• MCFT students Raquel Harmon ?20, Emily Gibbs ?20 and Aja Meadows ?20
    Lewis & Clark Marriage, Couple & Family Therapy students take 2nd place in ethics competition
    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
  • Human Nature
    Lewis & Clark’s Ecopsychology Program draws on the healing power of the outdoors to enhance mental health.
  • Graduate School Commencement 2019
    Congratulations to the 2019 class of educators, counselors, and administrators!
    Information regarding ordering photos, as well as a link to view the recording of the ceremony, are now available.
  • Portland United Against Hate
    No-cost trainings supported by Portland United Against Hate taking place this May and June
  • Patricia Hasbach
    Learn more about ecopsychology in an interview with Patricia Hasbach
    An Ecopsychology Voices Interview, facilitated by Carol Koziol/
  • Patricia Hasbach discusses the rise of eco-anxiety with Clinician's Digest.
    Ecopsychology co-director Patricia Hasbach discusses the rise of eco-anxiety with Clinician’s Digest
    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.
  • On-demand info session now available
  • The graduate school will welcome three cohorts of art therapy students in fall 2018.
    Lewis & Clark Adopts Art Therapy Program from Marylhurst University

    “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 WHO Follows Lewis & Clark In Recognizing ‘Gaming Disorder’
    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 Ma...
    Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling awarded $35,000 grant to interrupt, resist, and respond to hate and bias.
    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
  • School psychology professor Peter Mortola offers community lecture on navigating adolescence
    Navigating adolescence: Helping our teens find a line through three crucial passages
  • A Message of Support For Our International Community

    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, left, with Professor Carol Doyle, chair of his thesis committee.
    M.S. Student’s Research Offers Insight into Lifestyle and Suicidality Correlation in Young Adults
    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.
  • Heidi Barnwell
    2014 MCFT Alumni Updates
    The MCFT program gets an update from two of our alumni about where they are now and what they are doing.
  • Alumna shares her approach to self-care
    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.
  • Dr./Fr. Paschal Kabura, from Uganda, and Brother Mathew Panathanath, from India, visit our MCFT p...
    International Partners Share Their L&C Partnership Experience
    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.
  • Students in the Marriage, Couple and Family Therapy program in Uganda in 2014. From left to right...
    It Takes a Village
    Graduate students launch a non-profit to support a counselor training center in Uganda.
  • Cultural self-awareness focus of recent workshop
    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.
  • 30 Years of Service to Others
    In 2014, the Graduate School celebrates its 30-year history of working in the community
  • Cayla Panitz, Miranda Clark, Alishia Blevins-OConnell, and Caroline McGrath.
    PMHC Graduates Create a Private Practice
    Four PMHC graduates create their private practice Living Groove Counseling.
  • Dr. Pilar Hernandez-Wolfe presenting at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Cali, Colombia.
    MCFT Faculty Member Teaches in Cali, Colombia
    Dr. Pilar Hernandez-Wolfe shares about her recent visit to the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ) in Cali, Colombia.
  • Mortola weighs in on sibling rivalry
    In an Oregonian article published this month, professor Peter Mortola offers five tips for resolving sibling disputes.
  • Alumna advocates for “constructive wallowing” in new book
    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.
  • Therapy Without Borders
    The Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy program adds a new international track
  • Graduate students Kirk Shephard MA '13 and Ivy Katz MA '13 celebrate the completion of the Ecopsy...
    Ecopsychology program celebrates first two graduates
    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.
  • Meet new faculty member Elena Diamond
    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.
  • The ROOTed Recovery team with professor of Counseling Psychology Carol Doyle (left).
    Starting Up
    A start-up provides cutting-edge eating disorder treatments.
  • Students organize Graduate Students of Color Alliance
    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.
  • Lewis & Clark secures $50,000 grant to expand free gambling clinic
    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.
  • Professor honored for work toward social justice
    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.
  • Filling the Mental Health Gap
    Lewis & Clark’s Community Counseling Center provides high-quality, affordable counseling to the Portland community.
  • Faculty to present on ecotherapy at the 2013 APA Convention
    Attending the APA convention in Honolulu this summer? Faculty from Lewis & Clark’s Ecopsychology in Counseling Certificate program are scheduled to present.
  • Problem Gambling Speaker Series
    These informal gatherings are held once a month at our very comfortable and convenient office on Barbur Boulevard, just south of downtown Portland.
  • Dr. Hasbach’s most recent book examines the importance of wildness in our lives
    MIT Press has published a volume on connecting with wild nature, edited by Patricia Hasbach, a faculty member in the ecopsychology certificate program.
  • School psychology, mental health and addiction counseling, and marriage and family therapy on list best jobs in 2013
    Rankings are based on hiring demand and other factors.
  • Videos: Faculty talk about the Lewis & Clark Counseling Center
    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.
  • School psychology program wins international accreditation
    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.
  • Professor McDowell gives advice on how to help perfectionist kids
    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.
  • Instructor Hasbach publishes new book on ecopsychology
    A new book by instructor Patricia Hasbach, Ecopsychology: Science, Totems, and the Technological Species, has been published by MIT Press.
  • Dr. Teresa McDowell
    Faculty-student collaborative research on social class published
    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.
  • MCFT Faculty Visit Colombia
    Dr. McDowell and Dr. Hernandez-Wolfe traveled to Colombia over Spring Break to develop international collaborations to expand the new International Family Therapy track.
  • Trainee therapists Julio Iniguez, Carlie Finley, and Logan Cohen. Photo: Rebecca Koffman/Special ...
    New counseling center meets critical community need
    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 honored for outstanding journal article
    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
    Students and faculty work to advance culturally appropriate counseling in Uganda and the United States
  • Professor Teresa McDowell has published two articles about family therapy with ethnic minorities
    Teresa McDowell, director of the Marriage, Couple and Family Therapy program, has published two recent articles about working with ethnic minorities in family therapy in the spring issue of the Journal of Systemic Therapies.
  • MCFT Program is Granted COAMFTE Accreditation!

    The L&C MCFT Program has been accredited by the Commission for Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

  • MCFT Students Visit Egypt
    Read all about the recent travels of MCFT students and faculty to Egypt!
  • MCFT Students Visit India

    Read all about the recent travels of MCFT students and faculty to Mumbai, India.

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