Faculty & Staff
Our counseling professors are committed to your whole-person development as a counselor, mental health professional, educator and therapist. They boast a wide range of experience in the public and private sectors of counseling practice, serving as Licensed Professional Counselors, private practice clinicians, school counselors, marriage and family therapists and school psychologists.
Collectively, they are grounded in and shaped by our commitment to an integrated understanding of the Christian faith and mental health that embraces diversity and promotes justice.
Faculty

Anna Berardi, PhD, LPC, LMFT
Chair, Graduate School of Counseling
Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy

Michelle Deeg-Davis, PhD, LPC
Assistant Professor of Counseling
Director, Clinical Mental Health Counseling & Marriage, Couple, Family Counseling In-Person Programs
Director, Trauma Response Institute

Gene James, PhD, Professional Counselor Associate
Director, Clinical Mental Health Counseling & Marriage, Couple, Family Counseling Digital Programs
Associate Professor of Counseling

Richard S. Shaw, DMFT, LMFT (OR), LMHC (WA)
Associate Professor of Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling

Daniel Sweeney, PhD, LPC, LMFT, ACS, RPT-S™
Professor of Counseling
Clinical Director, Clinical Mental Health Counseling & Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling Programs
Director, Northwest Center for Play Therapy Studies
Staff

Kelly Peterson
Admissions Counselor, Graduate Counseling Programs