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Background

Kathleen Lovanice is part of the faculty team for the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC). She is currently completing her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision at Regent University. She earned her M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a concentration in Student Affairs and Higher Education and her B.S. in Organizational Management from Palm Beach Atlantic University. When she is not in the classroom, she usually recharges through gardening, playing racquetball, or enjoying the Florida coast with her family.

Clinical Background

Kathleen brings experience in college mental health counseling, counselor education, clinical supervision, and student development. Her clinical work has primarily focused on supporting college students and emerging adults, including providing individual counseling, crisis intervention, mental health outreach, and consultation within higher education settings. She has also provided cross-cultural clinical supervision to counselors-in-training internationally and has experience working with children, adolescents, young adults, and families in trauma-informed settings.

Research Interest

Her teaching and scholarly interests include college student mental health and development, multicultural counseling, Christian-integrated counseling, trauma-informed care and supervision, cross-cultural supervision, cultural humility, and acculturation and adjustment. Her research and professional presentations have explored topics including trauma-informed supervision, cultural humility in cross-cultural supervision, spirituality and religion in counseling, and culturally responsive mental health practice. Kathleen is particularly passionate about preparing counselors to integrate clinical competence, cultural humility, faith, and compassion in their work with diverse clients and communities.

Courses Taught

• Counseling Skills
• Human Growth and Development
• Psychopathology and Diagnosis
• Multicultural Counseling
• Business Issues in Professional Counseling

Academic Presentations

Yoon, D., De Souza Jr., V., & Lovanice, K. (2026, March). Twice as good, still a fraud: The role of culturally-driven shame in sustaining impostor phenomenon in minority clients. Christian Association Psychological Studies Conference: Columbus, Ohio 
 
Kent, V., Cantor, G., Wisener, E., Overfelt, C., Ripley, J., Sells, J., De Souza, V., & Lovanice, K. (2025, March). Enhancing Clinical Confidence and Competency of Integrating Religion and Spirituality in Relational Therapy using the CARS Training Model. Christian Association Psychological Studies Conference, Denver, CO. 
 
Guan, J., Beatty, S., Lovanice, K., Yoon, D., (2024, June). Integrative Trauma-Informed Supervision Model: An integrated approach. International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision (IICCS). (Conference presentations). University of Redlands: Redlands, CA¯ 
 
Lovanice, K., Yoon, D., De Souza Jr., V., (2024, May). Mitigate Vicarious Trauma with Cultural Humility in Cross-Cultural Supervision. Florida Counseling Association. (Conference presentation). Virtual Traumatology Symposium¯¯ 
 
Yoon, D., Lovanice, K., Myers, M, Harmon, Z. (2023, November). Trauma-informed supervision: incorporating the IPR model to nurture a safe place. Arkansas Counseling Association (conference presentation). Little Rock, AR.

Professional Associations

• Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, 2026–present
• Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) - Alpha Omega Lambda Chapter, 2024–present
• Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS), 2024–present
• Florida Counseling Association (FCA), 2024–present
• American Association of Christian Counselors,&²Ô²ú²õ±è;2022&²Ô»å²¹²õ³ó;±è°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù¯â¶Ä¯&²Ô²ú²õ±è;
• Florida Mental Health Counseling Association (FMHCA), 202–present
• American Counseling Association (ACA), 2021–present
• American College Counseling Association (ACCA) Professional Member, 2019–present

Recommended Reading

• When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, MD
• The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
• On Becoming a Person by Carl Rogers, PhD
• Mindset by Carol Dweck, PhD
• The Whole-Brain Child, Daniel Siegel, MD