Dr. Victoria Kress

Professor
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Dr. Victoria Kress

Professor

Psychological Sciences & Counseling

Beeghly Hall 3105

phone: (330) 941-3259

vewhite@ysu.edu

Bio

Victoria E. Kress, Ph.D./LPCC-S (OH), NCC, CCMHC is a distinguished professor, counseling clinic director, and the director of the clinical mental health and addictions counseling programs at Youngstown State University. She has extensive experience advocating for the counseling profession and those served, and she previously worked as the Director of Advocacy for the National Board of Certified Counselors. She has nearly three decades of clinical experience working with youth and adults in various settings which include community mental health centers, hospitals, residential treatment facilities, private practices, and college counseling centers. She has published over 140 refereed articles and book chapters, and she has co-authored 6 books on counseling youth and adults. She has been identified as a top producer/published author in counseling journals. She previously served as the editor of the ACA Practice Briefs, the associate editor of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling, and as an editorial board member for the Journal of Counseling and Development and a number of other counseling journals. Dr. Kress has lectured throughout the United States as well as internationally on various topics related to counselor practice. Dr. Kress served two terms as a governor-appointed member of the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, and served as the chair of the board’s Ethics Committee. She also served as the ethics liaison for Ohio’s state regulatory board, and she serves as a consultant/expert witness for counselor ethics cases. She has been the recipient of over 40 professional and community service awards, most of which for her advocacy, leadership, scholarship, community service, and mentorship initiatives. She has also received awards for her work with people who have intellectual disabilities, for empowering girls in her community, for her sexual assault prevention efforts, and for her child abuse advocacy work. CACREP honored her with the Martin Ritchie Award for Excellence in Advocacy. She also received a number of American Counseling Association (ACA) Awards including: the ACA Fellow Award; the Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person, the Distinguished Mentor Award, the Counselor Educator Advocacy Award, and the Government Relations Award. She has been the recipient of the following Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Awards: the Counseling Vision and Innovation Award, the Outstanding Mentor Award, the Robert Stripling Award for Excellence in Standards, and the Leadership Award. She has also received a number of university awards (e.g., the Giant Award, Distinguished Scholar, Distinguished Public Servant, Distinguished Teaching Award) as well as various Ohio Counseling Association awards including their Counselor of the Year Award, the Research and Writing Award, the Legislative Advocacy Award, and their Leadership Award. She has served in over 100 professional service roles, chairing and serving on various committees and task forces for ACA as well as its divisions (e.g., AHC, ACES, ACC, AARC), AMHCA, CSI, NBCC, and OCA, just to name a few. She is a past president of Association for Humanistic Counseling, Chi Sigma Iota International, the Ohio Counseling Association, and the North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision; she is a past ACA region chair; and she is a member of ACA’s Governing Council. She has also worked and volunteered in Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, and Rwanda promoting mental health awareness and training, and the professionalization of counseling.

Research Interests

self-injury

Teaching Interests

theories; diagnosis and treatment; trauma; internship; practicum

  • Education
    • 1999

      Ph D, Counselor Education and Supervision and Clinical Mental Health Counseling

      The University of Akron

    • 1995

      MEd, Community Counseling

      The University of Akron

    • 1993

      BA, Psychology/Sociology (double major); Biology/Dance (double minor)

      Baldwin Wallace University

  • Awards and Honors
    • 2024

      American Counseling Association

      Thomas Hohenshil National Publications Award

    • 2024

      NBCC

      Leadership Excellence for Counselors by Counselors Award

    • 2022

      American Counseling Association

      Thomas J. Sweeney Award for Visionary Leadership and Advocacy

    • 2022

      Association for Humanistic Counseling

      Past President Award

    • 2022

      North Central ACES

      Leadership Award

    • 2022

      Youngstown State University

      Distinguished Service Award

    • 2020

      Youngstown State University

      Distinguished Teaching Award

    • 2020

      Youngstown State University

      Distinguished Professor Award

      Designation awarded to a professor who receives all YSU Distinguished Professor awards.

