ibela Osmanovic, PhD, LCMHC, NCC is an Assistant Professor in the MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) program at Westminster University. She earned her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Nevada, Reno, her MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Syracuse University, and her BS in Psychology and Spanish, also from Syracuse University. Dr. Osmanovic has taught counseling theories, human growth and development, group counseling, psychopharmacology, and substance abuse counseling, and has supervised master’s students in clinical training. She has nearly 10 years of clinical experience, providing counseling to individuals, couples, and families across a range of settings. For the past two years, she has focused on telehealth services, primarily with individual clients. She is fluent in three languages and has provided counseling in all three throughout her career. Her clinical expertise includes supporting clients with mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders, as well as trauma, domestic violence, suicide prevention, relationship counseling, and working with refugee populations. Dr. Osmanovic’s research focuses on trauma among underrepresented populations, access to higher education, and gatekeeping processes in counseling programs. Her dissertation examined the experiences of refugees in graduate education and the impact of trauma on academic success.