in the state of Oregon, we are thrilled to have a new home at Lewis & Clark.” — Art Therapy Program Director Mary Andrus

The World Health Organization recently announced “gaming disorder” is now classified as a mental health disorder, however, The Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling, has already been helping those struggling with this issue in their Gaming and Tech in Excess program.

Funding is provided by the City of Portland’s Office of Neighborhood Involvement and Office of Management and Finance, Special Appropriations for Portland United Against Hate

Navigating adolescence: Helping our teens find a line through three crucial passages

Interim President David Ellis, on behalf of the Lewis & Clark community, has issued a statement in response to President Trump’s travel-ban executive order. A community gathering of support will be held on Tuesday, January 31. For more information, click through to the story.

Brian Bauer, M.S., Counseling Psychology ’16, arrived at the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling with a clear research plan in mind: to study whether an individual’s involvement in extracurricular activities is associated with lower suicidality. In fact, he selected the Graduate School specifically for the unique masters of science option.

The MCFT program gets an update from two of our alumni about where they are now and what they are doing.

Being a counselor can be emotionally draining if you don’t have good strategies to take care of yourself. Jennifer Boone, M.A. ’07, B.A. ’98, uses intense physical exercise to keep balanced. She shared her story with the Bend Bulletin.

We had the privilege of having two of our international partners join us for our International  Research Forum (IRF) this Fall and to share their goals, research, and experiences of working with L&C MCFT students. Our presenters were Dr./Fr. Paschal Kabura and Brother Mathew Panathanath.

Graduate students launch a non-profit to support a counselor training center in Uganda.

In early June, class leader Michael Kahn hosted The Ethics of Cultural Self-Awareness: How to Offend Without Really Trying. In the daylong workshop, Kahn and counseling students discussed bias in many areas, including race, religion, sexual orientation, physical condition, socioeconomic status, and gender.

In 2014, the Graduate School celebrates its 30-year history of working in the community

Four PMHC graduates create their private practice Living Groove Counseling.

Dr. Pilar Hernandez-Wolfe shares about her recent visit to the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ) in Cali, Colombia.

In an Oregonian article published this month, professor Peter Mortola offers five tips for resolving sibling disputes.

Counselor and self-help author Tina Gilbertson (M.A. in Professional Mental Health Counseling—Addictions ’07) has a new book out: Constructive Wallowing: How to Beat Bad Feeling by Letting Yourself Have Them.

The Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy program adds a new international track

In December 2013, Ivy Katz MA ‘13 and Kirk Shepard MA ‘13 became Lewis & Clark’s first two ecopsychology certificate graduates, available to help Portlanders connect the health of the natural world and the health of the mind.

Elena Diamond, assistant professor and clinical coordinator in the School Psychology Program, nurtures a passion for learning and academic readiness for all of her students,  from pre-K classrooms to the graduate level.

A start-up provides cutting-edge eating disorder treatments.

Two students, Shannon Mouzon (PMHC) and Michelle Hyman (MCFT), this semester organized the graduate school’s first Students of Color Alliance, and attracted strong support from students and faculty.

The grant will allow the graduate school to expand its new – and rapidly growing – free clinic for problem gamblers, the only program in Oregon to offer weekend services.

Pilar Hernández-Wolfe, associate professor of counseling and director of the Lewis & Clark Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy Program, recently received the American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA) award for distinguished contributions to social justice.

Lewis & Clark’s Community Counseling Center provides high-quality, affordable counseling to the Portland community.

Attending the APA convention in Honolulu this summer? Faculty from Lewis & Clark’s Ecopsychology in Counseling Certificate program are scheduled to present.

These informal gatherings are held once a month at our very comfortable and convenient office on Barbur Boulevard, just south of downtown Portland.

MIT Press has published a volume on connecting with wild nature, edited by Patricia Hasbach, a faculty member in the ecopsychology certificate program.

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In two short videos, director Antonia Mueller and faculty member Pilar Hernandez-Wolfe discuss the community needs addressed by the center, and the importance of culturally competent services when working with community members from diverse backgrounds.

The International School Psychology Association has recognized Lewis & Clark’s graduate program in school psychology, which is only the second program in the world to receive the organization’s accreditation.

Kids who want to do everything right can be paralyzed by the fear of doing something wrong. In a blog post on the Oregonian website about handling perfectionists, professor Teresa McDowell advises that it can be helpful for such kids to learn to fail on purpose.

A new book by instructor Patricia Hasbach, Ecopsychology: Science, Totems, and the Technological Species, has been published by MIT Press.

In their recent paper, professor Teresa McDowell and student Kyle Zrenchik, M.A. ‘12, argue that family therapists should incorporate a critical outlook on social class into the therapeutic process.

Dr. McDowell and Dr. Hernandez-Wolfe traveled to Colombia over Spring Break to develop international collaborations to expand the new International Family Therapy track.

Underserved Oregonians dealing with mental health, addiction, and relationship issues have a new place to turn for help: the Lewis & Clark Community Counseling Center, which recently opened near downtown Portland.

Professor Teresa McDowell is a recipient of the Anslem Strauss Award, presented by the National Council on Family Relations.

Students and faculty work to advance culturally appropriate counseling in Uganda and the United States