    • 2020

      Ohio Counseling Association

      David Brooks/Creating New Paths in the Profession Award

    • 2019

      American Counseling Association

      Fellow Award

    • 2019

      Youngstown State University

      Distinguished Scholar Award

    • 2019

      Association for Counselor Education & Supervision (ACES)

      Counseling Vision and Innovation Award

    • 2018

      Youngstown State University College of Graduate Studies

      Giant Award

      50 Year Anniversary Faculty Award

    • 2018

      American Counseling Association

      Distinguished Professional Service Award

    • 2018

      Ohio Counseling Association (OCA)

      Charles Weaver Award for Professional Service/Being a Caring Person

    • 2017

      Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio

      Woman of Distinction Award

    • 2017

      American Counseling Association (ACA)

      Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person

    • 2016

      Ohio Counseling Association (OCA)

      Professional Leadership Award

    • 2016

      CACREP

      Martin Ritchie Award for Excellence in Advocacy

    • 2016

      Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC)

      Hollis Award: Advanced Humanistic Values in Counseling

    • 2016

      American Counseling Association (ACA)

      Government Relations Award

    • 2016

      American Counseling Association (ACA)

      Branch Advocacy Award (Ohio/OCA)

    • 2016

      American Counseling Association (ACA)

      Best Leadership Development Project Award (Ohio/OCA; Midwest Region)

    • 2015

      Chi Sigma Iota (CSI)

      Thoma J. Sweeney Professional Leadership Award

    • 2015

      Association for Counselor Education & Supervision (ACES)

      Robert Stripling Award for Excellence in Standards

    • 2015

      Ohio Counseling Association (OCA)

      Past-President Award

    • 2015

      Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC)

      Outstanding Leadership Award

    • 2015

      Association for Counselor Education & Supervision (ACES)

      Outstanding Counseling Program Award

    • 2015

      American Counseling Association (ACA)

      Best Leadership Development Project Award (Ohio/OCA; Midwest Region)

    • 2014

      Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC)

      Outstanding Humanistic Educator/Supervisor Award

    • 2014

      North Central ACES (NCACES)

      Outstanding Counselor Education Program Award

    • 2014

      American Counseling Association (ACA)

      Distinguished Mentor Award

    • 2013

      North Central ACES (NCACES)

      Outstanding Mentor Award

    • 2012

      Ohio Counseling Association (OCA)

      Legislative Advocacy Award

    • 2012

      American Counseling Association (ACA)

      Counselor Educator Advocacy Award

    • 2011

      Association for Counselor Education & Supervision (ACES)

      Professional Leadership Award

    • 2011

      Ohio Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (OACES)

      Outstanding Counselor Educator Award

    • 2011

      Ohio Counseling Association (OCA)

      Counselor of the Year Award

    • 2009

      Youngstown State University

      Distinguished Scholar Award

    • 2008

      Association for Counselor Education & Supervision (ACES)

      Outstanding Mentor Award

    • 2007

      Youngstown State University

      Distinguished Public Service Award

    • 2003

      Association for Counselor Education & Supervision (ACES)

      Outstanding Counseling Program Award

    • 2003

      Ohio College Personnel Association

      Innovative Program Award

    • 2003

      Youngstown State University

      Distinguished Scholar Award

    • 2003

      Counseling Services Category, American College Association

      Best Practices Award

    • 2000

      Chi Sigma Iota, Alpha Upsilon Chapter

      Outstanding Research Award

    • 1993

      North East Care Center

      Employee of the Year Award

      Residential treatment facility for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

  • Professional Positions
    • 2020 - 2022

      Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center

      Advisory Group Member/Consultant

    • 2017 - 2018

      National Board of Certified Counselors

      Director of Advocacy

    • 2016 - 2017

      Africa University of Guidance, Counseling, and Youth Development

      Senior Lecturer

    • 2008 -

      Youngstown State University

      Counseling Clinic Director/Clinical and Administrative Supervisor

    • 2007 -

      Youngstown State University Community Counseling Clinic

      Counselor

    • 2001 -

      Youngstown State University

      Distinguished Professor

    • 2001 -

      Youngstown State University

      Clinical Supervisor

    • 2000 - 2001

      University of North Carolina Greensboro

      Assistant Professor

    • 1997 - 2013

      John Carroll University

      Adjunct Faculty

  • Intellectual Contributions
    • 2023

      "Special populations and issues"

