Rebecca Hug Phillips

Dr. Hug is a counselor educator and licensed professional clinical counselor with supervisory designation (Ohio). She served for nearly a decade as a community organizer and cultural competence coach before transitioning into counselor education. Dr. Hug prioritizes the integration of student professional identity development with skills mastery. She supports student exploration through her areas of expertise including systemic and generational trauma, parenting and couples work, and family-based intervention. Dr. Hug has served in myriad settings including private practice, agency, school, in-patient hospitalization, and out-patient adventure therapy. She is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and utilizes this approach in her solo private practice.

Awards / Honors

Faculty Excellence Award, , 2024

Publications

Hug Phillips, R. (2024). Strategies to Improve Counselor Educators and Students' Cultural Engagement Skills.

Presentations

Hug Phillips, R. (2024). “But What If I Say the Wrong Thing?”: Navigating Personal Fears of Engaging Professionally. University of Phoenix

Hug Phillips, R. (2024). Cultivating Brave Space in Our Classrooms and Within Ourselves. University of Phoenix

Hug Phillips, R. (2023). Understanding the Developing Brain: Regulate, Relate, Reason.

Jencius, M., Marder, S., Hug Phillips, R. (2022). Developing Your Own Q Methodology Study in Counselor Education.

Dunson, L., Hug Phillips, R. (2021). Assessing your counseling organization for social justice integration.

Hug Phillips, R. (2021). Breaking Intergenerational Trauma. Ursuline College

Hug Phillips, R., Jankowski, J., Rule-Hoffman, G., Jackson, K. (2021). Broaching Diversity & National News with Supervisees.

Hug Phillips, R., Jackson, K. (2021). Seeking Justice through Community Art Making: Prevention & Response.

Hug Phillips, R. (2021). Utilizing creative trauma-informed interventions with children and adolescents.

Hug Phillips, R. (2023). Understanding the Developing Brain: Regulate, Relate, Reason.

Hug Phillips, R., Eaglowski, P. (2021). How to Develop Parenting Through Trauma Psychoeducation Groups.

Hug Phillips, R., Green, D. (2021). Mobilizing a response team for racial injustices in your community. Counselors for Social Justice

Hug Phillips, R. (2021). Broaching in Supervision: Unpacking Impacts of the Multipandemic.

Hug Phillips, R. (2021). Community Organizing and Counseling. The Ohio State University