COE Faculty Profile

Therese Cristiani, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
Division of Counseling & Family Therapy

Email: cristiani@umsl.edu
Office: 464 Marillac Hall
Phone: 314-516-6083

EDUCATION

Professor Cristiani received a B.A. in psychology from Southwestern University at Georgetown (1970); the M.S. from Indiana University in counselor education (1973); and the Ed.D. from Indiana University in counselor education (1974).  She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors (ACES).  She is listed in Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in the Midwest, and the National Registry for Distinguished Service in Counseling.

RESEARCH AND TEACHING

My interests are in the following areas:  female development and more specifically adolescent girls; second stage of life issues; supervision and screening processes in counselor education. As a result of my interest in the issues facing adolescent girls, I designed and was Executive Director of The Empowering Young Women Conference for 15 years.  The conference has impacted the lives of thousands of young women in the St. Louis metro area, and has served as a networking organization for school counselors training them to effectively address the needs of the adolescent girls they serve.

In the fall of '06, I stepped down from chairing the Division after 8 years.  During my tenure as chair, the division became nationally accredited by CACREP; we secured nationally and internationally recognized faculty and elevated the program to a nationally recognized counselor education program.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

• George, R. & Cristiani, T. (1995). Counseling:  Theory and Practice. Allyn & Bacon.  This introductory counseling text has been in print for 27 years and has been widely used in counselor education programs both nationally and abroad.
• LaBarge, E., Rosenman, L., Leavitt, K. & Cristiani, T. (1988). Counseling clients with mild senile dementia of the Alzeheimer's Type: A pilot study. Journal of Neurological Rehabilitation.