      V. Kress

      Routledge

    • 2022

      "Theoretical foundations of client advocacy"

      V. Kress

      Routledge, p. 116-135

    • 2022

      "Professional advocacy: Being allowed to do good"

      V. Kress

      Routledge, p. 77-93

    • 2022

      "Meaningfulness and selecting clinical mental health counseling as a career: A cross sectional study of master's students and recent graduates"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Humanistic Counseling, p. 1-13

    • 2021

      "Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Systems, Strategies, and Skills"

      V. Kress

    • 2021

      "Supervision and client self- injury: Using creativity to support supervisees’ growth"

      V. Kress

      , volume 36, issue 1, p. 42-47

    • 2021

      "School counselors' role in advocating for students who self-injure"

      V. Kress

      IGI Global, p. 214-236

    • 2021

      "Remedial interventions to address receptivity to feedback in master’s-level counseling students"

      V. Kress

      Counselor Education & Supervision, volume 60, p. 274-290

    • 2020

      "Techniques for helping children navigate anxiety related to COVID-19"

      V. Kress

    • 2020

      "Using apps to promote clients' safety"

      V. Kress

      , volume 63, issue 2, p. 48-50

    • 2020

      "Professional advocacy: A call to the profession"

      V. Kress

      , volume 62, issue 12, p. 46-50

    • 2020

      "Relational‐cultural supervision: A humanistic approach to promoting vulnerability and counselor development"

      V. Kress

      The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, volume 59, p. 188-200

    • 2020

      "Professional advocacy: A foundation of CSI"

      V. Kress

      , volume 35, issue 1, p. 47-49

    • 2020

      "Counseling youth who have chronic health issues"

      V. Kress

      American Counseling Association

    • 2020

      "Counseling children experiencing grief"

      V. Kress

      American Counseling Association

    • 2020

      "Counseling adults who have intellectual disabilities"

      V. Kress

      American Counseling Association

    • 2019

      "Counseling termination and new beginnings"

      V. Kress

      , volume 62, issue 4, p. 40-44

    • 2019

      "Treating Those with Mental Disorders: A Comprehensive Approach to Case Conceptualization and Treatment (2nd ed.)"

      V. Kress

    • 2019

      "Self-help"

      V. Kress

      ABC-CLIO

    • 2019

      "Multicultural diagnosis and conceptualization"

      V. Kress

      Pearson, issue 3rd, p. 558-590

    • 2019

      "Creative approaches for promoting vulnerability in supervision: A relational-cultural approach"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 14, p. 391-404

    • 2019

      "Counseling Children and Adolescents"

      V. Kress

    • 2019

      "Behavioral theories and therapies"

      V. Kress

      ABC-CLIO

    • 2018

      "The use of Relational-Cultural Theory in counseling clients who have traumatic stress disorders"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Counseling and Development, volume 96, p. 106-114

    • 2018

      "Student non-suicidal self-injury: A protocol for school counselors"

      V. Kress

      Professional School Counseling, volume 21, p. 37-46

    • 2017

      "Supporting counselors after a client suicide: Creative supervision techniques"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 12, p. 451-467

    • 2017

      "Counseling youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)"

      V. Kress

    • 2017

      "Counseling strategies for empowering people living in poverty: The I-CARE Model"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, volume 45, p. 201-213

    • 2017

      "Advocating for educational standards in licensure laws"

      V. Kress

      Counselor Education and Supervision, volume 56, p. 162-176

    • 2016

      "The experience of being a graduate counseling student"

      V. Kress

      Oxford University Press, p. 93-112

    • 2016

      "Social and relational aspects of bullying and victimization in elementary school: Strength-based strategies for prevention."

