Meet Dr. Joshua Kreimeyer
Degrees and Experience
- Ph.D. Counselor Education and Supervision (Regent University)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy (Regis University)
- M.A. Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Assemblies of God Theological Seminary)
- B.S. Parks and Recreation (Mankato State University)
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC, Colorado)
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT, Colorado)
- AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Biography and Professional Achievements
Dr. Kreimeyer graduated from Mankato State University (the "big town" from the show Little House on the Prairie) with a B.S. in Recreation. From there he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a cryptologic linguist. He and his family served in California, Texas, and Germany with side excursions for him to Kosovo (2000) and Iraq (2003). After the military, he transitioned into the field of Counseling (MAC, 2007). He also obtained a postgraduate certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy (Regis, 2011).
Dr. Kreimeyer has worked in community-based outpatient clinics, private practice, a residential drug and alcohol program within the US Bureau of Prisons, as a Family Therapist within the VA, and for several years as a Clinical Supervisor. He has taught in graduate Counseling and Marriage and Family programs since 2012 and transitioned to Colorado Christian University in 2023.
He holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision through Regent University (2019). Through his studies at Regent University Dr. Kreimeyer participated in groundbreaking efforts to bring the field of trauma-informed counseling to mental health providers in the war-torn country of Ukraine. His team helped to build the charter MA Counseling (IRCEP, 2020) program there, and they have recently been asked to help replicate this work in other countries in the region.
He has also served since 2018 as a contractor with the United Nations International Office for Migration to help train mental health workers there in trauma-informed care and also provide experiential retreats for Ukrainian military families. Dr. Kreimeyer is also a charter member of the American Counseling Association's (ACA) International Association for Resilience and Trauma Counseling and serves on the ACA's Governing Council.
Publications
- Kreimeyer, J., Zaporozhets, O., Smith, J., & Lozova, O. (2020). Effectiveness of a charter counseling program in Ukraine: A client outcome study. Journal of Continuing Professional Education: Theory & Practice. https://doi.org/10.28925/1609-8595.2020.3.4
- Kreimeyer, J. & Huntington, J. (2018) Jesuit-Infused Online Training to Work with Military Couples & Families. Jesuit Higher Education 7(2). 96-102.
- Porok, N., Zaporozhets, O., Kreimeyer, J., Grydkovets, L., Tsarenko L., Kovalchuk, O., Nevmyrzhytskiy, V., Kondratyenko L., Manyilova L., Chekstere O., Paliyenko, T. (2018). Основи реаділіьаційної психології: подолання наслідків кризи [Foundations of Rehabilitation Psychology: Overcoming consequences of crisis], volume 1]. Kyiv, Ukraine: Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE).
- Grydkovets, L., Weber, T., Zhuravlyova, N., Zaporozhets, O., Klyimishyn, O., Kreimeyer, J., Mokrousova, A., Prorok, N., Syrotych, N., Sirenko, T., Tsarenko, L., Shaposhnik, N. (2018). Основи реаділіьаційної психології: подолання наслідків кризи [Foundations of Rehabilitation Psychology: Overcoming consequences of crisis], volume 3. Kyiv, Ukraine: Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE).
- Kreimeyer, J. (2017). Impact of trauma training on compassion fatigue levels. Kyiv Institute of Business and Technology, BIZNIK, 2, 33, 114-115.
- Kreimeyer, J. & Zaporozhets, O. (2016). Psychological trauma therapy for military families. Kyiv Institute of Business and Technology, BIZNIK, 3, 31, 43-47.