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Graduate Counseling - Faculty & Staff
Dr. Gerig is an Associate Professor of Counseling and Chair of the Graduate Counseling program at Indiana Wesleyan. He has over 16 years of experience in higher education and has also worked in community mental health settings for 10 years. Prior to coming to IWU, Dr. Gerig served as Manager in Crisis and Elderly Services at Hiawatha Behavioral Health in Sault Ste. Marie, MI and Director of the M.A. in Counseling program at Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana.
Dr. Gerig is a licensed mental health counselor in Indiana and a licensed psychologist in Michigan. He earned his Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of Toledo and M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is author of the text Foundations for Mental Health and Community Counseling: An Introduction to the Profession (2007, Prentice Hall) and has presented at regional conferences and workshops. His research interests are in the stigmatization of and recovery from mental illness. In 2005, Dr. Gerig was recognized as the American Mental Health Counselor Association's Counselor Educator of the Year and in 2003, the Indiana Mental Health Counselor Association's Mental Health Counselor of the Year.
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