Mary Olufunmilayo Adekson , Ph.D.
Counseling Program Director
Education
- Ph.D., Counselor Education, Ohio University
- M.Ed., Guidance and Counseling, University of Ife Ile Ife Nigeria
- B.A., English and American Literature, Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts
- Graduate Education Courses, Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts
Interests
- Mentoring and teaching students and counselor educators to become successful professionals
Select Works Published
- African Americans and Mental Health
Adekson, Mary Olufunmilayo (Editor), Springer Publishers, 2021 - The Yoruba Traditional Healers of Nigeria
Adekson, Mary Olufunmilayo, Routledge Publishers, 2003 - Native American and Canadian medicine men healers and helpers
Adekson, Mary Olufunmilayo, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2013 - Handbook of Counseling and Counselor Education
Adekson, Mary Olufunmilayo, Routledge Publishers, 2020 - Beginning your counseling career Graduate preparation and beyond
Adekson, Mary Olufunmilayo, Routledge Publishers, 2020
Philosophy
I utilize my past counseling and counselor education expertise and experience to teach students to understand the basic tenets of the counseling profession. I teach students to master the art of counseling from the premise and repertoire of experiences that I have accrued in the field as a counselor and in supervision as a counseling professional and as a counselor educator. I allow empathy and professional enthusiasm to ebb out in my interactions with students, colleagues and mentees.
