(Keynote info to be added soon)
Pre-Conference:
Re-Centering the College Counseling Center
Gary D. Glass, Ph.D.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 9:00am
(location tbd and will be updated)
Full day workshop, appx 5-6 CE’s
The goal of this workshop is to better equip counseling center professionals to reclaim the narrative of “college mental health” and to position the college counseling center to lead a necessary paradigm shift in how our work is understood, toward an impactful but more sustainable role of the college counseling center. From articulating problematic elements of the current dominant “crisis narrative,” this workshop aims to move us toward a more nuanced narrative of mental wellbeing in higher education settings.
We will review sample frameworks to guide your efforts, as well as various tools to help translate the clinical expertise of counseling centers, defining the center as not simply a department that provides services, but one that provides necessary expertise. Integrating purposeful clinical services and strategic outreach and consultation, this workshop offers concepts and tools to move us from the uncentered and less grounded position we navigate in the current national landscape as we understand and address the mental health of students, faculty, staff, and families navigating the university or college experience.
Meet your Speaker
Gary D. Glass, Ph.D.
Gary D. Glass, PhD, is a Counseling Psychologist who has been working with college students and serving various campus communities for over 25 years, serving institutions of various sizes and settings. Committed to an interdisciplinary perspective, his professional identity extends beyond “clinician” to include Educator, and he incorporates skills and wisdoms from various disciplines. Since earning his doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Memphis in 1997, he has spent his entire career on college campuses, serving students and the broader campus community of faculty, staff, and students’ family members. While he values the individual clinical work he provides, perhaps Gary’s greatest passion is translating the impact of individual counseling into community-level interventions that emphasize creating empathetic and supportive campus environments with perpetual attention to social justice and inclusion. He is an active member of the Association of University and College Counseling Center Outreach (AUCCCD), having served on the Board of Directors, and he was a founding member of the Association of University and College Counseling Center Outreach (AUCCCO), in addition to maintaining membership in the American College Counseling Association, presenting frequently at the conferences for all of these organizations, in addition to others.