Lisa R. Jackson-Cherry, Ph.D., LCPC, ACS, NCC is Professor and School Director for the Department of Counseling at Marymount University. She has been a counselor educator for 28 years; 25 years at Marymount University. She received her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision, Ed.S. in Counseling, and Master of Criminal Justice from the University of South Carolina; Her B.A./B.A/ degrees in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Notre Dame of Maryland.
She is a Fellow with the American Counseling Association (ACA) and served two terms on ACA Governing Council. She is the past- President of ASERVIC, Legislative Representative for the LCPC-M (Maryland), and appointed as Board member of the Professional Counselors and Therapists in Maryland, serving 4 years as Board Chair and Interim Executive Director. She is the recipient of the ACA Carl Perkins Government Award; Leadership, Meritorious, and Lifetime Service Awards from ASERVIC and European Brach of ACA, and Lifetime Service Award from the Military and Government in Counseling for her work with First Responders.
She is the current Primary Investigator and Project Manager of the $1.2M HRSA BHWET Grant (2021-2025) funded to the School of Counseling aimed to increase clinical mental health counselors serving medically underserved populations and settings. She has taken students for the past 13 years on short term global classes to Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, Greece, Italy, and Poland to study comparative mental health issues and interdisciplinary approaches to mental health. Her research has focused on ethical and legal issues in counseling and supervision, mental health with military and first responders, risk assessment, and religious and spiritual integration into counseling. She was in private practice in Maryland until 2022, where she worked with medically underserved populations in a rural area. Her clinical work focused on complex trauma, anxiety, and depression. She served for many years as a lead counselor with COPS Kids (Concerns of Police Survivors) during National Law Enforcement Officers Week, providing group counseling to children who experienced the death of a law enforcement officer-parent in the line of duty. Prior to her faculty appointment in 2000, her clinical experiences consisted of clinical director for mobile crisis team in Baltimore City, behavioral specialist and conflict resolution coordinator/counselor in various public and residential high schools, group co-facilitator for a women’s maximum-security correctional facility, police department youth counseling, and crisis intervention training facilitator for law enforcement basic trainees and hostage negotiators. She has written numerous articles and has participated extensively at state, national, and international conferences over the past 28 years. She is the co-author of the text Crisis Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention (4th edition) and co-author of Practicum and Internship: A handbook for competent clinical practices.
Teaching Areas
Crisis Assessment and Intervention, Clinical Supervision/Internship, Pastoral Integration, Global Approaches in Mental Health Counseling)
Research Interests
Risk Assessment; Military Service Members, First Responders and Families, Spiritual and Religious Issues in Counseling
Publications
Jackson-Cherry, L. & Erford, B. (2023). Crisis Prevention and Intervention (4th edition). Columbus, OH: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall.
Jackson-Cherry, L. & Sterner, W. & (2022). Practicum and Internship: A handbook for competent counseling practices. Columbus, OH: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:
Jackson-Cherry, L.R., Sterner, W.R., Band, M., & Walker-Shelton, L., (2017). The Influence of Spirituality and Religion on Coping during Combat-Deployment: A Qualitative Study Examining Separation and Reintegration. Journal of Military and Government Counseling, 5(2), 150-170.
Sterner, W. R., Jackson-Cherry, L. R., & Doll, J. F. (2015). Faculty and student perceptions of incivility behaviors in the counselor education classroom. Journal of Counselor Practice, 6(2), 94-114.
Sterner, W. & Jackson-Cherry (2015). The Influence of Spirituality and Religion on Coping for Combat-Deployed military personnel. Journal of Counseling and Values, 60 (1), 48-66.
Hayden, S.C.W., Jackson-Cherry, L., & Sterner, W. (2015). Integrated treatment of mental health and spiritual concerns of deployed military. Journal of Military and Government Counseling, 2(3), 168-182.
Peer Reviewed Presentations (most recent):
Jackson-Cherry, L., & Chalk, S. C. (accepted 2025, July 11-13). Going Global: The Use of Study Abroad Programs in Counselor Education. International Association for Counseling Conference, St. Julians, Malta.
Jackson-Cherry, L. & Frothingham, B. (2024). Stressors and trauma experienced by military and first responders: Best practices for effective interventions. Mediterranean Region Counselors Association (MR-CA) Annual Conference, Annual Conference, Wiesloch, Germany 14 March 2024
Jackson-Cherry, L. (2023). Building the bridge to mental health: Marymount C-Sharp fellow serving underrepresented populations. Mediterranean Region Counselors Association (MR-CA) Annual Conference. Wiesloch, Germany 14 March 2024.
Jackson-Cherry, L., Perron, Nathan, Noah, B. (2023). Best Practices in Counseling First Responders Populations. 2023 American Counseling Association Annual Conference, Toronto Canada, March 31, 2023.
Jackson-Cherry, L. (2023). Stressors of first responders and best practices in counseling first responder populations. Mediterranean Region Counselors Association Conference, Budapest, Hungary, March 9, 2022. […]
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