UNF Clinical Mental Health Counseling

UNF Clinical Mental Health Counseling Official page of the CACREP Accredited University of North Florida Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. We are fully accredited by CACREP.

The CMHC curriculum is focused on preparing counseling professionals for employment in various settings. Welcome to the University of North Florida's Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program page! The UNF CMHC Program is housed in the Brooks College of Health's Department of Public Health and is located on UNF's beautiful campus in Jacksonville, Florida. We offer a 60-credit Master of Sc

ience degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, culminating in a 900 hour field-based internship. The CMHC program provides coursework leading to state licensure as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and national certification as a National Certified Counselor. If you'd like the CMHC Facebook to share a job posting, event, or any other information, please e-mail [email protected]. Osprey Rules: We encourage you to leave comments, photos, videos and links. We will review all comments and will remove any that are inappropriate, offensive or contain insults.

We are celebrating UNF's partnership with UF! This includes writing a white paper on the efficacy of including dogs in t...
05/31/2026

We are celebrating UNF's partnership with UF! This includes writing a white paper on the efficacy of including dogs in the forensic interviewing space for children who've been suspected of abuse or neglect. This topic was presented at the FLAPSAC (Florida Professional Society on the Abuse of Children) conference in Tampa on May 29th. Four first year CMHC students: Samantha Boyce, Sarah Feinman, Alexis Dehetre, and Amanda Koppe worked together with Dr. Amy Binder and Dr. Carlene Taylor on the presentation. Mr Ruff and his dogs chimed in too! The conference was full of expert presenters and ground breakers in the field of child abuse and neglect prevention and forensic interviewing, which was definitely inspirational in this dedicated work to defend children.

Four of our CMHC 2nd yr. students, Luciana Nunez, Anna Abarca, Alexa Mejido, Sam McQuagge, and faculty, Drs. Terrell and...
05/23/2026

Four of our CMHC 2nd yr. students, Luciana Nunez, Anna Abarca, Alexa Mejido, Sam McQuagge, and faculty, Drs. Terrell and Yanson completed the first half of the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) training last weekend. The training was hosted at Jacksonville University in partnership with the Women’s Center (WCJ) and ConnectEMDR. Some students were funded by the Graduate Research award, and the faculty were funded by the auxiliary funds provided by Dr. Taylor and the IBH special programs.

Huge shoutout to our CMHC faculty who bagged Excellence Awards at the Scholars Transforming Academic Research Symposium ...
05/18/2026

Huge shoutout to our CMHC faculty who bagged Excellence Awards at the Scholars Transforming Academic Research Symposium (STARS)! They are really our stars—- congratulations to Dr. Kassie Terrell for the High Impact Research Article Award and to Dr. Carlene Taylor for the Principal Investigator who submitted a proposal for the first time and received funding!

We are happy and excited to present our Chi Sigma Iota Board! We await with enthusiasm for the fun and meaningful advent...
05/09/2026

We are happy and excited to present our Chi Sigma Iota Board! We await with enthusiasm for the fun and meaningful adventures this Board will offer for 2026-2027!

P.S. about CSI: Special shout out to Dr. Yanson who is CSI's faculty advisor and Queen! What a year it was and what many...
05/05/2026

P.S. about CSI: Special shout out to Dr. Yanson who is CSI's faculty advisor and Queen! What a year it was and what many meaningful activities for our community's mental health!

CSI Ceremony Part 2: In this ceremony, we honored our outstanding graduating class awardees:Leadership: Payton Cooper Ad...
05/05/2026

CSI Ceremony Part 2: In this ceremony, we honored our outstanding graduating class awardees:
Leadership: Payton Cooper
Advocacy: Alexa Mejido
Research: Hyerim Jeong
Clinical: Mikey Velarde
Community Champion: Justin Lin
We initiated our new CSI members, and we are celebrating our incoming CSI Board:
President: Grace Flatscher
Vice President: Gilbert Figueroa
Secretary: Lyla Blanchard
Treasurer: Cindy Saint-Louis
Professional Development Officer: Amanda Koppe
Mentorship Officers: Marissa Durnan and Afrianey Charelus
Fundraising Officer: Eyoatam Workneh
Social Media Officer: Harsh*ta Seth
We would like to thank all the faculty who attended, Drs. Terrell, Taylor, Wren, Yanson, and Tuason. Special shout out to Dr. Yanson who is CSI's faculty advisor!!!

