Jeannie Falkner

Dr. Falkner has more than three decades of clinical experience in the provision of mental health services to individuals, couples, children, and groups in private practice in Dallas, TX, Greenwood, MS, and Oxford, MS. Dr. Falkner holds an MSSW in Clinical Social Work from the University of Texas at Arlington, TX and a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Mississippi. Her clinical expertise is in Redecision Therapy and group counseling. Dr. Falkner is a frequent presenter for regional, national, and international professional associations including for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy in Belfast, Northern Ireland and for the International Association for Counseling in Rome, Italy.
Prior to joining the faculty at Walden, Dr. Falkner was a tenured Associate Professor at Delta State University in Cleveland, MS. Dr. Falkner joined Walden University in 2010 and has served at the Subject Matter Expert and lead faculty for Group Process and Dynamics. Dr. Falkner serves on Walden's admissions committee and the student skills mentoring committee. She is active in professional organizations at the state and national levels, previously serving on the Board of the Mississippi Chapter of the National Association of Social Work, chair of the (NASW) Ethics Committee, as a member of the Publication Committee for Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work. Dr. Falkner was an invited member by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to develop a national supervision model for Master level social work supervision. She has served a program reviewer for the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) and the Southern Association of Education and Supervision (SACES).
Dr. Falkner is a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW) MS and an Approved LCSW Supervisor. Dr. Falkner is a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) and Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Honor Society. Dr. Falkner's research interests and publications address counselor self-care and financial wellness, addressing poverty through a multicultural lens, promoting social and economic justice, group process and dynamics, and counseling bi-racial youth and teens.

Courses Taught

COUN 6250 - Group Process and Dynamics

COUN 6723 - Multicultural Counseling

COUN 6101 - Foundations in Counseling

CPLB 602L - CMHC PrePracticum

COUN 6722 - Theories of Counseling

GRTP 6100 - Group Lab

Education

PhD, University of Mississippi

MSW, University of Texas @ Arlington

BA, University of Mississippi

Public Service

Oxford Treatment Center Continuing Education Advisory Board, Chair - Oxford

Doors of Hope Transition Ministry, Committee Member - Oxford

Publications

Falkner, J. (2019). Falkner, J., Capuzzi, D., & Stauffer, M. (2019). Group work: Theories and applications..

Falkner, J. (2019). Who am I: Unique issues of the multiracial youth? .

Falkner, J. (2017). Self care and self growth: A professional responsibility..

Falkner, J., Simpson, L. (2013). Self-Care and self-Growth: A professional responsibility. .

Presentations

Falkner, J., Foster, L., Overton, S. (2018). The Culture of Poverty: Honoring and Working Effectively with Our Clients.

Foster, L., Overton, S., Young, A. J., Falkner, J. (2017). Understanding poverty: reducing barriers and creating opportunities. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision