Shannon Hodges, PhD, LMHC, ACS, is professor emeritus of clinical mental health counseling at Niagara University and currently associate professor of counseling at the University of the Sunshine Coast near Brisbane, Australia He has over 25 years of experience providing counseling in community agencies, university counseling centers, residential treatment centers and overseas. He is a former director of a university counseling center and clinical director of a county mental health clinic and has 10 years of experience supervising and providing peer counseling in collegiate living groups. He has 33 years of experience in training school counselors, mental health counselors, and undergraduate psychology students.