Dr. Gregory Elliott

Education:
Ph.D., Adams State University
M.A., University of Texas - San Antonio
B.A., William Jewell College

719-480-0330
gregory.elliott@nwciowa.edu

Dr. Elliott is a licensed mental health counselor in the state of Iowa and a licensed professional counselor in the state of Colorado. He has extensive teaching and clinical practice experience. He previously taught at Colorado Christian University and Adams State University.

Dr. Elliott's clinical experiences include directing a university counseling center, working in a partial hospitalization program for severely mentally ill adults, working in an inpatient hospital setting with adults and adolescents, and working with at-risk youth and families. His clinical specialization has been in working with suicidal clients. He also maintains a small clinical supervision practice for counselors working to obtain their supervised hours for licensure. Dr. Elliott's research interests include the content and pedagogy of how counselor education programs prepare students to work with suicidal clients, and best practices in and the efficacy of online programs in counselor education. He is a former Emerging Leaders Award recipient from the Rocky Mountain Association for Counselor Education and Supervision and he is a member of the American Counseling Association, the American Association of Suicidology, Chi Sigma Iota, and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.

He has presented at numerous national, regional, and state conferences on topics related to clinical supervision, and suicide prevention, intervention, and treatment. He was the 2020 - 2021 president of the Colorado Counseling Association, and he is the 2022 - 2023 chair-elect of the American Counseling Association Western Region.

Dr. Elliott earned his Doctorate of Philosophy in Counselor Education & Supervision from Adams State University, a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Texas - San Antonio, and a Bachelor of Arts degrees in Communication and Sociology from William Jewell College.

+Publications and presentationsPublications Binkley, E. E., & Elliott, G. M. (2021). Best practices in suicide pedagogy: A quantitative content analysis. Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.7290/tsc030101 Elliott, G. M., & Henninger, J. (2020). Online teaching and self-efficacy to work with suicidal clients. Counselor Education & Supervision, 59(4), 283-296. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12189 Elliott, A., Bohecker, L., Elliott, G. M., Townsend, B. J., Johnson, V., Lopez, A., Roach, K., & Horn, L. (2019). Interstate licensure portability: Logistics and barriers for professional counselors. The Professional Counselor, 9(3), 252-266. https://doi.org/10.15241/ae.9.3.252 Elliott, G. M., Audsley, R., Runck, L., Pechek, A., de Raet, A., Valdez, A., & Wilde, B. (2018). The development of self-efficacy to work with suicidal clients. The Qualitative Report, 23(12), 3004-3018. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol23/iss12/9/ Abrams, C., de Raet, A., McCulloch, D., Elliott, G. M., & Meder, C. (2017). The impact of program modality on Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Exam subscale scores. Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 10(1). https://repository.wcsu.edu/jcps/vol10/iss1/5 Elliott, G. M. & Reese, C. (2014). Behavioral intervention teams and end-of-semester reporting. Journal of Campus Behavioral Intervention (J-BIT), 2, 19-28. Elliott, G. M. (2013). Reciprocal communication between counseling centers and BITs on suicidal students. Journal of Campus Behavioral Intervention (J-BIT), 1, 40-55. Guerra, N. S., & Elliott, G. M. (1997). Cognitive roles in the mediation process: Development of the Mediation Instrument for Cognitive Roles Assessment (MICRA). Mediation Quarterly, 14(2), 1-17. Guerra, N. S., & Elliott, G. M. (1996). Ombudsing in an educational institution: Use of implicit and explicit power. Journal of the California Caucus of College & University Ombudsmen, 1-11. Recent presentations Tomlin, L., Elliott, G., Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sallee, E. (2022, November). Suicide intervention with counselors-in-training: A panel of pedagogical proportions. North Atlantic Region Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NARACES); Pittsburgh, PA. Palacios, A., & Elliott, G. (2022, October). An existential phenomenological framework for working with suicide in counselor supervision. Rocky Mountain Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (RMACES); Coeur d'Alene, ID. Elliott, G. (2022, September). Comparing three tools for suicide risk assessment. Colorado Counseling Association (CCA) Professional Conference; Copper Mountain, CO. Elliott, G. (2022, September). Working with meaning and purpose from an existential perspective. Colorado Counseling Association (CCA) Professional Conference; Copper Mountain, CO. Meyer, M., Elliott, G., and Wiggins, E. (2022, September). Through their eyes: Perception of grief and loss from an adult adoptee perspective. Colorado Counseling Association (CCA) Professional Conference; Copper Mountain, CO. Elliott, G., & Henninger, J. (2022, August). 988 suicide and crisis lifeline: Counseling educators and counseling students. [Video]. American Counseling Association. Cureton, J., Adams, C., Palacios, A., Musko, A., Elliott, G., & Binkley, E. (2021, October). Perspectives on suicide training: Ideas for improving self-awareness and conceptualization for connective counseling and teaching. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) National Conference; Atlanta, GA. Leahey, L. & Elliott, G. (2021, May). Examining Existential: A review of the growing evidence base for the Existential approach. Colorado Counseling Association (CCA) Conference; Online. Vanderloo, J. & Elliott, G. (2021, May). Body ready: How incorporating yoga into counseling can aid in client healing. Colorado Counseling Association (CCA) Conference; Online. Elliott, G., & Tomlin, L. (2021, March). Post-assessment treatment of suicidality: What counselors need to know. American Counseling Association (ACA) National Conference; Online, with live chat. Jarvie, S., Hash, E., Elliott, G., & Park, J. (2021, March). Best practices in online education: 5 do's and don'ts to enhance student learning. American Counseling Association (ACA) National Conference; Online, with live chat. Elliott, G. & Mendoza, K. (2020, October). Prevention and intervention at the crossroads of youth trauma and suicide ideation. Rocky Mountain Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (RMACES); Online. Pechek, A., Wiggins, L., & Elliott, G. (2020, October). Best practices and recent research in online engagement. Rocky Mountain Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (RMACES); Online. Elliott, G., Knight, A., & Sellar, D. (2019, August). Basic training: Suicide prevention and intervention. American Association of Service Coordinators (AASC) National Conference; Aurora, CO.

+Memberships2006 – present: American Counseling Association (ACA) 2006 – present: Association for Counselor Education & Supervision (ACES) 2006 – present: Rocky Mountain Association for Counselor Education & Supervision (RMACES) 2015 – present: American Association of Suicidology (AAS) 2015 – present: Colorado Counseling Association (CCA) 2015 – present: Chi Sigma Iota (Alpha Sigma Chi chapter) 2022 – present: Iowa Mental Health Counselors Association (IMHCA)

+Honors05/2021: Colorado Christian University School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SSBS) Outstanding Faculty Award Winner. 2016 – 2017: Rocky Mountain Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (RMACES) Emerging Leader Award. 2014 – 2016: Colorado Health Foundation Rural Healthcare Provider Scholarship Winner. 2014 – 2014: Colorado State Suicide Prevention Community Grant. $5000. 2011 – 2014: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association (SAMHSA); Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant. $225,000. 2007 – 2007: Adams State University Title V Grant. $5000.