Christy Lyons Graham is the department chair and associate professor in the Department of Counselor Education.  Dr. Graham received her Ph.D. in Counselor Education from Ohio University, a CACREP accredited program.  She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Licensed Professional Counselor and has experience in both clinical and school settings.  Counseling children and their families is her clinical specialty.  Dr. Graham has 20 years of clinical experience counseling  individuals and families suffering mental and emotional disorders and/or facing various family crises such as death, domestic violence, divorce, and chemical dependency.  She is a frequent presenter at American Counseling Association (ACA) and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) conferences and has several publications in ACA and ACES affiliated journals.  She is the founding Chapter Faculty Advisor for the Beta Sigma Chi chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, an international counseling professional and academic honor society, at Bridgewater State University.  Current writing and research interests include empathy development and measurement, counselor development, relational teaching, and violence prevention.

Victoria L. Bacon is a professor in the Department of Counselor Education at Bridgewater State University where she prepares school guidance and mental health counselors. She is a member of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW), the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA), and the American Counseling Association (ACA). Dr. Bacon has counseling experience with children and adolescents in schools, colleges, and community mental health settings. Scholarship activities include publications in journals and books as well as presentations at state, national, and international conferences on issues related to adolescent addiction, group interventions, and critical incident acute stress reactions and debriefing for school counselors. More recently she has co-authored two book chapters: A Group Intervention for Athletic Teams (high school aged) and Substance Abuse (for athletes). For the past several years Dr. Bacon has been involved in interdisciplinary education efforts, teaching preventive education to students in the allied health care professions: athletic training, physical therapy, and nutrition.

Department of Counselor Education
Kelly Gym, Room 102
(508) 531-2011
lgraham@bridgew.edu

Louise Graham is a tenured professor in the Department of Counselor Education, graduate program in Mental Health Counseling. She has been a staff Psychologist at the Boston Veterans New England Healthcare System for over twenty years and has a Harvard Clinical appointment at the hospital.  She volunteers with the American Red Cross in a number of different mental health roles.  She has been deployed to more than seven national disasters, is deployed nationally to work with the military and their families when they return from deployment overseas, is an instructor for the Red Cross in fundamentals of disaster mental health, and is on a local disaster response team.  She teaches fundamentals of disaster mental health for the American Counseling Association at their national conference to prepare licensed counselors to administer mental health aid in disasters.

Department of Counselor Education
Hart Hall, Room 240
(508) 531-2721
mkocet@bridgew.edu

Michael M. Kocet is an associate professor in the Department of Counselor Education.  He earned his Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of Arkansas. His professional areas of interest include: ethical and legal issues in counseling, counseling gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender clients, grief counseling, student affairs, and qualitative research.  Dr. Kocet has worked in a variety of settings: college counseling, student affairs, psychiatric, and mental health agencies.  Dr. Kocet served on the American Counseling Association Ethics Committee (2001-2007) and chaired the ACA Ethics Code Revision Taskforce (2002-2005). He is a board member of the Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling and is the president of that organization. Dr. Kocet is a nationally sought out speaker and consultant on ethical issues in counseling. He has presented at local, state, and national conferences in counseling and student affairs.

Theresa Coogan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Counselor Education.  Dr. Coogan received her Ph.D. in Counselor Education, her Ed.M. in School Counseling, and her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Buffalo, SUNY. Dr. Coogan’s current research agendas focus mainly on the field of school counseling addressing the perspectives of the counselors as well as the school counselors-in-training. Additional research interests include, but are not limited to: role identity, role ambiguity, and role conflict amongst school counselors; professional identity development for school counselors-in-training; counseling program evaluations in primary and secondary schools; crisis planning and interventions in schools; group work in schools; and, exploring pedagogical approaches for graduate learning. Dr. Coogan is a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), American School Counselors Association (ASCA), Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), North Atlantic Regional Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NARACES), and Chi Sigma Iota (CSI). 

Dr. Nikki Freeburg is an assistant professor in the Department of Counselor Education at Bridgewater State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Counselor Education from Idaho State University. Nikki is a member of Chi Sigma Iota (CSI), the American Counseling Association (ACA), The Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), and Phi Kappa Phi. Her professional areas of interest include: research, assessment, supervision, wellness and the use of metaphors in the counseling profession. Dr. Freeburg has counseling experience in private agencies, psychiatric hospitals and career development centers. Scholarship activities include publications on HIPAA, over twenty presentations (local, state, and national level), research grant acquisitions, providing supervision training for site supervisors and she has membership status on the CACREP review board team.

Janice Costello has been the Administrative Assistant for the Department of Counselor Education since 2001.  She manages the department office and answers inquiries regarding program information, admissions questions, etc.

Albert Ciri has been a part-time faculty member at Bridgewater State University since 1984. Dr. Ciri earned his doctorate in educational psychology from Heed University.  In addition, Dr. Ciri has completed graduate studies in counseling at Boston University. His professional experience has included: twelve years as a certified secondary education classroom teacher, five years as a Director of Guidance and Counseling, four years as an Administrator, and five years as the Chairperson of the Education Department at Stonehill College. Dr. Ciri teaches the following counseling courses: The Counseling Function in School, Agency/Community and Higher Education Settings, and The School Guidance Counselor: Psychopathology and Developmental Issues, and Internship Supervision and Seminar.

508-531-1273
c1kane@bridgew.edu

Cindy Kane is a visiting lecturer for the Department of Counselor Education.  She earned a Master’s Degree in Student Personnel Administration in Higher Education from New York University in 1994.  Cindy has served in positions of varying responsibility in student affairs at St. Peter’s College, Seton Hall University, and Bridgewater State University.  She has worked at BSU for the past ten years and has served as Director of Student Involvement & Leadership since July of 2001.  An active volunteer and leader within the National Association for Campus Activities, she is a regular consultant and presenter on topics relating to leadership education.

David Moran, M.Ed., is a faculty member of the William Glasser Institute as well as a visiting associate professor at Bridgewater State University.  Mr. Moran is a retired school principal with thirty-eight years of experience in education.  Mr. Moran has worked with Dr. William Glasser for over twenty-five years and has trained professionals in the ideas of Choice Theory and Reality Therapy throughout the world.  Mr. Moran is recognized and highly respected as a facilitator and trainer.

Beth Moriarty is a visiting lecturer for the Department of Counselor Education.  She earned her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Johnson and Wales University and her Master's of Science Degree in Human Development, Counseling and Family Studies from the University of Rhode Island.  Dr. Moriarty has held positions within the field of residence life and housing for the past eighteen years.  She has been employed at Bridgewater State University since July 1993, and has been the Director of Residence Life and Housing since July 2001.

Allen Ward is a visiting lecturer in the Department of Counselor Education and is the Senior Associate Dean for Student Life at Brown University.  He earned the Doctor of Education in Higher Education Administration from the University of Miami and the Master of Arts in Counselor Education from Tennessee Tech University.  Dr. Ward has served as a student affairs practitioner for twenty years at institutions in the South, Mid-West, and New England.  In 2004, he served as president of the Massachusetts College Personnel Association and is an active member of the American College Personnel Association.