Rachel Dilts

Dr Rachel Dilts serves as a Core Faculty in the School of Counseling at Walden University. Previously, she served as the School Counseling Coordinator for Walden and before that, she was the Director of School Counseling at a private, non-profit University in the NorthWest. She has taught in the areas of Psychology, Graduate School and Community Counseling and worked with the supervision of counseling trainees. In her administration role, she has supervised faculty and aligned program standards to state and national requirements.
Before moving into full-time work in higher education, Dr. Dilts worked in mental health counseling, school and career counseling, and settings from outpatient to residential, with diverse clients, including work on a Reservation.
Dr Dilts has presented on the supervision of counselor trainees, and a variety of topics including personality assessments, career counseling, alternative therapies, the school-to-prison pipeline, and the influence of media on behavior. In addition, she received a publication award, has conducted international research, and authored or co-authored topics in alternative therapies, children with special needs, behavioral effects of media. and a textbook on Gender Psychology and is a Licensed Be Body Positive Facilitator and Nationally Certified Counselor.
Most recently she co-authored a chapter on Eating and Feeding Disorders with other Walden colleagues in the DSM Family Systems book.

Education

PhD, Oregon State University

MA, Lewis & Clark College

BS, Western Oregon University