About our authors
Lisa R. Jackson-Cherry, PhD, LCPC, NCC, ACS, NCSC, PCE, is Professor and Director of the School of Counseling at Marymount University. She received her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision, Ed.S. in Counseling, and a Master's of Criminal Justice from the University of South Carolina. She is a Fellow with the American Counseling Association (ACA) and served 2 terms on the ACA Governing Council. She is the past-President of ASERVIC, Legislative Representative for the LCPC-M (Maryland) and was appointed as a Board Member of the Professional Counselors and Therapists in Maryland, serving 4 years as Board Chair and Interim Executive Director. She is the recipient of the ACA Carl Perkins Government Award; the Leadership Award from the EB-ACA; and the Lifetime Service Awards from ASERVIC and MGCA (First Responders). Her research has focused on ethical and legal issues in counseling and supervision, mental health in military service members and first responders, risk assessment and religious and spiritual integration. She is in private practice in Maryland, working with children and adults focusing on anxiety and depression. She served for many years as lead counselor with COPS Kids (Concerns of Police Survivors) during National Law Enforcement Officers Week, providing group counseling to children who experienced the death of a law enforcement officer-parent in the line of duty. Prior to her faculty appointment in 2000, her clinical roles consisted of clinical director for a mobile crisis team in Baltimore City, behavioral specialist and conflict resolution coordinator/counselor in various schools, group co-facilitator for a women's maximum security correctional facility, counselor for police department youth and crisis intervention training facilitator for law enforcement basic trainees and hostage negotiators. She has written numerous articles, is the coeditor of the text Crisis Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention (3rd edition), and has presented extensively at state, national and international conferences over the past 20 years. She is a member of the American Mental Health Counselors Association.
Dr. William R. Sterner, an Associate Professor of Counseling at Marymount University in Arlington, VA, has over 10 years of experience as a counselor educator at the master's and doctoral level. He received a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision (2007) and a M.Ed. in Rehabilitation Counselor Education (1994) from The Pennsylvania State University. He is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Approved Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor Supervisor in Maryland and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Other certifications awarded include Approved Clinical Supervisor and National Certified Counselor. Regarding his clinical experience, he has over 20 years of clinical work experience, primarily in the fields of mental health and addictions. His scholarly activities include numerous publications and national and international presentations focusing on counseling supervision, career development, methodological issues in research, spiritual/religious issues and mental health and substance abuse. He is currently serving on the editorial board for The Career Development Quarterly and previously served on the editorial board for Counseling and Values. He is an active member of the American Mental Health Counseling Association.
