Position:

Adjunct Professor

Contact Information:

mperepiczka@paloaltou.edu

Other Positions:

Core Faculty University of Phoenix, Director Mental Health Counseling Services of New York

Programs:

Master's

Education:

Doctorate of Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision ▪ December 2008
Texas A&M University-Commerce ▪ GPA 4.0 ▪ CACREP-Accredited Program

• Dissertation: Relationship between wellness and age, matriculation, and relationship status of counselor education and supervision doctoral students
• Focus areas were research and statistics, child and adolescent counseling, and addictions

Masters of Science in Counseling and Development ▪ December 2006
Texas Woman’s University ▪ GPA 4.0 ▪ CACREP-Accredited Program

• Focus area was play therapy

Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies ▪ May 2003, University of Texas at Dallas ▪ GPA 4.0

• Honors Thesis: How to deal with difficult co-workers in the workplace: The know-all, office gossip, constant complainer, and perfectionist
• Focus areas were psychology, sociology, and interpersonal communication

Areas of Interest:

Wellness, Life Balance

Selected Publications:

Therthani, S., Balkin, R. S., Perepiczka, M., Silva, S., Hunter, Q., & Juhnke, G. A. (2022). Assessing personality traits, life balance domains, and work addiction among entrepreneurs. Career Development Quarterly, 1-12.

Wheeler, M., & Perepiczka, M. (2022). Review of Career Beliefs Inventory. In D. Carr (Ed.), A Comprehensive Guide to Career Assessment Instruments (7th ed.). National Career Development Association.

Perepiczka, M. & Wheeler, M. (2022). Review of 16PF. In D. Carr (Ed.), A Comprehensive Guide to Career Assessment Instruments (7th ed.). National Career Development Association.

Winburn, A., Perepiczka, M., Frankum, J., & Neal, S. (2020). Play therapists’ empathy levels as a predictor of self-perceived advocacy competency. International Journal of Play Therapy, 29(3), 144–154.

Perepiczka, M., Smith, H., Cobb, N. A., & Erford, B. T. (2019). Determining evidence-based outcomes using free-access screening assessment instruments. Counselling Australia, 20(3), 56-66.

Balkin, R. S., Perepiczka, M., Sowell, S. M., Cumi, K., & Gnilka, P. G. (2016). The Forgiveness-Reconciliation Model: An empirically supported process for humanistic counseling. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 55, 55-65, doi: 10.1002/johc.12024

Becerra, M., & Perepiczka M. (2014). Experiencias de padres mexicanos en la crianza de un hijo con discapacidad intelectual en los Estados Unidos. Visión Sy, 12(1), 1-18. Translation: Experiences of Mexican fathers raising a child with an intellectual disability in the United States.

Sheperis, D. S., Sheperis, C. J., Perepiczka, M., Ammons, R., & Bussey, L. (2013). Early intervention: Understanding coping skills and mental health symptomology among pregnant women in high-risk areas. The Journal of Counseling Research and Practice, 3, 9-20.

Lenz, S., Perepiczka, M., & Balkin, R. S. (2013). Evidence for the mediating effects of a support group for statistics phobia. Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation, 4(1), 26-40.

Perepiczka, M., & Scholl, M. (2012). AHC: The heart and conscience of the counseling profession. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education, and Development, 51, 6-20.

Chandler, N., Balkin, R. S., & Perepiczka, M. (2011). Perceived self-efficacy of licensed counselors to provide substance abuse counseling. Journal of Additions and Offender Counseling, 32, 29-42.

Perepiczka, M., Chandler, N., & Becerra, M. (2011). Relationship between statistics self-efficacy and statistics attitude, statistics anxiety, and social support. The Professional Counselor, 1(2), 99-108

Perepiczka, M., & Balkin, R. S. (2010). Relationship between wellness and age, matriculation, and relationship status of counseling education doctoral students. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education, and Development, 48, 203-216.

Balkin, R. S., Perepiczka, M., Whitely, R., & Kimbrough, S. (2009). The relationship of values and emotional awareness to sexual activity in young adulthood. Adultspan, 8, 17-28.

Perepiczka, M. (2009). Wellness-based group counseling with elementary students in disciplinary alternative education programs. Journal of School Counseling, 7(10).