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Janee Both Gragg Ph.D.

Professor, Department Chair
Counseling and Human Services, School of Education

About

Janee Both Gragg, PhD, is a first-generation Hispanic student and professor, helping others reach their academic and career goals and important focus of her work both in and outside of the classroom. She is committed to training students as social justice advocates and ensuring that the next generation of counselors possess appropriate leadership and advocacy skills to navigate the future of the mental health profession with a focus on changing lives and transforming communities. 

Education

  • Ph.D., Marriage and Family Therapy, Loma Linda University 
  • M.S., Marriage and Family Therapy, Loma Linda University, 
  • Drug & Alcohol Counseling Certificate, Loma Linda University
  • B.A., Psychology, Southern Adventist University

Professional Background

  • California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Marriage and Family Therapist, February 2007-Present, License No. MFC 44311
  • California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, March 2014-Present, License No. LPCC 905

Publications

Bechard, A. & Both Gragg, J. (In Press). Microaggressions and the Marginalization of First Generation Professors: Professional Assimilation and Competency Development. Taboo: Culture in Education.

 

Both Gragg, J., Goodyear, R., Scheier, L., Krafft, L. (2016). Using Multivariate Concept Mapping to Examine Counselor Educators’ Implicit Model of The Profession’s Functions. The Practitioner Scholar: Journal of Counseling and Professional Psychology, (5) 141-155.

 

Nava, Y. & Both Gragg, J. (2015). Counselor Preparedness in Special Education Advocacy. Journal of School Counseling. South Carolina Counseling Forum.

Goodyear, R., Lichtenberg, J., Keeyeon, B., Both Gragg, J. (2014). Ten Changes Psychotherapists Typically Make as they Mature into the Role of Supervisor. Journal of Clinical Psychology/In Session.

Awards and service

  • California Association of School Counseling, Counselor Advocate of the Year (Fall 2012)
  • YMCA East Valley Service Award (Summer 2018)

Areas of Expertise

Professional

  • Academic program/curriculum development
  • Professional partnership development
  • Community service, experiential and project based learning
  • Grant writing
  • Public speaking
  • Clinical
  • Clinical program/curriculum development
  • Psychotherapy with couples and families
  • Psychotherapy with adolescents
  • Substance abuse counseling
  • Developmental life transitions
  • Crisis intervention

Academic Interests

  • Strategies for Integrating social justice and advocacy instruction in counselor education
  • Youth perceived barriers to counseling access and utilization
  • Advocacy for school based mental health
  • Mental health service delivery reform