Associate Professor Shannon Hodges | UniSC | University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

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Associate Professor Shannon Hodges

PhD

  • Associate Professor and Discipline Leader, Counselling
  • School of Law and Society
Email
Telephone
+61 7 5459 4833
Office location
MB-MBA-1-1.125
Campus
Moreton Bay

Shannon Hodges brings 33 years university teaching experience and 25 years providing professional counselling in the U.S. and abroad. He has published books, book chapters, journals articles and authored a national column in Counseling Today and served on editorial boards of research journals for 25 years. His most recent research has been on meaning in life. Shannon has also served as director of a community mental health clinic and a university counselling service.

Professional memberships

  • American Counseling Association
  • American Mental Health Counseling Association

Awards and fellowships

  • Niagara University Excellence in Leadership & Advocacy (2022)
  • Article of the Year, Journal of Group Counseling, Best Group Research Article (2009, shared with colleagues) Association for Specialists in Group Work (2009), Outstanding Article of the Year, Journal for Specialists in Group Work (2009, shared with colleagues)

 

Research areas

  • Meaning in life
  • Borderline personality disorder
  • Professional ethics

Teaching areas

  • Counselling theories
  • Assessment
  • Field placement
  • Relationship counselling
  • Ethics