Allison Marsh Pow, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Clinical Mental Health Counseling The University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Counseling 501 W. César E. Chávez Blvd. San Antonio, TX 78207 allison.pow@utsa.edu ph: 210.458.2671 fax: 210.458.2605 EDUCATION Greensboro, North Carolina Ph.D., Counseling and Counselor Education, CACREP accredited, May 2014 Greensboro, North Carolina M.S. and Ed.S., Community Counseling, CACREP accredited, August 2007 Davidson College Davidson, North Carolina B.S., Psychology, May 2004 PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors Licensed Professional Counselor, # 72719 National Board for Certified Counselors National Certified Counselor, # 226055 AWARDS AND RECOGNITION 2013 Recipient of the UNCG School of Education Student Research Award, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 2013 ACES Emerging Leaders Fellow, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision 2013 UNCG Summer Research Award,, $2,000 Outstanding Entry-Level Student Award, UNCG Department of Counseling and Educational Development, April 12, 2007 Student Employee of the Year Award Nomination, UNCG Student Employment Services, April 2007 PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Department of Counseling College of Education and Human Development San Antonio, TX August 2014 present
Tenure track appointment CACREP accredited graduate program Teaching graduate counseling courses at master's and doctoral levels Participation in multiple departmental committees Graduate Assistant, (UNCG) Department of Counseling and Educational Development August 2012 May 2014 CACREP accredited graduate program Taught graduate and undergraduate counseling courses Supervised master's level counseling students in clinical practicum and internship Assisted with administration of the department's training clinic Graduate Admissions Graduate Assistant, 2013-2014 Provided clinical counseling services (individual and group) to college students and adults, 2012 Doctoral Counseling Intern, Vacc Counseling and Consulting Clinic January 2012 May 2012 Providing individual and group counseling to college students and adults Adjunct Instructor, Guilford Technical Community College High Point Campus, Department of Human Services Technology High Point, NC August 2010 March 2011 Taught couses in counseling skills and substance abuse Emergency Services Clinician and Mobile Crisis Clinician, Daymark Recovery Services Davidson Center Lexington, NC July 2009 July 2011 August 2007 December 2008 Provided counseling, crisis intervention, assessment and referral for children, adolescents, and adults Worked with depression, anxiety, career guidance, childhood sexual and physical abuse, domestic abuse, severe and persistent mental illness, developmental disability, and substance abuse Used specific skills in crisis intervention, including performing emergency assessments, and coordinating psychiatric hospital placements Performed outpatient center-based services and on-call services to two local hospitals and to the Davidson County, NC community Co-led the center s Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) program, January 2011 July 2011 Inpatient Acute Care Therapist, Old Vineyard Behavioral Health Services Winston-Salem, NC December 2008 July 2009
Conducted acute care counseling, crisis intervention, and case support coordination for an inpatient psychiatric facility including child, adolescent, and adult populations Provided individual, family, and group therapy Master s Counseling Intern, Family Solutions August 2006 May 2007 Provided community counseling services including individual therapy, play therapy, group treatment, and intensive in-home family intervention to all ages Teaching Assistant, Davidson College Department of Psychology Davidson, NC Fall 2003 Course: Psychological Research: Design & Analysis Instructor: Dr. Scott Tonidandel RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Dissertation Coping with Catastrophe: Emotion Regulation, Adult Attachment Security, and Mindfulness as Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress among Mental Health Disaster Responders