About us.
The Counseling Roundtable is a global community and provides an inclusive, respectful, and collaborative space for professional counselors to co-create and develop excellence in advocacy, leadership, research, teaching, and supervision.
Who are we?
We are a diverse group of professional counselors and counselor educators who are focused on helping counselors become exceptional teachers, supervisors, researchers, advocates, and leaders in their own community as catalysts for change. We are dedicated to excellence in counseling, training, and research in our shared work as leaders and advocates for wellness around the world.
What is our Vision?
We believe in an interconnected profession in which counselors across the world are engaged in reflective learning, committed to excellence, and rooted in collaboration.
What are our Values?
equity; humility; reciprocity
Who are we?
The Lead Collaborators are responsible for the visioning and leadership of The Counseling Roundtable.
Lead Collaborators
Kok-Mun Ng
PhD, LPC, LCMHC, ACS, NCC
Dr. Kok-Mun Ng is Professor of Counselor Education at Oregon State University and a Lead Collaborator on the Counseling Roundtable team. He has served in state-level and national-level professional organizations (e.g., NBCC & CACREP). He has published research articles in peer-reviewed journals, presented programs, and conducted training workshops in regional, national, and international venues. His research interests include theories and techniques in counseling, supervision, multicultural and social justice issues, couples and family, assessment, pedagogy, and professional training issues including professional identity development and internationalization of counseling. Kok-Mun is a Malaysian who currently resides in Oregon.
Gideon Litherland
PhD, ACS, LCPC, CCMHC
Gideon serves as a Lead Collaborator for The Counseling Roundtable. By day, he works in the Counseling@Northwestern master’s program at the Family Institute at Northwestern University where he teaches, supervises, and serves on the faculty and the distributed clinical training team. Gideon earned his PhD in Counseling from Oregon State University and his MA in Counseling Psychology from the Family Institute at Northwestern University. Gideon has served in multiple professional counseling leadership roles and maintains research interests in clinical supervision, instrumentation, psychometrics, and relational-cultural practice. Gideon lives in Los Angeles, CA.
Gretchen Schulthes
PhD, LAC, NCC
Gretchen serves as a Lead Collaborator for The Counseling Roundtable. Her day job is working in higher education at the community college level at Hudson County Community College. In addition, she is also an adjunct instructor in Montclair State University’s Family Science & Human Development department. Gretchen has a PhD in Counseling from Oregon State University and an MA in Counseling from Kean University. She is particularly interested in engaging in research focused on college student populations and various aspects of counselor education. Gretchen currently lives in Jersey City, NJ.
Mandarin Collaborators
Daisy Zhaoxuan Zhou
Daisy Zhaoxuan Zhou serves as a volunteer collaborator at TCR providing leadership in developing Mandarin-based programming. Currently, Daisy is a doctoral student in the counselor education program at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. Daisy grew up in China and received her B.S. in psychology. She earned her M.S. in Marriage Family and Couple Counseling and a certificate in Play and Creativity in counseling at Stetson University. As an emerging counselor educator, Daisy is passionate about multiculturalism in counseling and counselor education, research training for counseling students, and using expressive-art techniques in counseling, supervision, and teaching.
Yun Shi
Yun Shi serves as a Mandarin Collaborator for The Counseling Roundtable. She holds an MS in counseling and a PhD in counseling education. Yun works as an assistant professor and Coordinator of Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling Program at Portland State University. She also provides training and supervision to pre-licensed and licensed multilingual counselors in and outside the United States. Yun currently lives in Portland, Oregon, United States.