Carlee Pendleton-Cole, PhD, PC, NCC, IPT-CST

Dr. Pendleton-Cole has a range of experience working with children, adolescents, and families in private practice, at schools, and in the community. She is a Certified Sandtray Therapist through The Institute for Play Therapy at Texas State University and utilizes sandtray and other experiential modalities in her work. She specializes in working with issues of grief and loss and loves using play-based and expressive treatments in work with individuals of all ages. Her passion is in community work and serving the needs of diverse populations through creating accessible services, and she hopes to support future counselors in doing the same through mentorship and supervision.    

Teaching in the OCMHC program has given Dr. Pendleton-Cole the opportunity to support the learning of individuals from across the country. Her hope is that her work with students will promote and encourage their future work in their communities. Dr. Pendleton-Cole desires to create an environment that is supportive and fosters growth in students and their future clients.

Dr. Pendleton-Cole hopes to support students through mentorship across their program. She would like to support students in getting involved in research into community-based programming. Dr. Pendleton-Cole is also passionate about encouraging students in learning how to work with different ages using developmentally appropriate techniques such as play and expressive arts.

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