60 Years of Counseling Psychology at the University of Kansas

1. 60 Years of Counseling Psychology at the University of Kansas

2. Barb Thomas • Thanks to Barbara Thomas, whose publication “From Vocational Guidance to Counseling and Psychological Services” was referenced heavily.

3. 1920: Division of Vocations • 1920-21 Catalog included the recently organized Division of Vocations, comprised of the offices of the Men’s Student Advisor, Women’s Student Advisor • Developed to “help students with their choice of life work, selection of suitable courses of study, information about opportunities after the University, and recommendation for employment.”

4. Vocational Education & Educational Guidance • The KU School of Education was formally established in 1909, and the catalog for the 1910 school year included for the first time a course called Vocational Education. • 1927: First courses in Educational Guidance added

5. Vocational Guidance Bureau • 1943: The U.S. War Manpower Commission authorizes the formation of a Vocational Guidance Bureau at KU. • Created in 1944, original goal: assisting returning World War II veterans • Official purpose broader: “providing testing and counseling to help all students know which vocations would fit best with their aptitudes and interests.”

6. Austin H. Turney • Guidance Bureau organized under the direction of Dr. Austin Turney, professor of education. • Born on a homestead near Great Band, Kansas, came to KU in 1928 from the University of Minnesota

7. 1942 Ed Psych and Guidance • 1942: KU catalog lists Educational Psychology and Guidance as one of five graduate fields of study in education. • Courses in the area were offered by faculty including Turney and Dr. Bert Nash, a leader in the Kansas mental health field.

8. Graduate Degree in Guidance Education • 1944: KU rejected a proposal for an undergraduate program in guidance education. • A revised proposal which included a graduate degree was approved in 1946, offered in connection with the Bureau.

9. First Counseling Ph.D.Ruth Schillinger • Schillinger’s doctorate was the first granted in counseling at KU.

10. Annex Buildings North of Strong Hall

11. 1950’s Personnel Additions • In 1950, Turney retired as director of the Bureau, and Gordon Collister was hired as an assistant professor and director of the Bureau. • In 1952, Dick Rundquist and Jewel Coffelt (Ireland) were hired by the Bureau.

12. Rundquist, Leonard, Collister, Cottle, Kron, 1956

13. Bailey Hall • 1950: School of Education moved into the renovated and air-conditioned Bailey Hall. • Testing service was set up in the basement area known as the pit, which had a penchant for flooding.

14. Bailey Hall, Late 1940’s

15. 1950s Counseling Programs • 1955: programs in counseling psychology and rehabilitation counseling listed • The counseling psychology program leading to a Ph.D. was administered by a joint committee from the Department of Psychology and the Department of Education.

16. APA Accreditation • 1954: Unsuccessful first site visit by APA • 1957: Counseling Psychology program fully accredited, one of the first 5 in the country.

17. Accreditation Lost and Regained • 1969: KU failed to comply with required annual reports and lost accreditation • 1971: KU regains accreditation, the year APA uses as our original accreditation date.

18. 1972: Department of Counseling • 1972: School of Education was formally organized into departments including the Department of Counseling

19. University Counseling Center • The Guidance Bureau was renamed the University Counseling Center with Gordon Collister as its director and Dick Rundquist as department chair. • All of the UCC personnel were also faculty and the Department.

20. 1970s Faculty Additions • Diane McDermott • Sherry Borgers • Jim Lichtenberg • Gary Price • Jim O’Neill • Dick Nelson

21. TK – Circa 1982

22. Circa 1986: Krieshok, Price, Wiggington, Nelson, Thomas, Heck, Borgers, Steward, McNeill, Pelsma, Oehlert, McDermott, Lichtenberg,

23. 1984 Changes • 1984: Department of Counseling became the Department of Counseling Psychology, and the interdepartmental program became fully housed there. • Elimination of Ed.D in Counseling, Ph.D. in Counseling, and Ed.S. in Counseling, leaving just the Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and the M.S. in Counseling, later to become the M.S. in Counseling Psychology that we have today.

24. 1980’sFaculty Comings and goings • Joan Cesari – 1982-1985 • Marie Sheffe – 1982-1983 • Dennis Pelsma – 1983-1989 • Brian McNeil – 1985-1990 • Robbie Steward – 1986-1991

25. Masters Registry and Licensure • Early 1980’s: Kansas developed a registry for masters level counselors • Licensure of counselors became law in 1987

26. 1991: The Birth of CAPS • Counseling and Psychological Services was born when the UCC and the Student Mental Health Center merged. • Eventually moved into the Student Health Center, where it exists today. • Dick Nelson and Art Thomas moved fulltime to CAPS

27. The Move to JRP • In 2000, the School of Education moved from Bailey Hall to the newly renovated Joseph R. Pearson Hall.

28. JRP-era Retirements • Ed Heck • Sherry Borgers • Gary Price • Diane McDermott • Jim Lichtenberg

30. JRP-era Faculty Comings and goings • Shane Lopez • Kristen Koettering (KK) O’Bryne • Patty Bartell • Karen Multon

31. JRP-era Faculty Additions & Current Lineup • Tom Krieshok (1982, before the move to JRP) • Tammy Mikinski 2001 • Barb Kerr 2005 • Kristen Hensley 2008 • Changming Duan 2011 • Heather Rasmussen 2014 • Brian Cole 2015

32. Most Recent Developments • 2015: PhD program fully accredited by APA until 2021 • 2017: MS program fully accredited by MPCAC until 2027 • 2017: Your first enrollment in the KU program

33. 2017 Entering Class