Christopher Sink, Ph.D., NCC, LMHC, a professor of Counselor Education at Seattle Pacific University for more than 16 years, has been actively involved with the school counseling profession for almost 30 years. He has conducted small groups in K-12 schools and teaches the group counseling class. Prior to serving as a counselor educator, he worked as a secondary and post-secondary counselor. He has many years of editorial experience in counseling-related journals--including ASCA's PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING and ACA's COUNSELING AND VALUES--and has published extensively in various areas related to school counseling and educational psychology. A strong advocate for systemic and… strengths-based school-based counseling, his research agenda includes topics examining the outcomes of comprehensive school counseling programs, research methods in school counseling, and spirituality as an important feature of adolescent resiliency. He is also the author of MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS (Brooks/Cole, 2011). Dr. Sink has a three-year visiting professor/scholar appointment in the Faculty of Education and Theology, York St John University, York, England.
Cher Edwards is associate professor and chair of Counselor Education at Seattle Pacific University. She has taught group counseling and supervised pre-service school counselors for more than ten years and has focused her scholarly activities on issues relevant to the school counseling profession, specifically addressing cultural competency and social justice issues. Professor Edwards serves as vice president of post secondary education for the Washington School Counseling Association and is the founding president of Washington Counselors For Social Justice.
Christie Eppler is an associate professor of pastoral counseling at Seattle University. She previously served as an associate professor in the Counselor Education program at Seattle Pacific University, was an assistant professor in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Seton Hall University, and taught family nursing classes at the University of Michigan, Flint. Dr. Eppler is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT, Washington) and holds an approved supervisor designation from the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT). Her clinical practice covers the complete age span of children, youth, and adults as demonstrated by two years of counseling with… children and families in an elementary school setting, several years of clinical work with children, teens and their families at community-based clinics, and work as a mental health counselor at a college counseling center. A member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), Dr. Eppler is past-president of the Washington State Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors (WSACES). The Washington State School Counselor Association (WSCA) named her Counselor Educator of the Year in 2007. She has published in PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING, PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS, and JOURNAL OF MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY. Her qualitative research focuses on the intersections of spiritual counseling and narrative therapy, resiliency, and issues of social justice.