Cathy M. Hudgins, Ph.D. (Virginia Tech) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counselor Education. Dr. Hudgins provides counseling students with emergent, experiential learning opportunities by drawing on her past and present experiences in private and public mental health. She has experience in crisis assessment and intervention, community-based and college-based outpatient counseling, in-patient assessment and intervention, and community mental health consulting. She has also held a variety of posts in higher education administration and student affairs. Her research and practice interests include integrated mental health, rural mental health, addictions, crisis, couples issues related to technology, care giving, and art therapy. Dr. Hudgins is the Media Editor for the Journal of Family Psychotherapy and is an active member of a variety of state and national associations related to mental health practice. In addition to her teaching, research, and outreach, she also maintains a small private practice as a licensed professional counselor and a licensed marriage and family therapist. She can be contacted at cmhudgins@radford.edu.