Kathy Atanasov

With a background in school, addiction, ands clinical mental health counseling, Dr. Kathy Goss Atanasov is a Contributing Faculty Member in the School of Counseling at Walden University. Since 2018, she has taught COUN 6001, COUN 6111S, COUN 6370, COUN 6101, and Pre-Practicum at Walden. Dr. Atanasov has also taught practicum, career counseling, and substance abuse and society at the College of William & Mary prior to joining Walden.

After a decade working in adult literacy and information technology, Dr. Atanasov started her counseling career as a high school counselor (M.Ed, William & Mary, 2007), and later specialized in clinical mental health and addiction counseling during her doctorate (Ph.D, William & Mary, 2016). Dr. Atanasov has worked with adolescents and adults in several clinical settings including public schools, a college addictions clinic, and a local court system, residential and outpatient addiction centers, and in private practice.

In addition to her work at Walden, Dr. Atanasov is the owner of Therapy Owls, a small group practice in Williamsburg, VA. She continues to work at a residential addictions center on Fridays. Dr. Atanasov's ideal job is to teach part-time and counsel part-time.

Dr. Atanasov is a Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, and Approved Clinical Supervisor in the State of Virginia. She is certified in EMDR and Brainspotting.

Courses Taught

COUN 6101 - Foundations of Graduate Study

COUN 6370 - Counseling Addictive Disorders

COUN 6100 - Group Lab

COUN 6316 - Techniques in Counseling

CPLB 602L - Pre Practicum 2

COUN 6111S - Intro to School Counseling

Education

PhD, College of William & Mary

MEd, College of William & Mary

MA, Boston College

BA, Texas A&M University