Ashley Coombs, PhD

Dr. Coombs is a full-time Assistant Clinical Professor in the Online Clinical Mental Health program. She is passionate about working within a multicultural and social justice counseling context to address trauma, addiction, and other mental health presenting concerns. As a counselor educator, she enjoys sharing practical counseling wisdom that will help new counselors succeed when entering the field.    

Dr. Coombs believes that one of the easiest ways to promote a diverse counseling profession is to increase accessibility of education, which is exactly what this program aims to achieve! Dr. Coombs considers it a privilege to work in higher education and she wants to use that privilege to help foster students' learning that includes unique perspectives and lived experiences. 

Dr. Coombs has presented at state, regional, national, and international conferences on topics such as multicultural and social justice counseling competency, social justice-oriented counselor education, intersection of trauma and addiction, best practices for private practice counseling, and issues of wellness while developing a professional identity as a counselor.

Dr. Coombs enjoys meeting students where they are in their research journey, in that she loves hearing new ideas about counseling research and helping students to achieve their research/publication goals. She is especially interested in collaborating on topics such as queer/LGBTQIA+ counseling & advocacy, social justice counseling & advocacy, group work, and addiction counseling.

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