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August of 2025, I began a full-time position with Indiana Wesleyan University as Assistant Professor in the Clinical Mental Health Graduate Program. This has been a huge blessing as I have the opportunity to work with a wonderful team of people who Love Jesus and love teaching faith-based integration of counseling. So thankful to callContinue reading “First Year of Full-Time Teaching on the Books”

I completed chapters 4 and 5 after a wonderful day of group work. I had 4 adoptive couples meet for 4 hours to share their adoptive stories and react to each other in compassionate ways. The day was all that I had hoped for and after interviewing each of the couples for 2 hours/couple, IContinue reading “Announcing my New Title! Dr. Rhoads”

This semester was full of so many things. Being able to present at several key conferences was truly exciting and a great growth opportunity. It did, however, make getting my dissertation chapters written more of a challenge. With the last few weeks providing more time to work on those chapters, I was able to completeContinue reading “Chapters 1-3 Submitted”

American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)…Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)…Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC) As part of my Candidacy Portfolio, I was required to submit proposals for Professional Counseling Conferences. Attending and presenting at conferences is another way to develop my identity as a Counselor Educator. I submitted 3 proposals for conferencesContinue reading “A Season of Conferences & Presentations”

I have completed my last Intensive (a week long course of full days in front of my screen with a group of amazing colleagues and one fearless professor!) which puts me at All But Dissertation to complete my Ph.D. hopefully by Spring of 2024. That is less than a year away, so I will beContinue reading “ABD!!!”

I am finishing up this week with a few self-reflection pieces to complete the assignments for this semester. What a packed semester this has been! I attended a day training with the Center for Being Known where I heard from Curt Thompson and several other wonderful speakers. Then the next week I presented at theContinue reading “Another Semester Almost in the Books!”

Summer flew by in a rush of classes, counseling sessions, and connections. I am so amazed at how God has shown up in so many ways. I started with Emerge Counseling Ministries at the beginning of summer and have already seen God matching me up with people who are able to connect with me andContinue reading “On to the Fall Semester”

Wow! What a crazy spring. I was fortunate to have a wonderful experience co-teaching an introductory counseling class for my teaching internship. I met an amazing group of students passionate about learning to be better counselors. What I didn’t expect was the joy that I felt when I was teaching and learning along with thisContinue reading “Another Semester Done!”

This website is a documentation of my doctoral journey. It’s been an exciting ride so far and I have learned so much and made wonderful friends along the way. I am inspired to make a difference for the people around me, my community, and the academic world.