Faculty Spotlight
Degrees and Experience
- Ph.D. Counselor Education & Supervision (Adams State University)
- M.A. Education (University of Texas - San Antonio)
- B.A. Communication, Sociology (William Jewell College)
- Licensed Professional Counselor (Colorado)
Biography and Professional Achievements
Dr. Gregory Elliott is a full-time in-seat faculty member. He previously taught as an adjunct instructor at Adams State University, where he earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision. Dr. Elliott is a licensed professional counselor in the state of Colorado. His clinical experiences include directing a university counseling center, working in a partial hospitalization program for severely mentally ill adults, working in an inpatient hospital setting with adults and adolescents, and working with at-risk youth and families. His clinical specialization has been in working with suicidal clients. Dr. Elliott also maintains a small clinical supervision practice for counselors working to obtain their supervised hours for licensure.
Dr. Elliott's research interests include the content and pedagogy of how counselor education programs prepare students to work with suicidal clients, and best practices in and the efficacy of online programs in counselor education. He is a former Emerging Leaders Award recipient from the Rocky Mountain Association for Counselor Education and Supervision and he is a member of the American Counseling Association, the American Association of Suicidology, Chi Sigma Iota, and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.
Dr. Elliott has presented at numerous national and regional conferences on topics related to clinical supervision, and suicide prevention, intervention, and treatment.
Recent Publications
- Binkley, E. E., & Elliott, G. M. (in press). Best practices in suicide pedagogy: A quantitative content analysis. Teaching and Supervision in Counseling.
- Elliott, G. M., & Henninger, J. (2020). Online teaching and self-efficacy to work with suicidal clients. Counselor Education & Supervision, 59(4), 283-296. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12189
- Elliott, A., Bohecker, L., Elliott, G. M., Townsend, B. J., Johnson, V., Lopez, A., Roach, K., & Horn, L. (2019). Interstate licensure portability: Logistics and barriers for professional counselors. The Professional Counselor, 9(3), 252-266. https://doi.org/10.15241/ae.9.3.252
- Elliott, G. M., Audsley, R., Runck, L., Pechek, A., de Raet, A., Valdez, A., & Wilde, B. (2018). The development of self-efficacy to work with suicidal clients. The Qualitative Report, 23(12), 3004-3018.
- Abrams, C., de Raet, A., McCulloch, D., Elliott, G. M., & Meder, C. (2018). The impact of program modality on Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Exam subscale scores. Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 10(1). Retrieved from https://repository.wcsu.edu/jcps/vol10/iss1/5
- Elliott, G. M. & Reese, C. (2014). Behavioral intervention teams and end-of-semester reporting. Journal of Campus Behavioral Intervention (J-BIT), 2, 19-28.
- Elliott, G. M. (2013). Reciprocal communication between counseling centers and BITs on suicidal students. Journal of Campus Behavioral Intervention (J-BIT), 1, 40-55.