Andrew Plath

Background

About Andrew Plath

Dr. Andrew Plath earned his BS in Psychology from Ball State University, MA in Counseling Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from Northern Illinois University. As an educator, Andrew’s passion for teaching culminates in constructivist and discussion-based lectures (and some Pearl Jam). Andrew’s professional background is rooted in clinical mental health, with a focus on working with mandated domestic violence perpetrators to end the cycle of violence. As a researcher, his major research interest is counselor/student self-care & wellness. Andrew was published in the Journal of Creativity in Mental Health discussing the creation of a new self-care method: Task-Oriented Self-Care (TOSC). Andrew's additional research interests include creative pedagogy, student dispositions, and domestic violence prevention. Andrew has presented at several national conferences. Most recently, he presented at the Association for Humanistic Counseling on faculty wellness modeling in the classroom. Previously, he presented on music as an instructional tool, behavior modification in the classroom, secondary traumatic stress and self-care, working with domestic violence perpetrators and co-occurring substance use concerns, the wellness and self-care of doctoral students, and TOSC.