Position:

Assistant Professor

Contact Information:

jlopez2@paloaltou.edu

Programs:

PhD

Education:

• PhD in Counselor Education & Counseling, Idaho State University | CACREP Accredited
• MS in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling, Georgia State University| CACREP Accredited
• BA in Psychology, University of California, Riverside

Biography:

Jorge Rosales Lopez (he/him/el) is a Scholar Educator Professor in the Counseling Department at Palo Alto University. He is a bilingual (English and Spanish) licensed professional counselor in Idaho, a national certified counselor (NCC), and nationally certified rehabilitation counselor (CRC). With a specialization in clinical rehabilitation and clinical mental health counseling, he has rendered bilingual counseling services to historically underserved individuals in private and community settings. As a private practice owner, he continues to apply his clinical expertise while maintaining his academic responsibilities.

Growing up in a predominately Latine community, he witnessed first-hand the need for accessible and culturally sensitive helping services offered to marginalized groups. A hope of his is to continue to serve the Latine community through collaborative efforts and comunidad. Through his experience community or, comunidad, efforts have proven to be such a great way of both connecting and serving the Latine population.

His professional interests seek to continue expanding the availability of culturally sensitive resources and services to marginalized populations. His research interests include exploring multicultural sensitivity, serving the Latin(a/o/e) population, liberation oriented research, Relational Cultural Theory, social justice, & disability. He currently strives to advance inclusive excellence efforts within the counseling profession through serving with the Western Association of Counselor Education & Supervision's subcommittees and as Western Regional Representative of the Association of Multicultural Counseling and Development. He regularly presents at national and regional conferences, sharing his research and clinical insights with the broader counseling community.

He previously has earned a scholarship from the US Department of Education's Rehabilitation Services Administration Scholarship Program and was selected as a 2022-23 NBCC Doctoral Minority Fellow for the National Board for Certified Counselors and Affiliates. He has also served as a mentor for the NBCC Foundation, supporting the next generation of counseling professionals. As a MFP doctoral fellow, his professional aspirations seek to continue expanding and advocating for the availability of resources to overlooked and underserved communities. 

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Areas of Interest:

Multicultural Sensitivity, Latin(a/o/e) population, Relational Cultural Theory, Social Justice, Disability Awareness/Sensitivity, Mentorship of BIPOC students & Latine students/faculty in CES

Selected Publications:

Vázquez, M., Galván, A., Reyes, A. G., Ceballos, P., Rosales Lopez, J., Dipre, K. A., Gallardo, D., Cazares-Cervantes, A., & Aguilar, E. (in press). Nuestros Encuentros: Healing through dialogue. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmcd.12319

Lopez, J. R. (2024). Discapacidad? : Understanding the experience of culture for non-Hispanic rehabilitation counselors working with Hispanic clients living with a disability [ProQuest Information & Learning]. In Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciencesand Engineering (Vol. 85, Issue 3–B).

Shannonhouse, L., Lopez, J., Hall, M. E. L., Silverman, E., Captari, L. E., Park, C. L., McMartin, J., Kapic, K., & Aten, J. (2023). "God wastes nothing": A consensual qualitative study of coping among Catholic individuals with cancer diagnoses. Journal of health psychology, 28(12), 1117–1130. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053231184032 

Shannonhouse, L., Mize, M., Miskis, C., Rice, R., Orr, J., Mason, E., Lopez, J. (2019) A Counselor's Role in Suicide Intervention: Individual and Systemic Levels. CSI Exemplar.

Websites and Other Relevant Links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorge-rosales-lopez-crc-lpc-id-ncc-85760b23a/