CSI ceremony, part 1: Last May 1st, we celebrated our 15th annual initiation ceremony for the Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter ...
05/05/2026

CSI ceremony, part 1: Last May 1st, we celebrated our 15th annual initiation ceremony for the Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter of Chi Sigma Iota Counseling! We had our 6th annual awards ceremony where we honored our outstanding graduating class! We are so proud of our CSI chapter that won the CSI award! Congratulations to the outgoing CSI Board: Payton Cooper (President), Hannah Pentecost (VP), Maya Tadross (Sec), Justin Lin (Treasurer), Anna Abarca (Social Media), Sydney Smithson & Luciana Nunez (Mentorship), Alexa Mejido, Kelsey Rossi & Anna Dubon (Prof Dev), Sean Sorrick & Sam McQuagge (Fundraising)!

Congratulations to our First years who completed their research projects in the Clinical Research class, with Dr. Tuason...
05/01/2026

Congratulations to our First years who completed their research projects in the Clinical Research class, with Dr. Tuason, and presented them at the 2026 Student Research Symposium! We are so proud of your discovery of your research selves! WOW!

1. Lauryn Leitner, Grace Flatscher, Caleb Turner, Bobby Le, Dakota Gober- Now you see it, Now you don't: Aphantasia and Trauma
2. Gabriella Chevalier, Ethan DuRoss, Daniela Adamo, Emma Valenti- Not Real Family: The Online Perceptions and Stigmatization of Adopted Children and their Adoptive Parents
3. Gabriella Caballero, Eyoatam Workneh, Sarah Feinman, Gilbert Figueroa- Heard At Last: What actually helps people living with Chronic Illness
4. Alexis Dehetre, Grace Lauser, Marissa Durnan- Posttraumatic Growth in online grief communities: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Reddit Posts
5. Angelique Kelsey, Amanda Soares Rodriguez Koppe, Yvonne Yarbrough, Gabrielle Conley- How Attachment is Framed Online: Responsibility, Blame, and Healing Narratives in Psychoeducational Content
6. Kaylee Shaw, Samantha Boyce, Cindy Saint-Louis, Harsh*ta Seth- From First Exposure to Relationship Strain: A Constructivist Analysis of Po*******hy use
7. Jenna Giordano, Jasmine Joudi, Rachel Cisneros, Daniela Murillo- What I eat in a day: What Comment Sections Reveal about Food-related Content --Won the Excellence Award!
8. Reanna Hafeken, Lyla Blanchard, Angel Phipps, Ally Block, Dawnunique Alexander- Posting about Post-incarceration: Perceptions of Control in the Social Media Narratives of Adults with Social Re-entry Experiences
9. Abigail Urban, Josie Younan, Afrianey Charelus, Shayla Grabic- Scripted Drama, Real Consequences: The Psychological Impact of Reality Television Participation
10. Katelyn Sowell, Julia Willette, Jaylynn Smith, Sara Susen, Abigail Jones- Engaging with "Insta-Therapy": Mental Health Professionals vs. Social Media influencers Utilizing Instagram

Congratulations to our second year students who presented in the 2026 Student Research Symposium last April 24 at the UN...
04/29/2026

Congratulations to our second year students who presented in the 2026 Student Research Symposium last April 24 at the UNF Student Union! Your CMHC faculty, especially your research mentors, Drs. Terrell, Yanson, and Tuason, celebrate these accomplishments with you. Here are the yields of our CMHC research: WOW!
1. Bella Stein- Cultivating Openness in Counseling: Ethical Growth Through Self-Awareness and Reflection
2. Payton Cooper & Hyerim Jeong- Parental Substance Use, Adolescent Risky Sexual Behavior, and the Moderating Role of Adolescent Substance Use
3. Kelsey Rossi and Payton Cooper- Substance Use: How violent Interpersonal Relationships Relate to Adolescent Substance Use
4. Eyoatam Workneh and Payton Cooper- AI-Generated Deception: Faking for Power, Money, and Love
5. Kelsey Rossi- Ethical considerations: Exploring the Diagnosis of Behavior-based Disorders in Adolescent BIPOC Populations from a Socio-Ecological perspective
6. Hyerim Jeong- Social Media Use, Body Surveillance, and Body Shame among adult women —-obtained Certificate of Excellence!
7. Alexa Mejido- Still Standing: Post Traumatic Growth, Self-Care, and Resilience among professionals working with Survivors

Celebrating Mikey Velarde’s talk, “The PATH Framework: A structured approach to intentional integration in counseling pr...
04/26/2026

Celebrating Mikey Velarde’s talk, “The PATH Framework: A structured approach to intentional integration in counseling practice”, which he presented to CMHC students. This culminates his DIS project, which was supervised by Dr. Kassie Terrell.
And, here’s a photo of the last day in Dr. Terrell’s Internship class!

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