Jessica Haas
Assistant Professor of Clinical Mental Health counseling
Jessica Haas is an assistant professor of clinical mental health counseling at Stetson University. She specializes in counseling's cultural and spiritual diversity concerns and the decentralization of dominant cultures in counselor andragogy.
- BRE Davis College, Philosophy of Theology, Counseling (CHEA) 2007
- MS Loyola University Maryland, Pastoral Community Counseling (CACREP) 2014
- PhD Loyola University Maryland, Counselor Education & Supervision (CACREP) 2018
Biography
Jessica Haas, PhD, NCC, is a researcher, educator, and nationally board-certified psychotherapist who incorporates cultural and spiritual competencies within her counseling approach. Based out of Central Florida, she is a core faculty member in the Counselor Education MS Program at Stetson University.
She has twenty years of experience working with an international consultancy dedicated to multicultural equity development professor Haas investigates civil unrest and community uprisings, particularly strengthening community resilience. Recognizing her research addressing racism trauma and hope narratives during the 2015 Baltimore City uprising, the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) conferred a national award.
Editorial Boards
- Southern Regional Association for Counselor Educators and Supervision (SACES) Teaching and Supervision in Counseling Journal
- North Atlantic Regional Association for Counselors and Supervisors (NARACES). Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision
More About Jessica Haas
Areas of Expertise
- World religion and spirituality in counseling
- Clinical experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities
- Chronic health conditions
As well as Inter-partner violence, trauma, immigration concerns, rape crisis, OCD, BPD, scrupulosity, psychotic disorders, stress management
Course Sampling
- Social and Cultural Foundations of Counseling
- Psychological Testing for Individual Evaluation
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling
- Introduction to Counseling
- Counseling Theories and Practice
- Research and Assessment in Counseling
- Career Counseling
- Practicum and Internship Clinical Experience Courses
- Cultural equity: racial, ethnic, religious, & health privilege/disability
- Community trauma and resilience leadership
- Contemplative practices: Mindfulness, meditation, and Centering Prayer
- People in transit: refugees, asylum seekers, & immigrants
- Haas, J., Walsh, D. D., and Marroquin, M. (2024) "Enhancing Cultural Competence in Counselor Education through Sociolinguistic Awareness" Teaching and Supervision in Counseling: Vol. 6(3), Article 4.
- Yznaga, S. D., Haas, J., & Bailey, D. F. (2023). Issues of Social Justice and Advocacy. In J. Ziomek-Daigle (Ed.), Counseling children and adolescents: Working in school and clinical mental health settings (2nd ed. revised, pp. 347-370). New York, NY: Routledge.
- Haas, J., OGrady, K. A., Fox, J., Schuermann, H. B., Toscano, M. E., Shooting, C. S. (2022) Police shooting of Michael Brown: Responses to the 2014 Police Shooting of Michael Brown: Cosmology Episodes and Enacted Environments, MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, Vol. 13(133), p1-23.
- Haas, J. (2019). The importance of counselor competence when administering assessments. In E. Goodman-Scott, J. Betters-Bubon, & P. Donohue (Eds.), The school counselors guide to multi-tiered systems of support (p. 31). New York, NY: Routledge.
- Haas, J. (2018). Exploring racism trauma and hope narratives in the 2015 Baltimore City uprising. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (2705373793). Publication ID 29322797.
- Orton, J. D., O'Grady, K. A., & Haas, J. (2018). Extreme enacted environments in sense-making episodes: A mixed-method study of Ferguson, Missouri. Academy of Management Proceedings, 18862.
- Fox, J., Guttierez, D., Haas, J., & Durnford, S. (2016). Centering prayers effects on psycho-spiritual outcomes: A pilot outcome study. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p379-392.
- Fox, J., Guttierez, D., Haa s, J., Briganza, D., & Berger, C. (2015). A phenomenological investigation of centering prayer using conventional content analysis. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Vol. 64 Issue 6, p803-825.
- Haas, J. (2016). How do you live justice at Loyola?: Voices from the Loyola University Maryland community. In P. Pascual-Ferra & A. Brizee (Eds.), Commitment to justice in Jesuit higher education (3rd ed. revised, pp. 162-163). Baltimore, MD: Apprentice House Press.