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Perry C. Francis, Ed.D., LPC, NCC Professor of Counseling Coordinator for Counseling Services College of Education Clinical Suite Eastern Michigan University |
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The Truly Educated Never Graduate |
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Dr. Perry C. Francis graduated from the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) in 1997 with a doctoral degree in Counselor Education. He taught in Louisiana at Northwestern State University of Louisiana and in Texas at Texas A&M-Commerce before coming to Eastern Michigan University (EMU) in 2005. He also worked for a limited time at UNC as a senior staff psychologist in the Counseling Center. Before moving into counselor education, Dr. Francis was the Lutheran Campus Pastor at UNC for 5 years and a parish pastor for 9 years. He has done post-doctoral work as a school counselor in an elementary setting. Dr. Francis is a licensed professional counselor in the states of Michigan, Louisiana, and Texas. He is also an approved supervisor for LLPC.
Dr. Francis is a professor of counseling in the Department of Leadership & Counseling and currently serves as the coordinator of counseling services in the College of Education Clinical Suite - Counseling Clinic at EMU. The Counseling Clinic is a training center for advanced masters students in the counseling program in the Department of Leadership & Counseling. The Counseling Clinic serves the EMU community (students, staff, & faculty) as well as the greater Washtenaw County area as a provider of short term mental health counseling, career, academic, and limited career/psychological assessment services.
He has a background in college counseling and ethical issues in counseling. He has done work in the area of clergy sexual misconduct within the church, suicide assessment and intervention from a solution focused perspective, and professional issues within college counseling, suicide risk assessment and management, and counselor education. He is a frequent speaker on ethics in the counseling profession, particularly in college counseling, and issues dealing with suicide.
Dr. Francis is an authorized trainer/presenter for the Suicide Prevention Resource Center’s Training Institute & American Association of Suicidology materials on Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk: Core Competencies for Mental Health Professionals. The workshop focuses on competencies that are core to assessing and managing suicide risk. The SPRC Training Institute has one-day workshops for mental health professionals and employee assistance professionals.
He is a certified trainer of aggression managers through the Center for Aggression Management. Aggression Managers learn to identify aggressive behavior, foresee the possibility of conflict, engage and prevent aggression, before it becomes an incident. He is a frequent speaker at colleges and universities as well as training sites across the country.
He is actively involved in the American Counseling Association and the American College Counseling Association and has served on various ACA & ACCA committees and leadership positions. He is also a member of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.
Dr. Francis likes to think of teaching, counseling, and working in this way:
"Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them - work, family, health, friends, and spirit - and you're keeping all of these in the air at the same time. You will soon understand that work is a RUBBER ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - family, health, friends, and spirit- are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life."
—From the book "Suzanne's Diary to Nicholas" by James Patterson |
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Clinic Office: Eastern Michigan University College of Education Clinical Suite Porter Building, Suite 135 Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Office: 734.487.4410 Fax: 734.487.0028
E-mail: pfrancis@emich.edu |
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Faculty Office: Eastern Michigan University Dept of Leadership & Counseling Porter Building, Suite 304 Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Office: 734.487.7120 x2695 Fax: 734.487.4608 |