Rebecca Mclean

Rebecca McLean joined Walden University in 2019 as a Contributing Faculty Member in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program and teaching in both the master's and doctoral counseling programs. She is also currently a Professor in the Department of Counselor Education at Western Illinois University - Quad Cities and served as the departmental Chairperson from January 2011- July 2014. Prior to this, she was on faculty at the University of Arkansas for almost a decade. Dr. McLean received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Master of Education degree in Community Counseling from Kent State University. She received her Ph.D. in Guidance and Counseling with a specialization in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Akron. Dr. McLean began working in the mental health field in 1988 and counseled clients in a variety of settings including an outpatient community mental health center for adults with severe emotional disabilities, two university counseling and development centers, two parochial family service agencies, and in private practice. Additionally, she worked as an Emergency Clinician for a County Psychiatric Emergency Services and volunteered with the American Red Cross Disaster Services Unit. Dr. McLean has an extensive teaching, research, and service record. She served as the 2014 AARC National Assessment & Research Conference Chair and was Editor of Counseling Outcome Research & Evaluation (CORE) from 2013-2017. Professional organizations include the American Counseling Association, American Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, and Chi Sigma Iota. She is the 2017 recipient of the NCACES Deanna Hawes Outstanding Mentor Award and served as the NCACES Member-at-Large 2019-2020. She is currently the co-faculty advisor for the Chi Sigma Iota Xi chapter.

Courses Taught

COUN 6360 - Assessment in Counseling and Education

COUN 8203 - Survey Research Methods

Education

PhD, The University of Akron

MEd, Kent State University

BA, Kent State University

Public Service

WQPT Quad Cities PBS, Volunteer - Moline

M & N Augustine Foundation, Volunteer - Fayetteville

Awards / Honors

Deanna Hawes Outstanding Mentor Award, North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, 2017

Counseling Outcome Research & Evaluation Editor – Certificate of Appreciation, Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC), 2014

2014 National Conference Chair – Certificate of Appreciation, Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC), 2014

Faculty Scholar, College of Education and Human Services, Western Illinois University , 2011

Outstanding Individual Achievement Award for Tenured Counselor Educators, Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, 2008

Publications

Mclean, R. A., McLean, D., Kress, V. (2023). Meaningfulness and selecting CMHC as a career: A cross sectional pilot study of master's students and recent graduates. Journal of Humanistic Counseling

Mclean, R. A. (2018). The debate: Impaired vs. incompetent vs. unethical.

Mclean, R. A. (2018). Initial assessment: The practice interview.

Mclean, R. A. (2017). A Time of New Beginnings. Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation

Elledge, L. C., Elledge, A. R., Mclean, R. A., Cavell, T. A. (2017). School Experiences Questionnaire--Modified Version.

Mclean, R. A., Beck, M. J., Kress, V., Watkins, M. C. (2016). Social and Relational Aspects of Bullying and Victimization in Elementary School: Strength-Based Strategies for Prevention. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health

Elledge, L. C., Elledge, A. R., Mclean, R. A., Cavell, T. A. (2016). Social Risk and Peer Victimization in Elementary School Children: The Protective Role of Teacher-Student Relationships. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Mclean, R. A., Watkins, M. (2016). Assessment and testing.

Powell, M., Mclean, R. A. (2016). The Juvenile Addiction Risk Rating. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development

Faith, M. A., Elledge, L. C., Mclean, R. A., Cavell, T. A. (2015). Conflict and Dominance Between Siblings as Predictors of Children’s Peer Victimization. Journal of Child and Family Studies

Kress, V., Mclean, R. A., Whitlock, J., Mease, L. (2015). Spirituality/Religiosity, Life Satisfaction, and Life Meaning as Protective Factors for Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in College Students. Journal of College Counseling

Mclean, R. A. (2013). A review of the Worklife Indicator.

Presentations

Mclean, R. A. (2017). Tips for applying for counselor education faculty positions. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision

DiCosola, A., Berglund, E., Mclean, R. A. (2016). Supervisory relationships: The influence of similar and differing theoretical orientations. Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling

Mclean, R. A., Berglund, E. (2015). Elementary school students’ behaviors: Correlates to diverse peer victimization experiences. Association for Assessmen and Research in Counseling

Mclean, R. A. (2015). Using your creativity to publish in Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation (CORE) Journal. Association for Creativity in Counseling

Mclean, R. A. (2014). The relationship between types of bullying/victimization and internalization/externalization problems for bullies and victims. American Counseling Association

Mclean, R. A., Nkels, H. (2013). Gatekeeping from admission to graduation: Screening, annual review, due process, remediation, and retention. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision

Mclean, R. A. (2013). Using assessment and research to position oneself for that competitive counselor education faculty position. Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling

Kress, V., Mclean, R. A., Mease, L. (2013). Spirituality/religiousness, life satisfaction, and life meaning as protective factors for non-suicidal self-injury in college students. American Counseling Association

Mclean, R. A. (2018). Helping students with APA format.

Peluso, P., Mclean, R. A., Berglund, E. (2016). Getting to know the AARC journals. Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling

Mclean, R. A. (2021). Promoting Restoration (Kintsug): The Powers of Empathy and Mister Rogers. Association for Creativity in Counseling