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Elizabeth R. Brokamp, PhD, LPC, NCC, ACS, BC-TMH

Assistant Professor of Practice, School of Education and Hum: Educational Leadership, Counseling and Social Work

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Elizabeth Brokamp, PhD, LPC, NCC, ACS, BC-TMH, is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Counseling Program at Saint Joseph's University. Dr. Brokamp works remotely from Northern Virginia where she maintains a part-time online private practice that informs and energizes her teaching and supervision.  In addition to private practice, she has experience in community mental health, as well as school counseling.  Dr. Brokamp's clinical experience and specialties include working with women and treating anxiety, depression, and reproductive trauma. Her research interests include online and trauma-informed pedagogy in counselor education, gatekeeping, mental health, aging, and ageism, the relationship between chronic health conditions and trauma, and the study of social systems.

    • Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision, Leadership Emphasis University of the Cumberlands
    • Master of Education: Psychological Counseling Teacher’s College, Columbia University 
    • Master of Arts: Psychological Counseling Teacher’s College, Columbia University 
    • Bachelor of Arts in English College of William and Mary

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Saint Joseph’s University (August 2024 to present)

    • Serve as a core faculty member in the Counseling Program
    • Teach Group Counseling, Foundations of School Counseling, and Counseling Children in Schools

    Assistant Professor/Core Faculty in Counseling, Tenure-Line (2021 – 2024)

    Program Director (2023-2024), Gwynedd Mercy University, PA

    • Served as program director for an online counseling program with 4 other full-time faculty, a fieldwork coordinator, 10 adjuncts, and 105 students.
    • Supervised the Fieldwork Coordinator.
    • Served as SME for (10) online courses for CMHC and School Counseling concentrations, including Multicultural Counseling and Social Justice, Assessment, Ethics, Special Topics Residency, and Internship courses in both Clinical Mental Health and School Counseling tracks.
    • Implemented a new summer residency model for the program, including developing a Special Topics Residency course as the SME.
    • Hired and onboarded new program adjuncts.
    • Authored Section 1 of the program’s CACREP self-study and self-study Addendum.
    • Served as program’s CACREP Liaison, 2021 - 2023.
    • Participated in the program’s CACREP site visit, May 2024, with 8-year accreditation awarded in August 2024.
    • Served as NBCC Liaison, 2021 - 2023.
    • Served as faculty mentor for half the program’s CMHC students and for 2-4 adjunct faculty in CMHC.
    • Responsible for leading efforts to evaluate and assess students and manage student remediation processes, up to and including dismissal.
    • Revised student handbook, including remediation policies and procedures.
    • Participated in two search committees for core faculty positions.
    • Taught at multiple program residency weekends for Group Counseling and Counseling Skills: Year 1: (2), Year 2: (3), Year 3: (2)
    • Created department newsletter and wrote, edited, and produced two editions per year.
    • Created a Canvas group for department and professional information, which is utilized as an information repository for all students in the Counseling program.
    • Member of the admissions committee for the program and helped revise admissions process (questions, format, and rubric).
    • Courses taught: Internship for both SC and CMHC (synchronous, online); Foundations; Assessment; Counseling Theories; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Research Methods; Counseling Skills (residency); Group Counseling (residency).

    Counselor-Owner, Nova Terra Therapy PLC, January 2020 - present

    • Provide online private practice counseling services, working with clients with anxiety, depression, reproductive and other trauma.
    • Provide pro bono, reduced fee, and insurance-based services as part of mission-driven work.

    Consultant, CACREP Qualitative Research Project, Spring and Summer 2021

    • Worked on a team of researchers to code and analyze data gathered from accredited programs about program and policy modifications during COVID.

    Adjunct Faculty/Teaching Assistant, Counselor Education, University of Wilmington, DE, Summer 2021

    • TA for Research Methods.
    • Responsible for teaching qualitative research and grading projects related to qualitative research.

