Ecological counseling is a practice being developed at the University of Cincinnati Counseling Program . Our doctoral program is premised on this approach and our Master's programs in School and Mental Health Counseling are being infused with aspects of ecological counseling.

Director :  Robert Conyne, Professor Emeritus, Counseling

Associate Director :  Thomas Hadley, Student Affairs

Assistant Director :  Mei Tang, Counseling

Members :

Robert Conyne

Mary Brydon-Miller (Educational Foundations)

Ellen Cook

Keith King (Health Promotion and Education)

Mark Newmeyer

Mei Tang

F. Robert Wilson

Geoffrey Yager

Lynn Rapin

Albert Watson

College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services

University of Cincinnati Counseling Program

Advisory Panel :

Jeanne Bell,  Inner City Youth Opportunities

Lionel Brown, Education Administration, East End Heritage School

Kevin Corcoran, Dean of Arts & Sciences, NKU

Ellen Cook, Counseling

Ellen Lynch, CAS (Problem-Based Learning)

Amy Newmeyer, Childrens Hospital

Lynn Rapin, Private practice

Nelson Vincent, CECH

F.R. Wilson, Counseling

Affiliate Members :

James Banning, Colorado State University

Molly Brown

Fred Bemak, George Mason University

Allen Ivey, University of Massachusetts

Will Barratt, Indiana State University

As the Center has evolved, we are developing a focus:

“A STRENGTHS-BASED, ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO HUMAN PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING IN URBAN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY AIMED AT THE CITY OF CINCINNATI .”

Our “ Healthy Schools and Families” grant in the Cincinnati Public Schools District middle schools of Oyler, Central Fairmount , and Whittier exemplifies this focus, as does our collaborative conference in which Dr. Laurie Smith from Teachers College-Columbia University, provided a major address in May, 2006 on working with people who are poor.

For a useful exposition of one source that provides direction for our efforts, see:

Report of the Task Force on Urban Psychology, “Toward an Urban Psychology: Research, Action, and Policy.” You can access this report in its entirety from the home page of the Public Interest Directorate of the American Psychological Association.

Click here to view the "Report of the APA Task Force on Urban Psychology".