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Graduate Counseling - Faculty & Staff
Barbara
Riggs- Ph.D., RN, LMFT, LCSW, LMHC
Dr. Riggs is Associate Professor of Marriage & Family Counseling and Coordinator of the MFT concentration. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and specializes in couple and family issues, trauma recovery, anxiety and depression. She is the site supervisor for the Graduate Counseling program in Indianapolis where she teaches both core courses as well as family courses. Dr. Riggs is the Marriage and Family Therapy Coordinator. She is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and an active member of IAMFT where she is President-elect for the state of Indiana. Her research interests include family resiliency, family strengths, faith integration and outcome effectiveness of counseling interns.
Dr. Riggs received her ASN at Massachusetts Bay Community College in 1973. She earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of Evansville and a Masters from Indiana University. Her Ph.D. work was in the area of Child and Family Studies at Purdue University. She is a registered nurse, state licensed clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, mental health counselor, and a clinical member of American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
As the founder of Eagle Creek Counseling, she served as the Director from 1992-2004 where she continues a private practice. She recently co-authored a textbook, Marriage and Family: A Christian Perspective. She sits on the Board of Directors for FAME (Fellowship of Associates for Medical Evangelism) and Shepherds Heart Prison Ministry. She does frequent mission work in the Philippines and attends Plainfield Christian Church.
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