College of Education
Catharine Beecher
Instructor of Counseling and Human Services
College of Education
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
(719) 255-3934
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 504: Human Growth and Development over the Lifespan (Summer)
COUN 533: Ethics in the Helping Professions (Fall)
COUN 544: Advanced Psychopathology and Diagnosis (Fall)
COUN 572: Internship in Community Counseling (Fall - Spring)
COUN 512: Practicum in Professional Counseling - Community track (Spring)
COUN 543: Career Development (Spring)
COUN 530: Lab in Marriage and Family/Systems Counseling
Scholarship
Service
University
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 (2008-9)
- Innovations and Research Committee (2007-8)
- Grievance Committee (2006-8)