Assistant Professor
School of Counseling
Stephanie Chalk, PhD, LPC, NCC is the Associate Director of the School of Counseling and Assistant Professor. She has worked in behavioral health for 15 years, and has been at faculty member at Marymount since 2020. She holds a PhD in Counseling and Supervision from James Madison University, a post-graduate certificate in Neuroscience and Trauma from Tabor College, an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from James Madison University, and a Professional Certificate in Strategic Management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Chalk currently serves as Co-chair of the Neuroscience Task Force and Chair of the Continuing Education Committee at the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA). She is the Past-President of the Mediterranean Region Counselors Association (MR-CA) and past-Chair of the Graduate Student Committee of the Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC). She is the recipient of the 2024 Excellence in Early Career Award at Marymount University, the 2023 Distinguished MR-CA Member Award from the Mediterranean Region Counselors Association, and the 2020 Outstanding Teaching Award from James Madison University. She also won multiple awards during her graduate studies for leadership, scholarship, and clinical work in the mental health field.
Dr. Chalk has research experience in the fields of counseling, neuroscience, and human factors spanning over 15 years. Her current research in counseling has focused on posttraumatic growth, race-based trauma, multiculturalism, ethics in clinical practice, and innovative practices in counselor education. She is the founder and owner of Two Rivers Psychotherapy and Consulting, a private practice in Virginia that provides individual and family counseling, clinical supervision for residents working towards LPC or LMFT licensure, and continuing education workshops both nationally and internationally. In addition to outpatient private practice, her other clinical experiences include therapeutic school settings, intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization, and low-income/community mental health. She has authored peer-reviewed journal articles and proceedings, multiple newsletter articles, and has presented research at multiple local, national, and international conferences.
Teaching Areas
Mental Health Treatment of Trauma and Violence, Neuropsychology, Advanced Psychopathology, Theories and Techniques of Family Counseling, Counseling Children and Adolescents, Clinical Internship, Group Counseling
Research Interests
Trauma, posttraumatic growth, ethics, multiculturalism, international and comparative mental health, innovative practices
Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
Evans, A.M., Chalk, S. C., Green, D., Hornsby, T., Ramsay-Seaner, K., & Haskins, R.
(2024). Cyberbullying as a method of discrimination among people of color: A mixed methods study. Wisconsin Counseling Journal, 37, 26-46.
Chalk, S. C. (2021). Disability rights: A forgotten social justice issue. ARCHER-
American Romanian Coalition for Human and Equal Rights.
Sturm, D., & Chalk, S. C. (2020). Gardening Prescriptions. In Trivett, J. (Ed.) Sustainability
in Prisons. Evergreen State College: Olympia, WA.
Recent Peer-Reviewed Presentations
Chalk, S. C., Jackson-Cherry, L., Riggs Dermody, A., Dillman, Q., Coogan, E., & Blenman, A.
(2024, October 31-November 2). Training mental health counseling interns to serve
medically-underserved populations: A qualitative analysis of clinical and interdisciplinary experiences [Poster presentation]. Psych Congress, Boston, Massachusetts.
Chalk, S. C., Jackson-Cherry, L., Wilhoite, S., Rodriguez, P., & Brown, L. (2024, June 9-12).
Training Counseling Students to Serve Medically-Underserved Populations: A
Qualitative Analysis of Student Experiences [Poster presentation. American Mental Health Counselors Association, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Chalk, S. C. (2024, March 10). A Generation in Crisis: Ethical Considerations for Counseling
Older Adults [Conference presentation]. Mediterranean Region Counselors Association, Heidelberg, Germany.
Chalk, S. C. (2024, March 10). Empowering Vulnerable Clients: Ethical considerations for
counseling youth and clients with disabilities [Conference presentation]. Mediterranean
Region Counselors Association, Heidelberg, Germany.
Chalk, S. C. (2023, June). Nature Prescriptions: Using Nature in Therapeutic Practice
[Conference presentation]. 2023 Association for Humanistic Counseling, Denver,
Colorado.
Chalk, S. C. (2023, June). The Phoenix Hope: Research on Coping and Posttraumatic Growth
During COVID-19. [Conference presentation]. 2023 Association for Humanistic
Counseling, Denver, Colorado.
Chalk, S. C. (2023, March). A Generation in Crisis: Ethical Considerations for Counseling
Older Adults. [Conference presentation]. 2023 Mediterranean Region Counselors
Association Conference, Budapest, Hungary.
Chalk, S. C. (2023, March). Stopping Asian Hate: A Quantitative Analysis on Trauma, Coping,
and Posttraumatic Growth Amongst Asian-Americans [Conference presentation]. 2023
Mediterranean Region Counselors Association Conference, Budapest, Hungary.
Chalk, S. C. (2022). Counseling considerations for COVID-19 related race-based
trauma in Asian-Americans. [Conference presentation]. 2022 Association for Humanistic
Counseling Conference, Nashville, TN, United States.
Chalk, S. C. (2022). Facilitating posttraumatic growth and coping during COVID-19.
[Conference presentation]. 2022 Association for Humanistic Counseling
Conference, Nashville, TN, United States.
Chalk, S. C., Rachuba, A., Vigilis, A., Milligan, L., & Cano, M. (2022, March). Race-based
trauma and posttraumatic growth in Asian-Americans during COVID-19. [Conference presentation]. 2022 Mediterranean Region Counselors Association Hybrid Conference, Naples, Italy.
Chalk, S. C. (2022, March). Posttraumatic growth during COVID-19: A quantitative analysis
of individualist and collectivist values. [Conference presentation]. 2022
Mediterranean Region Counselors Association Hybrid Conference, Naples, Italy.
Jackson-Cherry, L., Chalk, S. C., Costlow, R., Pak, H. J., Allen, M., Dausman, K.,
Pettaway, K., & Lara, Y. (2022, March). HRSA C-SHARP fellows. [Conference
presentation]. 2022 Mediterranean Region Counselors Association Hybrid
Conference, Naples, Italy.
Chalk, S. C. (2022, March). Ethical considerations for trauma-informed care with diverse
populations. [Conference presentation]. 2022 Mediterranean Region Counselors Association Hybrid Conference, Naples, Italy.
Evans, A. M., Chalks, S. C., & Walker, U. (2021). Race based trauma and
cyberbullying: A qualitative analysis [Conference presentation]. Presentation at the 2021 American Counseling Association Virtual Conference Experience, Online.
