Catharine Beecher, M. D.

Senior Instructor of Counseling and Human Services
College of Education

1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
(719) 255-3934

cbeecher@uccs.edu

• Education
• Teaching
• Scholarship
• Service

Catharine Beecher is a senior instructor in the Department of Counseling and Human Services. Dr. Beecher's 30-year career has run the gamut of helping professions - physician, fiduciary, parent, community activist, counselor, life coach, counselor educator.  She uses a strength-based, goal-focused approach with students, as well as in her practice with adolescents and adults in transition. Long interested in neuroscience and mind-body connections as related to stress-management, performance, and health, Dr. Beecher's current professional focus is on the burgeoning field of positive psychology - the science of people being and doing their best - and the development of resilience across the lifespan.

Education

M.D.
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center - 1981

M.A.
Counseling and Human Services - UCCS - 2004

Credentials

• Licensed Professional Counselor - Colorado (# 5313)
• National Certified Counselor (# 89794)
• American Counseling Association (ACA)
• National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
• Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)
• Rocky Mountain Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (RMACES)
• Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International (CSI)

Teaching

COUN 5040: Human Growth and Development over the Lifespan (Summer)
COUN 5330: Ethics in the Helping Professions (Fall)
COUN 5440: Advanced Psychopathology and Diagnosis (Fall)
COUN 5720: Internship in Community Counseling (Fall - Spring)
COUN 5120: Practicum in Professional Counseling - Community track (Spring)
COUN 5430: Career Development (Spring)
COUN 5300: Lab in Marriage and Family/Systems Counseling

Service

Department of Counseling and Human Services

• Coordinator/Administrator, Comprehensive examinations
• Coordinator, National Counselor Examination (NCE)
• Faculty Advisor, Chi Upsilon Sigma Chapter (at UCCS) of Chi Sigma Iota
• Coordinator, 2009 Faculty search/campus visits

College of Education

• Conceptual Framework Committee
  2008 - 2009
• Innovations and Research Committee
  2007 - 2008
• Grievance Committee
  2006 - 2008