Assistant or Associate Professor - Clinical Mental Health Counseling (and Expressive Arts Therapy)
Appalachian State University
Application
Details
Posted: 21-Nov-24
Location: Boone, North Carolina
Type: Tenured/Tenure Track
Required Education:
Doctorate
The Department of Counseling, Family Therapy, and Higher Education (CTH) at Appalachian State University invites applications for a tenure-track nine-month faculty position at the rank of assistant or associate professor in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program beginning August 11, 2025.
Teach a 3:3 course load on campus including core counseling courses, clinical mental health counseling courses, expressive arts therapy courses, and/or field experience courses. Summer teaching is available.
Engage in research and scholarly activities
Provide service to the program, department, institution, and counseling profession
Advise and mentor students in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program and/or the Expressive Arts Therapy graduate certificate program and/or the Addiction Counseling certificate program.
The CTH department offers graduate programs in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Professional School Counseling (CACREP-accredited) as well as in Marriage and Family Therapy (COAMFTE accredited), Student Affairs Administration, and Higher Education. We also offer graduate certificates in Expressive Arts Therapy, Addiction Counseling, and College and University Teaching. Most counseling courses are taught on campus during the day, but we also offer some evening classes.
Doctoral degree in Counselor Education. Evidence of successful defense of the dissertation must be received by July 31, 2025 for a fall hire.
Evidence for success (or potential for success) in research and scholarly activities
Experience teaching (or co-teaching) and/or providing supervision to graduate students in counseling
Professional work experience as a mental health counselor
Active engagement in mental health counseling (e.g., attending counseling conferences, maintaining counseling credentials, publishing in counseling journals, etc.)
Preferred:
Doctoral degree from a CACREP-accredited counselor education program
Licensed or license-eligible as a clinical mental health counselor in North Carolina
Experience teaching and providing supervision to graduate students in clinical mental health and school counseling
Credentialed (or ability to be credentialed) as an arts-based practitioner (Registered Expressive Arts Therapist or other)
Practical and/or teaching experience in:
Arts-based and/or creative methods in counseling
Assessment and research
Children and adolescents
Addictions
Willingness to serve in a leadership role in the CMHC program in the future
At least three years of full-time clinical mental health counseling experience
Appalachian State University is located in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. As one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina system, Appalachian enrolls more than 20,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors.