Episode 2: Dr. Mitchell Waters

In this episode, host Dana Brookover, PhD interviews Mitchell Waters, PhD about his novel dissertation study titled, " The Experiences of Religiously and Spiritually Diverse Counselors and Psychotherapists Who Work with Survivors of Sexual Violence ". Dr. Waters discusses the qualitative study's implications for counseling, counselor education, and our personal lives.  He also shares his advice for making it through a PhD program.

Guest bio:
Dr. Mitchell Waters is an Assistant Professor in Mental Health Counseling at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. He received his Ph.D in Counselor Education and Supervision from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia and his Master's of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Richmont Graduate University in Chattanooga, TN. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with Mental Health Service Provider designation. He has worked as a counselor in community mental health, private practice, corrections, and higher education for years. He has had the privilege of working with individuals, couples, and groups of diverse gender, racial, ethnic, sexual, and religious identities. His clinical specialties are on the treatment of post-traumatic stress and sexual addiction. His research interests focus on survivors of trauma, secondary traumatic stress and vicarious trauma, religious and spiritual diversity in the counseling setting, and interfaith harmony.

Link to dissertation study: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/6876/

Chapters

• 2:27 Interview with Dr. Waters begins
• 47:09 PhD program Q&A portion