    Graduate Teaching/Supervision, University of the Cumberlands, 2019 – 2021

    • Served as TA for a doctoral-level Qualitative Research course.
    • TA for Internship 1, Process and Techniques of Counseling, Intro to Group, and Child and Adolescent Counseling.
    • Clinical Internship at Mary Washington University College Counseling Center.
    • Served as clinical supervisor for the Counseling Center’s post-graduate master’s level counselors seeking licensure.

    Counselor-Owner, Alexandria Women’s Counseling, January 2010 – December 2017.

    • Provided private practice counseling services and coordination of care for women experiencing anxiety, depression, infertility, pregnancy loss, and postpartum mood disorders.

    School Counselor, Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Virginia, 2008 - 2010

    • Provided group and individual counseling services to students in grades 6-8.
      Taught guidance lessons on topics such as social skills, life skills, drug abuse prevention and violence prevention for middle schoolers.
    • Provided consultation and community referrals to families.
    • Developed and delivered faculty trainings for school faculty.
    • Developed and delivered parent workshops.

    School Counselor, Holy Trinity School, Washington, DC, 2001- 2003 and 1994-1997

    • Provided individual and group counseling as a related service to special education students in compliance with their Individual Education Plans.
    • Provided developmental classroom guidance for all grades, nursery through 8th

    Learning Specialist, Disability Resource Office, SCSU, New Haven, CT, 1993-1994

    • Maintained a caseload of individual students with disabilities for whom I provided individual support sessions, review of accommodations, and advocacy assistance.
    • Co-taught the undergraduate course, Understanding Self in College, for students with disabilities.
    • Brokamp, E., Pharr, T., Aucoin, J., Walter, S.M. (2024). A model for collaborative writing groups for counselor educators and doctoral students. The Practitioner Scholar.
    • Walter, S. M., Brokamp, E., Aucoin, J., & Pharr, T. (2023). Structure for success: Implementing group projects in online counselor education courses. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Teaching Practice Briefs. 
    • Brokamp, E. (2022). Gatekeeping. In Synchronous Online Counseling
    • and Supervision in the 21st Century (1st ed., pp. 284–310). Cognella: San Diego. 
    • Brokamp, E., & Pharr, T. (2022). Foundations of Online Clinical Supervision. In Synchronous Online Counseling and Supervision in the 21st Century (1st ed., pp. 246–263). Cognella: San Diego.
    • Pharr, T., Wannamaker, S., & Brokamp, E. (2022). Methods and Techniques of Effective Distance Supervision. In Synchronous Online Counseling and Supervision in the 21st Century (1st ed., pp. 264–283). Cognella: San Diego. 
    • Brokamp, E. (Fall, 2018). The teaching implications of the aging brain, SACES Newsletter.

    Manuscripts accepted for publication; in revision; in preparation:

    • Brokamp, E. (accepted for 2025). The tale of the new flight attendant: an informed consent activity. In Creative Teaching in Counselor Education and Supervision, Routledge/Taylor Francis (C. Baker & L. O’Brien, eds.)
    • Brokamp, E., & Pharr, T. (in preparation). Counselor education administrators’ compensation, job conditions, and job satisfaction. Quantitative study.
    • Brokamp, E., & Pool, A. (study in process). Practitioner-Scholars in Counselor Education: Experiences of Faculty Who Concurrently Teach and Engage in Clinical Practice. Qualitative study.
    • Brokamp, E. (in preparation). Use of metaphor to demonstrate attunement in online counseling. Conceptual piece.
    • Connolly Grant Recipient, Gwynedd Mercy University, December 2023
    • ACES 2023 Research Grant Recipient
    • 2022 Finalist, Excellence in Dissertation Award, The Professional Counselor
    • ACES 2021 Dissertation Scholarship
    • Member of Chi Sigma Iota, University of the Cumberlands
    • Member of Kappa Delta Pi, National Honor Society in Education
    • Recipient of Teacher’s College General Scholarship for Academic Excellence