      V. Kress

      The Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 11, p. 285-297

    • 2016

      "Hoarding disorder: Diagnosis, assessment, and treatment"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Counseling and Development, volume 94, p. 83-90

    • 2016

      "Excoriation disorder: Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment"

      V. Kress

      Professional Counselor, volume 6, p. 50-60

    • 2016

      "Counseling youth who have bipolar disorders"

      V. Kress

      American Counseling Association

    • 2015

      "Treating Those with Mental Disorders: A Comprehensive Approach to Case Conceptualization and Treatment"

      V. Kress

    • 2015

      "Treating depressive disorders in youth"

      V. Kress

      American Counseling Association

    • 2015

      "Treating anxiety disorders in youth"

      V. Kress

      American Counseling Association

    • 2015

      "Thomas J. Sweeney: A visionary leader and advocate for the counseling profession"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Counseling and Development, volume 93, p. 114-118

    • 2015

      "Supervisor’s suggestions for enhancing counseling regulatory boards’ sanctioned supervision practices"

      V. Kress, R. Hoffman, J. Protivnak, N. Stargell

      Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 2, p. 109-123

    • 2015

      "Supervisors’ suggestions for enhancing counseling regulatory boards’ sanctioned supervision practices"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 37, p. 109-123

    • 2015

      "Spirituality/religiosity, life satisfaction, and life meaning as protective factors for non-suicidal self-injury in college students"

      V. Kress

      Journal of College Counseling, volume 18, p. 160-174

    • 2015

      "Meta analysis: Counseling outcomes for youth with anxiety disorders"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 37, issue 63-94

    • 2015

      "Making the intangible tangible: Using expressive art during termination to co-construct meaning."

      V. Kress

      Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 10, issue 1, p. 89-99

    • 2015

      "Hoarding disorder"

      V. Kress

      American Counseling Association

    • 2015

      "A qualitative study of supervisors’ reflections on providing sanctioned supervision"

      V. Kress, R. Hoffman, J. Protivnak, N. Adamson, E. Herman

      The Clinical Supervisor, volume 34, issue 1, p. 38-56

    • 2015

      "A qualitative study of supervisors' reflections on providing sanctioned supervision"

      V. Kress

      The Clinical Supervisor, volume 34, p. 38-56

    • 2014

      "The synonymic nature of professional counseling and humanism: Presuppositions that guide our identities"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Humanistic Counseling, volume 4, p. 191-201

    • 2014

      "The removal of the multiaxial system in the DSM-5: Implications and practice suggestions for counselors"

      V. Kress

      The Professional Counselor, volume 4, p. 191-201

    • 2014

      "Teaching diagnosis in context: Guided imagery as a contextually sensitive pedagogical technique"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 9, p. 275-291

    • 2014

      "Special populations and issues"

      V. Kress

      Pearson, p. 144-169

    • 2014

      "Professional Credentialing"

      M. Paylo, J. Protivnak, V. Kress

      Sage

    • 2014

      "Professional credentialing"

      V. Kress

      Sage, p. 267-292

    • 2014

      "Narrative therapy with children who have been abused"

      V. Kress

      Pearson

    • 2014

      "Managing boundary issues in counseling"

      V. Kress

      Pearson

    • 2014

      "Custody issues"

      V. Kress

      Pearson

    • 2014

      "Creative rituals for use with traumatized adolescents"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 9, issue 111-121

    • 2014

      "Counseling outcomes for youth with oppositional behavior: A meta-analysis"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Counseling and Development, volume 92, issue 13-24

    • 2014

      "Advocacy in action: CACREP Degree required for counselor licensure of Ohio graduates"

      V. Kress

      , volume 29, issue 2, p. 26-29

    • 2013

      "Women's mental health"

      V. Kress

      ABC CLIO/Greenwood, p. 845-850

    • 2013

      "Trauma"

      V. Kress

      ABC-CLIO/Greenwood, p. 801-807

    • 2013

      "The use of visual arts in counseling clients who engage in nonsuicidal self-injury"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 8, issue 120-135

    • 2013

      "The use of guided imagery as an intervention in treating non-suicidal self-injury"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 8, p. 35-47

    • 2013

      "The DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) and its discontents"

      V. Kress

      ABC-CLIO/Greenwood, p. 174-185

    • 2013

      "Self-help"

