About
| Director of Counseling and Testing Center Western Kentucky University 1906 College Heights Blvd. #11024 Bowling Green, KY 42101-11024 WKU Phone: (270) 745-3159 WKU Email: brian.vanbrunt@wku.edu Personal Phone: (603) 491-3215 Personal Email: brian@vanbrunts.com |
Gordon College, BA Salem State University, MS University of Sarasota/Argosy, Ed.D. Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), KY #925 National Certified Forensic Counselor (CFC), #F19951 |
Brian is available to give presentations, trainings and lectures on:
• Campus Threat Management, Mandated Assessment, Mandated Educational Programming
• Aggression Management for Higher Education
• Program Evaluation and Assessment
• College Mental Health, Suicide Identification and Management
• Managing Classroom Disruptions and Difficult Students
• Motivating and Encouraging Non-Traditional Students
• Alcohol Education Programs, Motivational Interviewing and Change Theory
• Compassion Fatigue and Staff Burnout
• Resident Advisor / Director Training
Dr. Van Brunt has worked in the counseling field for over fifteen years. He served as Director of Counseling at New England College from 2001-2007 and currently serves as Director of Counseling and Testing at Western Kentucky University. His counseling style draws from a variety of approaches, though primarily from the humanistic/person-centered style of treatment with its emphasis on warmth, compassion, empathy, unconditional positive regard, individual choice and personal responsibility. He is a certified QPR suicide prevention trainer and trained in BASICS alcohol intervention. Brian is also a senior trainer in John Byrne’s Aggression Management program.
Brian was the president of the American College Counseling Association in 2010-2011. He has presented nationally on counseling ethics, mandated counseling, and testing and assessment for the American College Counseling Association (ACCA), Association of College and University Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD), American College Personnel Association (ACPA), Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA) and the National Association of Forensic Counselors (NAFC). He serves on the advisory boards for the National Behavorial Intervention Team Association (NaBITA) and School and College Organization for Prevention Educators (SCOPE). He has taught graduate classes in counseling theory, ethics, testing and assessment and program evaluation. He has taught undergraduate classes in adjustment and personal growth, deviance and counseling theory.
