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Daniel R.
Cruikshanks, Ph.D., PCC-S Associate Professor
and Clinical Coordinator Graduate Studies in
Counseling 419.448.2308 |
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Dr. Cruikshanks joined the
faculty in the Graduate Studies in Counseling Program in August of 2000
following completion of his Ph.D. in Counseling and Family Therapy at Saint
Louis University. He earned a M.Ed. in
Counseling from the University of
Missouri, St. Louis, a BA in Psychology from the California State University, Sacramento,
and an AA in Social Sciences from Sacramento
City College. To the best of his
knowledge, he is the only member of the faculty at Heidelberg College to have
graduated from Heidelberg Kindergarten, Heidelberg
Germany, where he lived for a time as a child. As Clinical Coordinator,
Dr. C. oversees the practicum and internship component of the program. He designed the Multi-Modal Student on Student
Mentoring Model for Teaching Counseling Techniques, Practicum, Internship and
Supervision, which has been presented nationally as a model for
training counselors and counseling supervisors and is the skills training
model currently used by Heidelberg College.
In addition, Dr. C.’s teaching areas include clinical supervision, ethics,
diagnosis, assessment, dying, death & loss, psychopharmacology, history
and philosophy of counseling, and evaluation of mental and emotional problems. Dr. C. has taught internationally both in
Japan and at Oxford University. Dr. C.’s
scholarly interests include work in the area of terminal illness and grief,
ethical issues in clinical supervision, and counselor identity. He has published research on suicide,
sexual boundaries in clinical supervision, and the role of counselor
supervisors in the formation of counselor identity. In addition, Dr. C. published a paper on the
application of Chaos Theory to counseling, and he has a chapter in the
forthcoming book, Case Studies in Suicide, Granello, P. &
Granello, D. (Eds.) (in press). In addition to his
scholarly pursuits, is actively engaged in leadership and service in the
counseling profession. He has been an
Editorial Board Member of the Family Journal since 2001. Hi is a member in
good standing with ACA, ACES, AMHCA,
OCA, OACES, NWOCA, and Chi Sigma Iota. He has served on numerous committees and
task forces in ACA, ACES, OCA, OACES, and Chi Sigma Iota. In 2006, Dr. C. successfully lobbied former
congressmen Paul Gilmore to co-sponsor an amendment that would expand
Medicare to cover services provided by professional counselors. He testified
successfully before the Health and Human Services Committee of the Ohio State
Senate in support of SB53, which would include professional counselors in the
mental health hold law. Dr. C. also has testified before and worked with the
Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage & Family Therapy Board on
numerous occasions with regard to the 2007 Rules Revision. During 2007-2008, he served as President of
the Ohio Counseling Association. During
his term, Dr. C. proposed and implemented a number of important initiatives
designed to improve supportive services for professional counselors and
improve the review and response process for ethics complaints to OCA. Dr. C. is a Supervising
Professional Clinical Counselor (PCC-S) in Ohio as well as a National
Certified Counselor (NCC). In addition
to his work at Heidelberg, he maintains a small private practice in Tiffin,
and he serves as the Clinical Supervisor for Christian Counseling Center of
Tiffin. Dr. C. routinely consults with
the Department of Job & Family Services providing psychological and
forensic evaluations and serving as an expert witness in cases of child
abuse, neglect, and parental competence.
Prior to joining the
faculty at Heidelberg College, Dr. C. spent over four years working in
hospice, counseling the terminally ill and bereaved and four years as a
counselor in a psychiatric setting. In his clinical work, he specializes in
working with people with mood, psychotic, and personality disorders. When he’s not working in
the field, Dr. C. enjoys working on his This Old House project, renovation of
a Victorian home built in 1876. When
the weather is nice, he is often seen driving his 1974 Porsche 914, which he
built from a junked car, or his 1970 Jaguar XKE, which he inherited. However, since February 14, 2006, his
primary focus has been his daughter, Lily Ana Xiu
Huay, who was adopted from Chongqing,
China and has become the light of his life. |
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