Defended March 6, 2014 Member Domestic and Sexual Violence Research Group Fall 2013 Collaborated with a group of counseling graduate students and practitioners, directed by Dr. Christine Murray, with a goal of advancing knowledge and awareness of issues related to domestic and sexual violence and developing related research projects to inform clinical practice Research Assistant, Dr. Christine Murray, Dr. Anthony Chow January 2013 May 2013 Paid position assisting with a mixed methods usability study for the Violence Against Women website (www.vawnet.com) Collaboration between the departments of Counseling and Educational Development and Library and Information Studies at UNCG Responsibilities included participant recruitment as well as qualitative and quantitative data analysis
Research Assistant, Dr. Christine Murray, Dr. Hamid Nemati, Dr. Anthony Chow, and Dr. Jacquelyn White May 2012 August 2012 Paid position assisting with a qualitative content analysis of domestic violence service provider interviews focusing on the use of technology in domestic violence services, as well as service providers opinions about a proposed family justice center in Guilford County, NC Collaboration between the departments of Counseling and Educational Development, Library and Information Studies, Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, and Psychology at UNCG Responsibilities included assisting with development of the project and conducting content analysis of interviews Member Family Violence Research Team Fall 2011 Fall 2013 Collaborated with five other research team members, directed by Dr. Christine Murray, in conducting research around issues of family and domestic violence Research Apprentice, Dr. Christine Murray August 2011 May 2012 Assisted with literature review, content analysis research development, and writing on multiple projects in the area of domestic violence Laboratory Manager and Neuroscience Research Assistant, Davidson College Department of Psychology Davidson, NC July 2004 August 2005 Performed behavioral and electrophysiological research in neuroscience Taught laboratory skills to undergraduate students Maintained a neuroscience laboratory Research Assistant, Dr. Beverly Thorn The University of Alabama Department of Psychology Tuscaloosa, AL Summers 2001, 2002 Assisted in graduate research regarding the chronic pain of fibromyalgia and migraine sufferers
TEACHING EXPERIENCE The University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Counseling 2014 present Graduate COU7893 Advanced Research in Counseling and Development COU6893 Foundations of Research in Counseling and Development Department of Counseling and Educational Development 2011 2014 Graduate CED777B Researach Methods in Counseling (Co-taught with Dr. Kelly Wester) CED620 Counseling Theories (Co-taught with Dr. Kelly Wester) CED653D Practicum in Counseling Theories (Co-taught with Dr. Kelly Wester) CED679 Advanced Counseling Practicum CED680 Counseling Internship CED653 Practicum in Counseling Group supervisor for practicum components of the following courses: Helping Relationships, Counseling Theories, Counseling Diverse Populations, Group Counseling Theory and Practice, Developmental Counseling, Student Development in Higher Education Undergraduate CED310 Helping Skills Guilford Technical Community College Department of Human Services Technology 2010 2011 HSE125 Basic Counseling SAB110 Substance Abuse Overview ADDITIONAL SUPERVISION EXPERIENCE Clinical Internship Supervisor, Daymark Recovery Services Davidson Center Lexington, NC May 2011 July 2011 Provided individual site supervision for a master s degree candidate in a community counseling program Responsibilities included weekly individual supervision sessions and observation of direct clinical services in a community mental health and substance abuse outpatient treatment facility PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS Murray, C. E., White, J., Nemati, H., Chow, A., Marsh, A. C., & Edwards, S. (2014). A community considers a family justice center: Perspectives of stakeholders during the early phases of development. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 6(2), 116-128.
