Communications

Professor

College of Education and Social Work - Counselor Education

Bio

Dr. Eric Owens is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Nationally Certified Counselor, an Approved Clinical Supervisor, and is certified as a Secondary School Counselor by the PA Department of Education. He has presented regionally, nationally, and internationally on issues related to trauma, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and solution-focused approaches to trauma treatment. His most recent scholarly activity has focused on training future counselors to approach their work from a positivist, solution-focused approach as well as the impact of technology on counseling and adolescent development. He has also finished a book on crisis and trauma counseling and has authored book chapters on campus and workplace violence and multiculturalism in career counseling. He has worked as a counselor in private practice, collegiate, and secondary school settings.

Expertise

• Trauma Counseling and Crisis Intervention
• Mental Health
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health
• Technology and Mental Health
• School Counseling
• School Funding

Education

• B.A., University of Pittsburgh
• M.A., Indiana University of PA
• Ph.D., Duquesne University

Media

Therapists answer the millennial question, Psychotherapy Networker, 2017.
These therapists specialize in the unique mental problems of millennials, MarketWatch, 2016.
Utah declared pornography a “health crisis.” Utah is wrong, The Huffington Post, 2016.
Does porn hurt children? The New York Times, 2014.
Adolescent use of Internet pornography, The Michelangelo Signorile Show, Sirius-XM Satellite Radio Channel 127, 2014.
Adolescent use of Internet pornography, The Mike Cohen Show, WILS 1320 AM, 2014.
Sandy Hook school shooting, Crime Talk, WCHE 1520 AM, 2012.