Geneva Gray

Dr. Geneva M. Gray is a counselor educator and licensed professional counselor in the state of Georgia. She received her Ph.D., Ed.S, and Master’s degrees from Georgia State University. Dr. Gray also graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She also holds certifications as a national certified counselor, certified professional counselor supervisor, and master addiction counselor. Dr. Gray was inducted into the Chi Epsilon Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota in 2003. During her membership in the chapter she served as the 2005-2006 Chapter President, the 2004 – 2005 Chapter Secretary, and the 2004 – 2005 Awards Committee Chair. She was the recipient of the 2004 Outstanding Service to the Chapter Award and the 2006 Outstanding Doctoral Student Award.
She has served as faculty advisor for the Alpha Upsilon Alpha Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota and was awarded the 2011 Suprina/Turner Founders’ Award.
She currently serves as the treasurer of the International Association for Addictions and Offender Counselor (IAAOC), a division of the American Counseling Association. She has also served as Secretary and President of IAAOC. In addition, Dr. Gray maintains a private practice (Shades of Gray Wellness Center) where she specializes in the treatment of addictive disorders. She also provides clinical supervision for master’s level counselors.
Dr. Gray has presented at numerous national, regional, and local conferences, published research and book chapters in the areas of substance abuse, process addictions, criminal and offender issues, counselor education, counselor development, and LGBT considerations in counseling. In addition, she has mentored dozens of students towards obtaining doctoral degrees in counselor education.
Dr. Gray is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She is a wife to an amazing husband of 27 years and a mother to two incredible boys.

Courses Taught

COUN 6730 - Counseling Addictive Disorders

COUN 8560 - Dissertation

CPLB 803L - CES Pre-Practicum

COUN 8146 - Crisis Management

COUN 8333 - Vicarious Trauma

COUN 8115 - Counseling Theories

COUN 8890 - CES Practicum

COUN 8895 - Internship

COUN 8660 - Social Change for Professional Counselors

Education

PhD, Georgia State University

MS, Georgia State University

BA, Emory University

Public Service

Alpha Upsilon Alpha Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, Guest Speaker - Atlanta

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, Member - Atlanta

New Life Church Missions Ministry, Volunteer - Decatur

Awards / Honors

Chi Epsilon, Outstanding Service to the Chapter Award, , 2006

ACA Ethics Case Study Competition Ð Doctoral Level, , 2005

Chi Sigma Iota Fellow (2006). Chi Sigma Iota Inter, , 2006

Chi Sigma Iota, Alpha Upsilon Alpha, Suprina/Turne, , 2009

Chi Sigma Iota, Chi Epsilon, Outstanding Doctoral, , 2007

College of Education Scholarship, (2005). Georgia, , 2005

Kenneth Matheny Scholarship, (2005). Georgia State, , 2005

Publications

Powell, P., Gray, G., Reese, M. K. (2013). Connecting with others: A qualitative study of online social networking site usage. The Practitioner Scholar: Journal of Counseling and Professional Psychology

Presentations

Robinson, T., Gray, G. (2015). 2014 ACA/AMHCA Code of ethics and ethical decision-making.

Singh, A., Chung, Y. B., Gray, G. (2006). Helping south Asian women use resilience strategies in the healing process from sexual violence.

Robinson, T., Gray, G. (2015). How to perform a family intervention.

Gray, G., Chaney, M. (2006). Making the invisible, visible: Understanding African American men on the 'down low'.

Lee, L., Green, J., Gray, G. (2014). Restorative justice vs. traditional justice systems: Implications for counselors.

DeGrand, H., Gray, G. (2018). Teaching transgender issues in multicultural courses.

Gray, G., Hale, N. (2018). The great paradigm shift: Bridge the divide between land- based and online learning.