Pow, A. M., Murray, C. E., Flasch, P., Doom, E., & Snyder, M. (In press). Learning from experience: A content analysis of domestic violence fatality review team reports. Partner Abuse. Murray, C. E., Chow, A. S., Marsh, A., Croxton, R., & Poteat, L. (In press). Domestic violence service providers technology readiness and information needs. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma. Pow, A. M., & Cashwell, C. S. (Under review). Posttraumatic stress among disaster mental health responders: An exploration of coping. Murray, C. E., Pow, A. M., Chow, A., Nemati, H., & White, J. (Under review). Domestic violence service providers needs and perceptions of technology: A qualitative study. Murray, C. E., Horton, G. E., Johnson, C. H., Notestine, L., Garr, B., Marsh, A. C., & Flasch, P. (In press). Domestic violence service providers perceptions of safety planning: A focus group study. Journal of Family Violence. Pope, A. L., & Pow, A. M. (Under review). Crisis management and disaster relief: Danger and opportunity. In J. S. Young and C. S. Cashwell (Eds.), Clinical mental health counseling: Elements of effective practice. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Pow, A. M. (2014, September 6). The challenge of participant recruitment in counseling research. Roundtable presented at the annual conference for the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling, Moline, IL. Pow, A. M. (2014, March 28). Coping with catastrophe: Emotion regulation, adult attachment security, and mindfulness as predictors of posttraumatic stress among mental health disaster responders. Threeminute thesis and poster presented at the 2014 UNCG School of Education Research Awards Ceremony and Symposium,. Pow, A. M. (2013, October 19). Mental health disaster response: What students and educators need to know. Presented at the biennual conference for the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Denver, CO. Adamson, N., Campbell, E., Crockett, J., Eades, M., Garr, B., Pow, A. M., & Scanlon, K. (2013, October 17). The doctoral student survival kit: Fifty tips and tricks for excellence. Roundtable presented at the biennial conference for the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Denver, CO. Marsh, A., Notestine, L., Garr, B., & Murray, C. (2013, April 10). Domestic violence service providers perceptions of safety planning: A focus group study. Poster presented at the Innovations in Domestic and Sexual Violence Research and Practice Conference: Collaborative Approaches to Prevention and Intervention,. Murray, C., Marsh, A., Horton, E., Notestine, L., & Garr, B. (2013, March 20). The dynamics of domestic violence: Assessment and counseling strategies. Presented at the annual conference for the American Counseling Association, Cincinnati, OH.
Marsh, A. (2012, October 20). Responding to disaster and community trauma: What role can counselors play? Presented at the annual conference for the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of North Carolina,. Murray, C., Doom, E., Garr, B., Johnson, C., Marsh, A., & Notestine, L. (2012, October 19). Assessment of intimate partner violence: Recommendations for couple and family counselors. Presented at the annual conference for the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of North Carolina,. Marsh, A., & Pope, A. (2012, September 29). Crisis Management and Emergency response: Preparing counseling students to respond. Poster presented at the biennial conference for the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Savannah, GA. Adamson, N., Campbell, E., Crockett, J., Eades, M., Garr, B., Marsh, A., & Scanlon, K. (2012, September 29). Benefits of the cohort model: Reflections from a cohort panel. Roundtable session presented at the biennial conference of the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Savannah, GA. Murray, C., Horton, E., Marsh, A., Garr, B., Doom, E., & Higgins-Johnson, C. (2012, September 28). Domestic violence service providers perceptions of safety planning: A focus group study. Presented at the biennial conference for the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Savannah, GA. Marsh, A., & Murray, C. (2012, February 17). Entrepreneurship in counseling: Innovative support of our agencies and our clients. Presented at the annual conference for the North Carolina Counseling Association,. Crockett, J., & Marsh, A. (2012, February 16). Breathwork and mindfulness: Mind-body approaches to counselor self-care. Presented at the annual conference for the North Carolina Counseling Association,. Notestine, L., Murray, C., Horton, E., & Marsh, A. (2012, February 16). Safety planning: How counselors can address safety issues with clients. Presented at the annual conference for the North Carolina Counseling Association,. Pope, A., & Marsh, A. (2010, November 17). Suicide prevention workshop. Presented at a Piedmont Behavioral Health Brown Bag Luncheon, Davidson County Community College, Lexington, NC. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP American Counseling Association Active Member: August 2011 present Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Active Member: August 2011 present Licensed Professional Counselors Association of North Carolina Active Member: August 2012 August 2014
Chi Sigma Iota National Honor Society in Counseling Member, Upsilon Nu Chi Chapter: Inducted 2006 Chair, Membership Committee, Upsilon Nu Chi: August 2006 May 2007 Treasurer, Upsilon Nu Chi: August 2011 May 2012 UNIVERSITY SERVICE The University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Counseling Doctoral Committee, 2014-present Faculty Search Committee, 2014-present