Dr. Chelsey Holden
Associate Professor
Bio
Dr. Chelsey Holden is Program Coordinator of the School Counseling M.Ed. Program and Associate Professor of Child and Family Sciences in the School of Child and Family Sciences at The University of 51¶ºÄÌ Mississippi. Dr. Holden earned her Ph.D. in Counselor Education from Mississippi State University and her Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from The University of 51¶ºÄÌ Mississippi. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), a Board Certified Telemental Health Provider (BC-TMH) and a National Certified Counselor (NCC). Dr. Holden enjoys teaching, training counselors, conducting research, and mentoring student research projects. Her research agenda is focused on wellness for helping professionals, college students, and romantic couples; finances; and the link between mental health wellness and physical wellness.
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling (PHD) - Mississippi State University (2017)
- MS - University of 51¶ºÄÌ Mississippi (2013)
- BS - Troy University (2011)
SCS 610: Foundations of School Counseling
SCS 611: Career Counseling
SCS 616: Assessment in Counseling
SCS 617: Counseling Skills
SCS 618: Group Process and Techniques
SCS 621: Ethical Practice of School Counseling
FAM 535: Families in Crisis
FAM 650: Development of School-Aged Children & Families
FAM 655: Introduction to Marriage and Family Therapy Theories I
FAM 675: Family Research Methods
- The Impostor Phenomenon in Mental Health Professionals: Relationships among Secondary Traumatic Stress, Burnout and Compassion Satisfaction, Contemporary Family Therapy, 2021,
- Are Perfectionistic Standards Associated with Burnout? Multidimensional Perfectionism and Compassion Experiences among Professional MFTs, Contemporary Family Therapy, 2021,
- The changing face of telesupervision and digital training in response to COVID-19, Journal of Family Therapy, 2022,
- How Far is Too Far? Parenting Behaviors in Youth Sports, The American Journal of Family Therapy, 2020,
- MFTs: Training, confidence, and comfort to address client financial concerns, Marriage & Family Review, 2020,
- Health-Promoting Behaviors, Relationship Satisfaction, and Resilience among a Community Sample, Contemporary Family Therapy, 2022,
- Personality and Sexting: The Relationship between Sexting Behaviors, Sexting Expectations, and the Big Five, The Family Journal, 2022,
- Characteristics of Veterinarians-in-Training: Perfectionism, Personality, and Resilience, Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 2020,
- Imposter syndrome among first generation and second generation college students: The roles of perfectionism and stress, Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2024,
- Our Money, My Secrets: Why Married Individuals Commit Financial Infidelity, Contemporary Family Therapy, 2020,
- Mississippi Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- Mississippi Counseling Association