      V. Kress

      ABC CLIO/Greenwood, p. 723-726

    • 2013

      "Romantic relationships in counselor education"

      V. Kress

      Routledge, p. 178-184

    • 2013

      "Non-suicidal self-injury as a gateway to suicide in young adults"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Adolescent Health, volume 52, p. 486-492

    • 2013

      "Non-Suicidal self-injury"

      V. Kress

      American Counseling Association

    • 2013

      "Multicultural diagnosis and conceptualization"

      V. Kress

      Pearson, issue 2nd

    • 2013

      "Mental health counseling"

      V. Kress

      ABC CLIO/Greenwood, p. 445-450

    • 2013

      "Marriage, divorce, and mental health"

      V. Kress

      ABC CLIO/Greenwood, p. 99-101

    • 2013

      "Legal standards and processes"

      V. Kress

      Routledge, p. 219-226

    • 2013

      "Informed consent, confidentiality, and diagnosing: Ethical guidelines for counselor practice."

      V. Kress

      Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 35, p. 15-28

    • 2013

      "Family and mental illness"

      V. Kress

      ABC CLIO/Greenwood, p. 279-282

    • 2013

      "Creative approaches for promoting counselor self-care"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 8, p. 456-469

    • 2013

      "Counseling the female sexual offender"

      V. Kress

      , volume 172

    • 2013

      "Child sexual abuse: Treating children"

      V. Kress

      American Counseling Association

    • 2013

      "Campus Life and Mental Health"

      J. Protivnak, K. Choi, V. Kress

      ABC-CLIO/Greenwood, p. 99-102

    • 2013

      "Behavioral theories and therapies"

      V. Kress

      ABC-CLIO, p. 83-88

    • 2013

      "A Relational Cultural approach to working with clients with eating disorders"

      V. Kress

      American Counseling Association, p. 425-441

    • 2012

      "Graduate Student Committee: Supporting ACA’s graduate students’ needs"

      V. Kress

      , volume 55, p. 65

    • 2012

      "Theoretical foundations of client advocacy"

      V. Kress

      Routledge, p. 81-93

    • 2012

      "The use of safety plans with children and adolescents living in violent families"

      V. Kress

      The Family Journal, volume 20, p. 249-255

    • 2012

      "The creative use of chain analysis techniques in counseling clients who engage in nonsuicidal self-injury"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 7, p. 343-354

    • 2012

      "A Relational Cultural approach to working with clients experiencing eating disorders"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Counseling and Development, volume 90, p. 346-356

    • 2011

      "Non-suicidal self-injury in a college population: General trends and sex differences"

      V. Kress

      Journal of American College Health, volume 59, issue 8, p. 691-698

    • 2011

      "Letters from the future: The use of letter writing as a school counseling intervention with students"

      V. Kress

      Australian Journal of Guidance Counseling, volume 21, issue 1, p. 74

    • 2011

      "Counseling people living in poverty: The CARE model"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Humanistic Counseling, volume 50, p. 161-171

    • 2011

      "Are your recommendation letters potentially doing harm?"

      V. Kress

      , volume 26, issue 2, p. 12

    • 2011

      "ACC Graduate Student Committee Updates"

      V. Kress

      , p. 28

    • 2011

      "Green counseling: Integrating reused household materials into creative counseling interventions"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 6, issue 3, p. 193-201

    • 2010

      "Twenty tips for engaging counselor educators in CSI activities"

      V. Kress

      , volume 25, issue 4, p. 5

    • 2010

      "The use of therapeutic stories in counseling child and adolescent sexual abuse survivors."

