Richard W. Halstead, Ph.D.
E-mail: rhalstead@sjc.edu
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As chair of the department, Dr. Halstead provides leadership for the Community Counseling and Pastoral Counseling Programs. He also has primary responsibility for teaching core courses in the Community Counseling program and overseeing the department's Counseling Laboratory. Dr. Halstead teaches some of the skill-based courses in the Community Counseling Program, as well as the course sequence in Counseling Research and Professional Ethics and Standards of Practice for the Community and Pastoral Programs. He received his B.S. in Elementary Education and M.S. in Counselor Education from the State University of New York College at Oneonta and a Ph.D. in Counselor Education from Syracuse University (Go Orange!). Dr. Halstead's research interests include the role of cognitive relational schema in perpetuating problematic life patterns, the role of caring in the counseling relationship and pedagogy in counselor education.

Laurie Roberts, Ph.D., LMHC, BCC, NCC
E-mail:lroberts@sjc.edu

Dr. Roberts is licensed mental health counselor, nationally certified counselor, and nationally certified chaplain. She earned a masters degree from Saint Joseph College in counseling with a specialty in pastoral counseling. Her doctoral degree is from Barry University, Miami, FL in counseling with the focus on grief and loss. Dr. Roberts is a member of the American Association of Death Educators and Counselors and is a crisis counselor associated with the American Red Cross's Mental Health Disaster Unit.

Judith C. Durham, Ph.D., APRN, LPC, NCC
E-mail: jdurham@sjc.edu
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Dr. Judi Durham teaches the primary skill-based training courses (Counseling Skills and Techniques and Group Dynamics), as well as the course in Multicultural Counseling. Judi joined Saint Joseph College after teaching for 12 years at Antioch New England Graduate School in Counseling Psychology where she taught similar courses. She received her B.S. degree in Nursing from Alfred University, M.A. from Antioch New England Graduate School in Counseling Psychology, and earned her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology at the University of Connecticut (Go Huskies!). She has worked in a wide variety of clinical settings and brings rich and varied experiences to her teaching. Her research interests include the interface of multicultural and diversity issues in counseling and supervision, and the use of the personal self in counselor education.

Updated 5/24/06.