Dr. Jennifer Werries

• Assistant Professor and Clinical Director of CMHC

Dr. Jennifer Werries has extensive training and experience as a mental health counselor and counselor educator. She specializes in working with those impacted by trauma and teaches her students to approach their work from a trauma-informed perspective. She has taught synchronously, asynchronously, in hybrid programs, and in person. She values integrating technology to increase learning opportunities for students. Dr. Werries teaches from an andragogical and developmental model and aims to meet each student where they are to enhance their skills and knowledge to become competent MH professionals. 

Dr. Werries holds a Ph.D. in Leadership with a specialization in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of the Cumberlands, an MA in professional counseling from Seton Hall University, and a BS and MS in Music from the University of Illinois. She is a licensed professional counselor in Michigan and Oregon, a National Certified Counselor (NCC), an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), EMDRIA EMDR certified, and a Board-Certified Telemental Health Counselor (BC-TMH). She serves on the WACES Editorial Board of the Journal of Technology in CES and works with the NBCC in various capacities related to counselor national exams. 

She is the founder and owner of a private practice and has substantial experience supervising master’s, doctoral, and clinical interns, as well as those working toward full licensure. She has served on dissertation committees, worked extensively with curriculum development, CACREP standards alignment, and a Title IX advisory board. Her commitment to the profession is evident in that she has held leadership positions in state professional organizations and advocated in her community to raise awareness and support for victims of domestic and sexual violence. She has served on a multi-county task force to reduce mental health stigma. Areas of publication and presentation interests and experience include trauma treatment, theoretical orientation, clinical supervision, multicultural competency, online counselor education, and infusion of technology into the teaching and supervision process.