      V. Kress

      Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 5, issue 3, p. 243-259

    • 2010

      "Teaching the diagnosis and treatment planning course"

      V. Kress

      Sage, issue 2nd, p. 255-276

    • 2010

      "Students who self-injure: School counselor ethical and legal considerations"

      V. Kress

      American School Counselor Association, issue 3rd, p. 158-170

    • 2010

      "Resolving child and adolescent traumatic grief: Creative techniques and interventions"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 5, issue 2, p. 158-176

    • 2010

      "Multicultural diagnosis and conceptualization"

      V. Kress

      Pearson, p. 406-432

    • 2010

      "Letter writing as an intervention in family therapy with adolescents who engage in non-suicidal self-injury"

      V. Kress

      The Family Journal, volume 18, issue 1, p. 24-30

    • 2010

      "Ethical dimensions of diagnosing: Considerations for clinical mental health counselors"

      V. Kress

      Counseling and Values, volume 55, issue 1, p. 101-112

    • 2010

      "Adolescent non-suicidal self-injury: Minimizing client and counselor risk and enhancing client care"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 32, issue 4, p. 342-353

    • 2009

      "Professional development plans to remedy problematic counseling student behaviors"

      V. Kress

      Counselor Education and Supervision, volume 48, issue 3, p. 154-166

    • 2009

      "Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders"

      V. Kress

      American Counseling Association, p. 154-155

    • 2008

      "Writing for publication in the JMHC: Follow the yellow brick road"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 30, issue 2, p. 95-104

    • 2008

      "Reliability and validity of the Professional Counseling Performance Evaluation"

      V. Kress

      Australian Journal of Guidance Counseling, volume 18, issue 2, p. 219-232

    • 2008

      "Promoting professional counselor advocacy: How can your program do more?"

      V. Kress

      , volume 23, issue 2, p. 1-11

    • 2008

      "Non-suicidal self-injury and Motivational Interviewing: Enhancing readiness for change"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 30, issue 4, p. 311-329

    • 2008

      "Narrative therapy and non-suicidal self-injurious behavior: Externalizing the problem, and internalizing personal agency"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education, and Development, volume 47, issue 2, p. 157-171

    • 2008

      "Letters from the future: The use of therapeutic letter writing in counseling sexual abuse survivors"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, volume 3, issue 2, p. 105-118

    • 2008

      "Gender and diagnosis: Struggles and suggestions for counselors"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Counseling & Development, volume 86, issue 2, p. 152-162

    • 2008

      "Empowering adolescent survivors of sexual abuse: Application of a Solution-Focused, Ericksonian counseling group"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education, and Development, volume 47, issue 2, p. 172-186

    • 2008

      "Counseling Clients Involved with Violent Intimate Partners: Mental Health Counselors’ Role in Promoting Client Safety"

      V. Kress, J. Protivnak, L. Sadlak

      Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 30, p. 200-210

    • 2008

      "Counseling clients involved with violent intimate partners: Mental health counselors’ role in promoting client safety"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 30, issue 3, p. 200-210

    • 2008

      "Client non-suicidal self-injurious behavior: Considerations for clinical supervisors"

      V. Kress

      The Clinical Supervisor, volume 27, issue 1, p. 97-110

    • 2007

      "Self-Injurious behavior: Counseling students who self-injure"

      V. Kress

      American Counseling Association, p. 297-308

    • 2007

      "Focus groups: A practical and applied research approach for counselors"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Counseling & Development, volume 85, issue 2, p. 189-195

    • 2007

      "Consensual faculty-student sexual relationships in counselor education: Recommendations for counselor educators’ decision-making"

      V. Kress

      Counselor Education and Supervision, volume 47, issue 2, p. 110-122

    • 2007

      "A study of counselor-in-training self-efficacy: An exploratory analysis using role-play and real clients"

      V. Kress

      The Journal of the Professional Counselor, volume 22, issue 1, p. 51-62

    • 2006

      "Trichotillomania: Behavioral assessment and treatment interventions"

      V. Kress

      International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, volume 2, issue 1, p. 65-72

    • 2006

      "Theory and practice submissions to JMHC: Keeping the “mental health” in mental health counseling"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 28, issue 4, p. 286-288

    • 2006

      "The DSM and professional counseling identity: Bridging the gap"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 28, issue 3, p. 202-217

    • 2006

      "Students who self-injure: School counselor ethical and legal considerations"

      V. Kress

      Professional School Counseling, volume 9, issue 2, p. 203-209

    • 2006

      "Evaluation of the impact of a coeducational sexual assault prevention program on college students' rape myth attitudes"

