Andy Carey, Ph.D., NCC

Assistant Professor
Department of Counseling and College Student Personnel
Shippensburg University
1871 Old Main Drive
Shippensburg, PA  17257
Email: alcare@ship.edu
Phone: (717) 477-1650
Office: 111 Shippen Hall

Philosophy of Counseling and Teaching:

My philosophy of counseling and teaching is really one and the same. I believe that true learning must be experiential in some way. Because people invariably use defenses throughout life, mere information generally fails to penetrate into a person's inner being. In both teaching and counseling, receiving information alone typically leaves students and clients with only intellectual or "head knowledge," more frustrated about their inability to apply what they "know". With their defenses still in place, a gap between their head knowledge and life experience remains.

True learning, in contrast, must be experiential in some way, and must be in safety to cut through the defenses. Rather than students or clients blindly accepting information from a perceived or "supposed" authority, true learning is about safely encountering life and experience more fully for self. For instance, once life principles surface in connection to any issues or topics at hand, students and clients should empirically examine and test those principles against life themselves. In safely observing and contacting life experience for themselves, students can witness first-hand these principles. It is no longer head knowledge with defenses still in place, but first-hand or true learning

Areas of Expertise:

I consider myself a generalist because of my experiences in university counseling centers, community agencies, the public schools, a correctional institution, and private practice. However, areas that I tend to deal with most frequently are abuse, spiritual, and relationship issues.

Vita

ACADEMIC DEGREES

Ph.D. Counselor Education
University of Virginia (August 1988)

M.S. College Counseling
Shippensburg State College (May 1982)

B.S. Health & Physical Education
Lock Haven State College (May 1978)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1997-present  Department of Counseling., Shippensburg University
1995-1996  Assistant Professor, Morehead State University
1991-1995  Assistant Professor, Marywood College
1988-1991  Assistant Professor, Pacific Lutheran University
1987-1988  Graduate Instructor, Univ. of Virginia

FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE LOAD

Spring, 2006
CNS 512 Grp Cns Ldrshp Skls    
CNS 573 Theories Of Counseling
CNS 585/586 School Practicum in Counseling


CURRENT PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

American Counseling Association (ACA)
Pennsylvania Counseling Association (PCA)
Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors (ACES)
Pennslyvania Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (PACES)
Pennsylvania School Counseling Association (PSCA)
North Atlantic Regional Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NARACES)
Association for Spiritual, Ethical, & Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC)

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
 
Director of School Counseling Team
Chair of Department Admissions

PUBLICATIONS

• Carey, A. & Eschbach, L. (2004). Co-editors. The Journal of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association,
  6, (1).
  
• Carey, A. & Eschbach, L. (2004). Co-editors. The Journal of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association,
  5, (1).
  
• Brooks, C. & Carey, A. (2000). Co-editors. The Journal of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association,
  3, (1).
  
• Brooks, C. & Carey, A. (2000). Co-editors. The Journal of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association,
  3, (2).
  
• Brooks, C. & Carey, A. (2000). Co-editors. The Journal of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association,
  4, (2).
  
• Carey, A. & Brooks, C. (2000). The Strength of Diversity. The Journal of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association, 3, (1).
  
• Carey, A. (2000). Emotional and spiritual empowerment: Expression of true experience. Counseling in the 21st Century: The International Counseling Conference Proceedings.
  
• Brooks, C. & Carey, A. (2000). Co-editors. The Journal of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association,
  2, (2).
  
• Brooks, C. & Carey, A. (1999). Co-editors. The Journal of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association,
  2, (1).
  
• Brooks, C. & Carey, A. (1999). Co-editors. The Journal of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association,
  1, (1).
  
• Carey, A. (1997). Survivor revictimization: Object relations dynamics and treatment implications. Journal of Counseling and Development, 75, 357-383.
  
• Staley, W. & Carey, A. (1997). The role of the school counselor in facilitating a quality 21st century workforce. The School Counselor, 44, 377-383.
  
• Lemoncelli, J. & Carey, A. (1996). The psychospiritual dynamics of adult survivors of abuse. Counseling and Values, 40, 175-184.
  
• Carey, A. (1995). Pain that represses reality profits little: When clients are stuck in their pain. VOICES: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy, 31, 30-33.