Joseph D. Wehrman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Counseling and Human Services

Columbine Hall 3009
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
(719) 262-3615
jwehrman@uccs.edu

• Education
• Teaching
• Scholarship
• Service

Joseph Wehrman, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Services at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Dr. Wehrman has a wide variety of experiences working in early childhood, community mental health, residential life, and higher education. Dr. Wehrman has extensive experience counseling children and families facing a host of life challenges. He also has vast experience providing humanitarian assistance. He is a former medical service officer and has provided aid in counties such as Honduras, Iraq, Kuwait, and Sri Lanka.

Dr. Wehrman’s research interests include technology and counseling and counseling children and families. He received the 2005 Board of Regents E-Learning Awards for Best Overall Course and Best Distance Delivery Network Course.

Education

Ph.D., Counselor Education & Supervision (2004, The University of South Dakota)
M.S., Applied Behavior Analysis (2001, St. Cloud State University)
B.S., Psychology & B.S., Sociology (1997, Montana State University-Billings)

Teaching

COUN 510: Theories and Techniques of Group Counseling, Day Cohort
COUN 510: Theories and Techniques of Group Counseling, Evening Cohort
COUN 510: Theories and Techniques of Group Counseling, United States Air Force Academy

Scholarship

Wehrman, J. D. (in press). Behavioral counseling. In B.T. Erford (Eds.), ACA
encyclopedia of counseling. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.

Williams, G. T., & Wehrman, J. D. (in press). Utilizing the portfolio in career
development. In J. Patrick & G. Eliason (Eds.), Issues in career development. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.

Wehrman, J.D., & Haist, J. (2006, July). [Review of the book Straight talk about
psychological testing for kids]. Counseling Today.

Wehrman, J.D., & Dahl, S. (2005, August). [Review of the book Before you see your
first client: 55 tips]. Counseling Today.

Wehrman, J.D. (2005, May). A Sri Lanka experience: Providing relief for wave related
fears. Counseling Today, 10-12.

Wehrman, J.D. (2005, March). [Review of the book The heart and soul of change: What
works in therapy]. Counseling Today.

Wehrman, J. D., (2004). Assessing counselor educator’s attitudes about the training,
ethics, and practice of internet counseling in CACREP accredited counselor education programs. Dissertation Abstracts International, 65 (07), 2508A. (UMI No. 3138441).

Wehrman, J.D. (2001). Self-recording of eating behaviors utilizing a lottery system.
Unpublished master’s thesis, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN.

Service

HUMANITARIAN SERVICE

• Hurricane Katrina, Disaster Mental Health Team, Sponsor: American Red Cross, 2005
• Sri Lanka, Tsunami Relief for Child Victims, Sponsor: Association for Play Therapy, 2005
• Iraq & Kuwait, Medical Relief Aid, Sponsor: South Dakota Army National Guard, 2003-2004
• Honduras, Medical Relief Aid, Sponsor: South Dakota Army National Guard, 2002
• Montana, Forest Fire Relief, Sponsor: Montana Army National Guard, 1994

RECOGNITION

• WebCT Exemplary Course Project Nomination (2006)
• SD Board of Regents E-Learning Award “Best Overall Course” (2005)
• SD Board of Regents E-Learning Award “Best Distance Delivery Network (DDN) Course” (2005)
• Special Contributions Award, South Dakota Counseling Association (2005)
• E. Gordon Poling Scholarship Winner, The University of South Dakota (2002)
• Humanitarian Service Award, South Dakota (2001)
• Residential Life Excellence in Advising, The University of South Dakota (2000)
• Senior Achievement Award in Psychology, Montana State University-Billings (1997)
• Humanitarian Service Award, Montana (1995)
• Enlisted Soldier of the Year, Montana Army National Guard (1993)

APPOINTED POSITIONS

• Clinical Communications Committee, Association for Play Therapy (2007-2009)
• Executive Board Member, South Carolina Counseling Association (2006-2007)
• Board of Directors, Youth-Adult Partnership of Aberdeen (2005)
• Education Chair, South Dakota Counseling Association (2004-2005)
• Ethics Chair, Midwest Region of American Counseling Association (2004-2005)
• NSU Campus Liaison for SD Network Against Family Violence & Sexual Assault (2004-2005)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• American Counseling Association
• Association for Counselor Education & Supervision
• American Mental Health Counselors Association
• Association for Play Therapy
• Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Lifetime Member

GRANTS & CONSULTATION

• Grant Reviewer, United States Department of Education (2007-present)
• Peer Grant Reviewer, Florida Department of Education & University of Florida, (2007-2008)
• Grant and Budget Consultant, People Against Rape, (2005-2006)
• Grant and Budget Consultant, Safe Harbor, (2004-2005)