      V. Kress

      Journal of College Counseling, volume 9, issue 2, p. 148-157

    • 2006

      "Counseling students who have been sexually assaulted"

      V. Kress

      American Counseling Association, p. 129-141

    • 2005

      "The DSM-IV TR and culture: Considerations for counselors"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Counseling & Development, volume 83, issue 1, p. 97-104

    • 2005

      "Optimizing the informal curriculum: One counselor education program model"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Humanistic Education, Counseling & Development, volume 44, issue 1, p. 84-93

    • 2005

      "A comprehensive model for addressing severe and persistent mental illness on campuses: The New Diversity Initiative"

      V. Kress

      Journal of College Counseling, volume 8, issue 2, p. 172-179

    • 2004

      "The new diversity initiative"

      V. Kress

      , p. 21-25

    • 2004

      "Trichotillomania: Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Counseling & Development, volume 82, issue 2, p. 85-91

    • 2004

      "Promoting the counselor identity: Could your program do more?"

      V. Kress

      , volume 65, issue 2, p. 7-8

    • 2004

      "Preventing vicarious trauma: What counselors should know when working with trauma survivors"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Counseling & Development, volume 82, issue 1, p. 31-37

    • 2004

      "Encouraging attendance at Chi Sigma Iota meetings"

      V. Kress

      , volume 19, issue 2, p. 10

    • 2004

      "Beyond the DSM Story: Ethical Quandaries, Challenges, and Best Practices"

      V. Kress

    • 2004

      "Adolescents who self-injure: Implications and strategies for school counselors"

      V. Kress

      Professional School Counseling, volume 7, issue 3, p. 195-201

    • 2003

      "Supervisor and supervisee attachments and social provisions related to the supervisory working alliance"

      V. Kress

      Counselor Education and Supervision, volume 42, issue 3, p. 203-218

    • 2003

      "Self-injurious behaviors: Assessment and diagnosis"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Counseling & Development, volume 81, issue 4, p. 490-496

    • 2003

      "Responding to sexual assault victims: Considerations for college counselors"

      V. Kress

      Journal of College Counseling, volume 6, issue 2, p. 124-133

    • 2003

      "Promoting professional advocacy in trainees: Activities for counselor educators and supervisors"

      V. Kress

      , volume 64, issue 2, p. 15-16

    • 2003

      "Online counseling: Ethical considerations"

      V. Kress

      , volume 29, issue 3, p. 5

    • 2003

      "Counseling clients who self-injure: Ethical considerations"

      V. Kress

      Counseling and Values, volume 47, issue 3, p. 220-229

    • 2002

      "Sexual intimacies with clients: Ethical considerations"

      V. Kress

      , volume 29, issue 2, p. 8-9

    • 2002

      "Professional advocacy resources for counselors"

      V. Kress

      , volume 62, issue 4, p. 6

    • 2002

      "Externalizing childhood sexual abuse with adult survivors: Letter writing and drawing techniques in group therapy"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Clinical Activities, Assignments, & Handouts in Psychotherapy Practice, volume 2, p. 15-23

    • 2002

      "Developing counseling objectives and empowering clients: A strength-based intervention"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 24, issue 3, p. 270-279

    • 2002

      "Cultural competency: Knowing your limits"

      V. Kress

      , volume 28, issue 4, p. 5

    • 2002

      "Counselor advocacy 101: A primer for counselor educators and supervisors"

      V. Kress

      , volume 62, issue 4, p. 4

    • 2002

      "Counseling self-injurious clients: Ethical considerations"

      V. Kress

      , volume 28, issue 4, p. 4

    • 2002

      "College students’ perceptions of the peer facilitation of sexual assault prevention programs"

      V. Kress

      Peer Facilitator Quarterly, volume 18, issue 3, p. 27-29

    • 2002

      "College students and self-injury: Intervention strategies for counselors"

      V. Kress

      Journal of College Counseling, volume 5, issue 2, p. 105-113

    • 2002

      "Advocating for the counseling profession"

      V. Kress

    • 2002

      "Advocacy for counseling and counselors: A professional imperative"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Counseling & Development, volume 80, issue 4, p. 394-402

