Faculty
The counseling faculty are committed to empowering leaders for a just and humane world. As part of the College of Education, the faculty shares a commitment to education for justice. Consistent with the Jesuit tradition, this commitment reflects beliefs in the dignity of the human person and the rights of individuals in a just society to participate in sociocultural, economic and political structures that affect them. The faculty expresses these commitments by challenging themselves and their students to wrestle both conceptually and experientially with issues of social justice and the common good.
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Hutch Haney graduated from the University of Arizona with a Master of Science in
rehabilitation counseling in 1968, and from the University of Denver, with a
bachelor's degree in psychology in 1966. He completed an A.A. degree in visual
communications from the Northwest College of Art in 1990 and a Masters in
Theological Studies from Seattle University in 1993. He is a certified
rehabilitation counselor. His work experience includes counseling and program
coordination for persons with hearing impairments, college students, and
disabled students in community colleges. He is also an artist and is especially
interested in creativity as a spiritual and healing process. He and Jackie
Leibsohn have written Basic Counseling Responses, a text, video and CD-ROM used
in COUN 510 Fundamental Counseling Skills. They have recently completed another
book, Basic Counseling Responses in Groups. He is also editor of the College of
Education magazine, the Banner. He lives with his wife, Mary Anne, on
Bainbridge Island. They have a son, Adam.
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Chris Jensen brings to Seattle University an extensive background in school
counseling, school administration, and corporate training. Chris has a B.A. in
biological sciences, a M.S. in school counseling, and an Ed.D. in counseling
and human resource management. She serves as a member of the Guidance
Counseling Committee of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Chris's experience spans K-12 teaching, counseling and administration,
statewide and district-wide counseling coordination, and management development
for multinational companies. In addition to teaching, Chris provides consulting
services to health care organizations and develops CD-ROMs for educators. She
is a National Board Certified Counselor, Career Counselor, and School
Counselor. Her favorite pastime is international travel, having spent time in
Africa on three separate occasions.
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Jackie Leibsohn received her B.A. degree in psychology from the University of California in 1982, her M.S. in 1986 and her Ph.D. in 1989 from Colorado State University in counseling psychology. She has worked as a vocational counselor and therapist in the university counseling center at Colorado State University and U.C. Berkeley. She has been the assistant family coordinator of a chemical dependency, dual-diagnosis treatment facility, facilitated co-dependency and eating disorder groups, and been in private practice since 1989. Her specialties include chemical dependency, eating disorders, and relationship issues. In 1991, she became licensed in Washington State as a psychologist. Her theoretical orientation is psychodynamic. She and Hutch Haney have written two books with accompanying videos and CD-ROMs; Basic Counseling Responses and Basic Counseling Responses in Groups. In her spare time she enjoys exercising, downhill skiing, and traveling with her husband and their two children.
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Mike O'Connor received a B.A. in history in 1962 and an M.Ed. in counseling in
1969 from the University of Washington. In 1974, he received his Ph.D. in
counseling psychology from the University of Minnesota. Between 1962 and 1971,
he spent two years in the Philippines with the Peace Corps, taught junior high
school science in Edmonds and worked as a youth social worker in Ballard. In
1978, he became licensed in Washington as a counseling psychologist. In 1993 he
completed a Masters in Theological Studies with a specialty in spirituality
from Seattle University's School of Theology and Ministry. His counseling
orientation is humanistic and eclectic with a strong appreciation for
developmental and spiritual considerations, and for family of origin influences. On
vacations and sabbaticals he enjoys traveling with his wife, Elsa, teaching in
developing countries, and visiting with his two grown daughters and their young families. He also enjoys
his private practice in counseling and spiritual direction, and loves music,
canoeing, hiking, and photography.
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Yvonne Owen received her B.S. in psychology from the University of Washington in
1967, and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Washington in
1978. Before coming to Seattle University in 1980, she worked for eight years
as a staff psychologist and administrator at a community mental health center.
She is NBCC certified. She brings experience in working with crisis,
outpatient, inpatient, and day treatment populations, and has done extensive
training and consultation with agencies and individuals. She is licensed in the
state of Washington as a clinical psychologist and has maintained a private
practice for the past twenty years. Her theoretical base is existential and
humanistic, with a heavy influence from Gestalt, developmental theory and
psychodynamics. She runs, skis, reads, and loves music and dancing. Other
hobbies include traveling, hiking, and biking. She has one son, Scott, who is
working in the computer software industry after several years in the field of
mental health.
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Manivong J. Ratts received his Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from Oregon State University (OSU). He also holds an associates degree from Yakima Valley Community College, a bachelor's degree in psychology from Western Washington University, and a master's degree in counseling from OSU.
He is a national certified counselor, a licensed school counselor and serves on the editorial board of various counseling journals. Dr. Ratts' writing and research is in the area of social justice, multicultural and advocacy competence, and school counseling. Specifically, his teaching, scholarship and service are focused on helping counselors promote social justice in their practice. He is also the founder of an advocacy group called Seattle University Counselors for Social Justice (See www.sucsj.org).
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Chris Wood brings to Seattle University extensive research and practical experience in school counseling and career development. Chris came to Seattle University from the Ohio State University (OSU). Prior to his tenure at OSU, he was a faculty member in the school counseling program at the University of Arizona. Chris holds a Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision from Oregon State University, a CACREP-accredited program. He also holds a master¹s degree in school counseling from Eastern Washington University and a bachelor¹s degree in psychology and sociology from Gonzaga University.
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