Dr. Debbie Newsome

Associate Dean for Students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor

• Dr. Newsome on student-teacher interaction. (MP3 download)

Email: newsomdw@nullwfu.edu

Mailing Address:

Department of Counseling, Box 7406, WFU, Winston-Salem, NC 27109

Faculty member at Wake Forest University since August 1999

Education:

• B.A., Oklahoma Baptist University
• M.A.Ed., Wake Forest University
• Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Research and Special Interests:

• Career development, wellness models of counseling, empathy, assessment in counseling, counseling skill development, statistics

Awards (selected):

• Outstanding Research Award, Chi Sigma Iota; Graduate Student Association Faculty
• Excellence Award (twice); Counselor Educator Advocacy Award

Professional Service (selected):

• Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education Executive Board; Institutional
• Review Board; Chair of Master’s Task Force for Graduate Programs (Reynolda campus and WFUBMC campus)

Counseling Experience:

• 10 years of adjunct and pro-bono work at The Trinity Center

Professional Licensure and Memberships (selected):

• North Carolina Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, Licensed
• North Carolina School Counselor, American Counseling Association, National Career
• Development Association, Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors

Recent publications (selected):

• Newsome, D.W. & Gladding, S.T. (2014) Clinical Mental Health Counseling in Community and Agency Settings (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education Inc.
• Gladding, S. T., & Newsome, D. W. (2010) Clinical mental health counseling in community and agency settings (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Newsome, D. W., & Harper. E. S. (2011). Counseling individuals and groups in schools. In B. T. Erford (Ed.), Transforming the school counseling profession (3rd ed., pp. 178-201). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Ivers, N., & Newsome, D. W. Forming and orienting. (2011). Group work: Processes and applications. Columbus, OH: Pearson Merrill/Prentice Hall.
• Ivers, N., & Newsome, D. W. Forming and orienting. In B. T. Erford (Ed.), (2010). Group counseling in the schools (pp. 92-108).Columbus, OH: Pearson Merrill/Prentice Hall.
• Erford, B. T., Keene, M., & Newsome, D. W. (2010). Using games and energizing activities in groups. In  In B. T. Erford (Ed.), (2010). Group counseling in the schools. Columbus, OH: Pearson Merrill/Prentice Hall.
• Wachter Morris, C. A., Shoffner, M. F., & Newsome, D. W. (2009).  Career counseling for women preparing to leave abusive relationships: A Social Cognitive Career Theory approach. Career Development Quarterly, 58, 44-53.
• Gladding, S. T., Newsome, D. W., Binkley, E., and Henderson, D. H. (2008).  The lyrics of   hurting and healing: Finding words that are revealing. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 212-219.
• Milner, J. O., Milner, J., Buchanan, C. M., Newsome, D. W., & Williams, M. (2009). Accountability that counts. The Clearing House, 79.

Recent presentations (selected):

• Rambo, T. D, Newsome, D. W., & Greason, P. B. (2009, October). Teaching Research Methods and Statistics: Suggested Pedagogical Strategies. Program presented at the national conference of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, San Diego, CA.
• Henderson, D. A., Gladding, S. T., & Newsome, D. W. (2009, October). An admissions trilogy. Program presentated at the national conference of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, San Diego, CA.
• Gladding, S. T., Newsome, D. W., Binkley, E., & Henderson, D. A. (2008, March). The lyrics of hurting and healing: Finding words that are revealing. Program presented at the Program presented at the national conference of the American Counseling Association, Honolulu, HI.
• Hodges, E., Welch, M., Veach, L., & Newsome, D. (2008, March).  Motivational interviewing: Successful alcohol screening and brief interventions at a level I trauma center. Program presented at the national conference of the American Counseling Association, Honolulu, HI.

Personal:

• Enjoys swimming, running, working out, cats, reading, music, spending time with friends and family