Relevant Experience
Dr. Housker is a parent and cancer survivor. She has been employed as an Assistant Professor, a Part-time instructor, an addictions case manager, and as a counselor in private practice. She is the President of the Georgia Society of Adlerian Psychology and serves on the University of South Dakota’s Counselor Education Advisory Committee, and the Breast Friends Board.

Counseling Style
Dr. Housker’s style is primarily Adlerian. The most central ideas of this theory are based on the belief that we are interdependent, cooperative individuals, that who you are as a person is more important than a diagnosis or problem, and that all behavior has purpose. Adler believed that behavior is determined by the meaning we attribute to life. Therefore, understanding meaning will help in understanding and changing thoughts and behaviors that are counterproductive to doing what is in your best interest. It is a belief that we do not necessarily mature so much as that we develop patterns.

Supervision Style
Dr. Housker is an Approved Clinical Supervisor. She has been trained in providing individual and group supervision which involved one on one supervision of supervision. She has supervised Master’s level counseling students within three university settings, as well as counselors working towards licensure.

Dr. Housker is Adlerian in her supervision combining the Collaborative and Developmental models of supervision in order to meet the needs of the supervisee, creating meaning and use. The Collaborative model invites the supervisee to become a part of the process incorporating respect, support and trust. This model values creativity and insight. The developmental model helps to meet the supervisee where they are and helps them to move from support and collaboration to self-supervision. The reflecting team approach is often utilized within group supervision as it provides opportunities for collaboration.

 

Courses Taught

(USD) University of South Dakota
(CSU) Columbus State University
(GSU) Georgia State University                       

Counseling Skills 1 (CSU) Counseling Skills 2: Advanced Skills (CSU) Human Growth and Development (CSU) Seminar: Community Counseling (CSU) Independent Study (CSU) Counseling Internship, (CSU & GSU)

Counseling Skills 2: Crisis Intervention CSU) Individual Analysis (CSU) Ethics in Family Therapy (CSU) Marriage/Family Systems: Theory and Therapy (CSU) Counseling Practicum (CSU & GSU) Pre Practicum (USD)

             
                             
            
Publications

American Counseling Association - Vistas 2006 Housker, J. E., & Saiz, S. G. (2005). Warning: Mobbing is Legal, Work with Caution. Accepted for online publication.

December 2000

● Dissertation completed: Houston’s Model of Guided Imagery Combined with Music: Strengthening Couples’ Relationships

December 1997
● Thesis completed: Clients’, Counselors’ and Observers’ Perceptions of the Empathy Offered by the Counselor in the Counseling Relationship

Presentations

From Fairytales to Bandaids – Techniques/Interventions I have learned and used. South Carolina Society of Adlerian Psychology; Myrtle Beach, SC. September 2008

How to Discourage Your Child in Ten Easy Steps. South Carolina Society of Adlerian Psychology; Myrtle Beach, SC. September 2008

What I Have Learned and How I Have Used It: Adlerian interventions useful in working with individuals, couples, families and/or groups. North American Society of Adlerian Psychology; Hershey, PA. June 2008

An Adlerian Approach to Ethics. Georgia Society of Adlerian Psychology; Pine Mountain, GA. May 2008

Ice-breaker and 1 hour presentation. CURE Childhood Cancer bereavement weekend; Atlanta, GA. January 2007

Death, Dying and Adler. South Carolina Society of Adlerian Psychology; Myrtle Beach, SC. September 2006

Codependency. Ridgeview Institute; Smyrna, GA. (1.5 hour presentation) September, August, June 2006

Birth Order and Parenting. Georgia Mentor Network; Decatur, GA. (2 hour workshop) July 2006

Family Roles. Ridgeview Institute; Smyrna, GA. (1.5 hour presentation) July 2006

Collaboration/Compassion Fatigue. Georgia Mentor Network; Decatur, GA. (5 hour workshop) June 2006

Parenting Bootcamp. Georgia Mentor Network; Decatur, GA. (2 hour workshop) June 2006

Acting Ethically. Cobb Galleria; Atlanta, GA. (5 hour presentation) May 2006

Warning: Mobbing is Legal, Work with Caution. Co-presented at American Counseling Association Conference; Montreal Canada. April 2006

Guided Imagery Combined with Music to decrease stress and increase a sense of well-being. LIVING w/Chronic Illness, Lesbian Health Initiative; Atlanta, GA. (1 ½ hour workshop) November 2005

Stress management. Columbus State University; Columbus, GA. (1 hour workshop) January 2003 & August 2002

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Marriage and Family Therapy but Were

Afraid to Ask: Essentials, Techniques, and Process. Columbus, GA. December 2001

EQUANIMITY Building Cooperation: Achieving Calmness of Mind. South Dakota Counseling Association 1998 conference; Aberdeen, SD. April 1998

　

Certifications and Licensure

NCC Nationally Certified Counselor
ACS Approved Clinical Supervisor
LPC Licensed Professional Counselor (Georgia)

Professional Organizations

NBCC National Board of Certified Counselors
ACA American Counseling Association
NASAP North American Society of Adlerian Psychology
GASAP Georgia Society of Adlerian Psychology (PRESIDENT)
ACES Association for Counselor Education and Supervision

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