Torey Portrie Bethke

Dr. Torey Portrie- is dedicated and enthusiastic in her role as a counselor educator and as a clinical mental health and family counselor working toward empowering students and clients in the direction of positive growth and development for over 13 years. She has provided clinical supervision for master’s practicum and internship students for over the past 13 years. In her strength based supervision role, she works to enhance students’ self-efficacy through creating a bridge between counselor development and emerging counseling skills/techniques/theory. She promotes students’ professional identity and advocates for the profession by utilizing networking techniques such as student inclusion in presentation and professional publications. Dr. Portrie is a frequent presenter in the areas of Adventure Based Counseling, abuse/trauma, play therapy, counseling supervision, and group counseling.

Courses Taught

COUN 6626 - Research Methodology and Program Evaluation

COUN 6101 - Foundations in Counseling

COUN 6336 - Crisis, Trauma, and Response

COUN 6726 - Couples and Family Counseling

COUN 6602 - MS Counseling Residency

COUN 6642 - MS Counseling Residency

Education

PhD, Idaho State University

Master's of Counseling, Marriage, Couple, and Family, Idaho State University

BS, University of New Hampshire