Academic Credentials

B.A., M.Ed., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ed.D., Virginia Tech
Other study: Western Carolina University

Biography

Dr. Davis started her career with Marymount as an adjunct in 1998. Before coming to Marymount full-time in 1999, Dr. Davis was an elementary and high school counselor for nine years in Manassas, Virginia. Her professional positions have included being Past President of the Virginia Association for Counselor Education & Supervision and of the Virginia School Counselor Association. She was on the Board of Directors of the American School Counselor Association (2010-2013) and served on the Virginia School Counselor Association Board for 20 years. Dr. Davis has presented over 150 workshops locally, regionally, and nationally on topics  including developing resilience and positive thinking in students.

Her publications include books and articles in school counseling as well as book chapters on counseling suicidal children, group counseling in schools, and counseling students at risk of dropping out of school. She was named the 2007 Counselor Educator of the Year by the American School Counselor Association. Each Fall,  the Tamara E. Davis Outstanding School Counseling Graduate Student Award (named in her honor for her service to school counselors in Virginia) is presented to a school counseling graduate student in a Virginia university.  She teaches courses  in the school and clinical mental health graduate programs, although her current passion is Positive Psychology and how it can be used successfully in counseling. Dr. Davis is an active member of the Northern Virginia School Counseling Leadership Team and provides supervision training for school counselors in the DMV. She resides in Manassas with her husband, Ken, and their Siberian Husky, Phoenix.

Teaching Area

• Theories of Counseling
• Foundations, Ethics, and Professional Issues in School Counseling
• Practicum in School Counseling
• Positive Psychology in Counseling

Research Interests

• Resilience in children and adolescence
• Resilient parenting
• Strengths-based counseling
• School counselor preparation and training
• Theories of counseling
• Perfectionism in students

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Academic Credentials

Ph.D., LCPC, ACS, NCC, NCSC, PCE

Bio

Lisa R. Jackson-Cherry is Professor and School Director for the Department of Counseling at Marymount University. She has been a counselor educator for 23 years; 20 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.

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.

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 is in private practice in Maryland, where she works with recipients of medical assistance focusing on 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 20 years. She is the co-editor of the text Crisis Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention (3rd edition) and co-author of Practicum and Internship: A handbook for competent clinical practices (in print for April 2021).

Teaching Areas

Crisis Assessment and Intervention, Clinical Supervision/Internship, Pastoral Integration, Global Approaches in Mental Health Counseling)

Research Interests

Risk Assessment, First Responders and Military, Spiritual and Religious Issues in Counseling

Publications

• Jackson-Cherry, L. & Sterner, W. & (in press for release for April 1, 2021). Practicum and Internship: A handbook for competent counseling practices. Columbus, OH: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall.
• Jackson-Cherry, L. & Erford, B. (Eds.), (May 2018). Crisis Prevention and Intervention (3rd edition). 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.
  • Jackson-Cherry, L. (March 2009). The importance of counselor awareness and training in the death notification process: A new role for professional counselors. The American Counseling Association Digest. Alexandra, Va.: American Counseling Association 

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