Ariel Harrison

Ariel Harrison, Ph.D., NCC, LPC is a licensed school counselor in Virginia, a certified school counselor in Georgia, and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Georgia. She has worked as a school counselor for almost 12 years in elementary, middle, and high school settings that include private, public, and charter schools.
She is the Academic Program Coordinator and Core Faculty in the School Counseling masters program at Walden. Ariel is a graduate of Walden University's Counselor Education and Supervision doctoral program and loves the relationships that she has formed with students and faculty at Walden. Her theoretical orientation involves Adlerian Therapy and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and her research interests include school belonging, race and racial identity development, African American counseling concerns, and multicultural counseling competence.
Courses Taught
COUN 6302-S - Counseling Techniques in Schools
COUN 6312 - Multicultural Counseling in the Schools
SPLB 671L - MSCO Prepracticum 1
COUN 6311S - Leadership, Advocacy, and Consultation in Schools
COUN 6111S - Introduction to School Counseling
Education
BA, The University of Virginia
MS, Longwood University
PhD, Walden University
Public Service
Georgia School Counselor Association, Other -
The University of Virginia Black Alumni Mental Health List, Participant -
Awards / Honors
2021 Counselor Educator of the Year, Georgia School Counselor Association, 2021
Publications
Payne, R. D., Harrison, A. D., Griffin, M. A. (2024). “Safe spaces are built:” How African American Women Discuss Professional Connectedness in Online Doctoral Programs. Journal of African American Women and Girls in Education
Harrison, A. D. (2022). 10 Tips for Navigating Online Graduate School: A Guide for Single Parents and Primary Caretakers.
Harrison, A. D. (2023). Cultural Competency and Meaningful Online Relationships: Creating Safe Spaces for BIPOC Students.
Harrison, A. D. (2022). 10 Tips for Navigating Online Graduate School: A Guide for Single Parents and Primary Caretakers.
Harrison, A. D., Golden, S. Culturally Sustainable Counseling Curricula in Online Higher Education.
Presentations
Harrison, A. D. (2022). Balancing Counselor Educator Identities: School and Professional/CMHC. SACES
Payne, R. D., Griffin, M. A., Harrison, A. D. (2021). Confronting Integration, Belonging and Isolation of Graduate Students of Color. Walden University
Griffin, M. A., Harrison, A. D., Payne, R. (2020). Mentoring African American Women: Strategies for Colleges, Programs, and Faculty. Walden University
Harrison, A. D. (2020). Multicultural Competence Support for School Counselor Educators. Georgia School Counselor Association