    • 2002

      "Advocacy for counseling and counselors: A professional imperative"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Mental Health Counseling, volume 24, issue 2, p. 166-176

    • 2001

      "The development of a goal to become a teacher"

      V. Kress

      Journal of Educational Psychology, volume 93, issue 299-308

    • 2001

      "Renaming and rethinking the “diagnosis and treatment” course"

      V. Kress

      Bergin & Garvey, p. 203-218

    • 2000

      "Core goals and their relationship to semester subgoals and academic performance"

      V. Kress

      Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory, & Practice, volume 2, p. 13-28

    • 1998

      "Prior knowledge, attitude and strategy use in an introduction to statistics course"

      V. Kress

      Learning and Individual Differences, volume 10, issue 4, p. 291-308

  • Professional Service
    • 2024 - present

      Chairperson
      ACES Professional Counselor Identity and Advocacy Advisory Group

    • 2023 - 2024

      Other
      ACA

    • 2022 - present


      NCACES

    • 2022 - 2022

      Other
      NCACES

    • 2022 - 2022

      Other
      Association for Humanistic Counseling

    • 2022 - 2022

      Committee Member
      AHC Sexual Assault Prevention Task Force

    • 2022 - 2023

      Officer, President/Elect/Past
      North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NCACES)

    • 2022 - 2023

      Committee Member
      ACES Nominations and Elections Committee

    • 2022 - 2023

      Committee Member
      ACA Nominations and Elections Committee

    • 2022 - 2025

      Other
      American Counseling Association

    • 2022 - 2025

      Committee Member
      ACA Fellows Committee

    • 2021 - present


      AHC

    • 2021 - 2021

      Other
      Association for Humanistic Counseling

    • 2021 - 2022

      Officer, President/Elect/Past
      North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NCACES)

    • 2021 - 2022

      Task Force Chair
      Chi Sigma Iota International Professional Advocacy Competencies

    • 2021 - 2022

      Officer, President/Elect/Past
      Association for Humanistic Counseling

    • 2021 - 2022

      Committee Chair
      Association for Humanistic Counseling Bylaws Committee

    • 2021 - 2022

      Committee Chair
      Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Special Committee on State Branches

    • 2021 - 2022

      Committee Chair
      Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling Emerging Leaders Committee

    • 2021 - 2022

      Committee Chair
      AHC Nominations and Elections Committee

    • 2021 - 2023

      Committee Chair
      NCACES Nominations and Elections Committee

    • 2021 - 2023

      Committee Chair
      NCACES Bylaws Committee

    • 2021 - 2024

      Editorial Review Board Member
      Counselor Education and Supervision

    • 2020 - 2021

      Officer, President/Elect/Past
      North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NCACES)

    • 2020 - 2021

      Other
      Chi Sigma Iota

    • 2020 - 2021

      Officer, President/Elect/Past
      Association for Humanistic Counseling

    • 2020 - 2021

      Committee Member
      Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Membership Survey Committee

    • 2020 - 2021

      Committee Member
      Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Budget and Finance Committee

    • 2020 - 2021

      Task Force Member
      Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) ACES/AMHCA Collaboration Task Force

    • 2020 - 2022

      Committee Member
      American Counseling Association Bylaws Committee

    • 2020 - present

      Task Force Chair
      Chi Sigma Iota Professional Advocacy Competencies

    • 2019 - 2020

      Officer, President/Elect/Past
      Association for Humanistic Counseling

    • 2019 - 2020

      Task Force Chair
      Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Advocacy Task Force

    • 2019 - 2020

      Task Force Chair
      Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) ACES/AMHCA Collaboration Task Force

    • 2019 - 2020

      Task Force Chair
      American Counseling Association Advocacy Task Force

    • 2019 - present

      Other
      Ohio Counseling Association Past President's Advisory Council

    • 2016 - 2019

      Other
      Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC)

    • 2013 - 2016

      Other
      American Counseling Association: Practice Briefs

  • Public Service
    • 2017 - 2024

      Other
      Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio Leaders of Tomorrow and Women of Distinction