Dr. Jeffrey Christensen is associate professor of counseling and co-director of the Professional Mental Health Counseling program at Lewis & Clark College. Dr. Christensen’s research interests include disaster mental health, counselor burnout, and most recently, helping first responders in disaster relief. He has been deployed to respond to national disasters throughout the country, working with both victims of the disaster, as well as first responders around vicarious traumatization and burnout. Another area of his research is on student evaluation, student remediation, and teaching pedagogies, which he has presented at several national conferences and workshops. He is a licensed professional counselor in Oregon and maintains a small private practice working with clients in areas of racial and sexual traumas, severe anxiety, and wellness. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Counseling Association, the Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors, and the Western Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors, and is a past President of the Oregon Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors and the Oregon Counseling Association.