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Dr. Jackie Beard earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she also received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Additionally, she obtained a master’s degree in Counseling from Indiana University, Bloomington. Dr. Beard has extensive experience as a staff psychologist at UIUC’s McKinley Health Center, where she provided individual therapy and crisis services to university students. Her clinical interests focus on trauma healing, LGBTQIA+ identity development, addiction treatment, and graduate student concerns. She teaches courses such as EPSY 419, EPSY/PSYC 420, and EPSY 590 TH, where she advises and supervises master’s students and coordinates clinical placements. Dr. Beard also guides doctoral student research. For more information about the master’s program, please visit her department's website.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign • Champaign, IL
Teaching and supervising students in the Counseling Psychology program, coordinating clinical placements.
UIUC’s McKinley Health Center • Champaign, IL
Provided individual therapy and crisis services to university students.
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