Donya Wallace, PhD, NCC, LPC
Position:
Assistant Professor
Contact Information:
counseling@paloaltou.eduOther Positions:
CACREP Liaison
Co-Advisor Chi Sigma Iota Honor Society/ Sigma Epsilon Iota Chapter
Programs:
Master's, Doctoral
Education:
B.S. Experimental Psychology, University of South Carolina
M.A. Counseling, Webster University
Ph.D. Counselor Education, University of South Carolina
Biography:
Dr. Donya D. Wallace is an Assistant Professor in the Counseling department at Palo Alto University in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Wallace is licensed as a Professional Counselor, and a Professional Counselor Supervisor in South Carolina, and is a National Certified Counselor. She has practiced clinical mental health counseling since 2002 and has worked in an array of settings including community mental health, intensive outpatient facilities, jail diversion programs, and private practice. She specializes in rural mental health with underserved communities. Dr. Wallace’s scholarly work focuses on the intersections of African American women’s mental health and socio- cultural trauma. She has presented her work in state, regionally and nationally conferences.
Dr. Wallace has been recognized by a number of professional organizations. She is a 2018-19 National Board for Counselor Certification Foundation (NBCCF) Minority Fellow, and a 2018 Southern Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors (SACES) Emerging Leader. In 2021 she was recognized as a Counselor Education & Supervision (CE&S) Fellow. Dr. Wallace has served in a number of leadership positions within the profession and currently serves as chair of the Leadership and Advocacy Committee for the Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors (ACES). She is treasurer of the PeeDee Medical Professionals Association, a non-profit organization made up of African American healthcare providers who aim to address healthcare disparities and related issues impacting the African American community through healthcare initiatives, philanthropy and scholarship.
Areas of Interest:
African American women and mental health, the Strong Black Woman archetype, culturally informed pedagogy and clinical training
Selected Publications:
Wallace, D. & Jacoby, R. Increasing Self-Awareness in Online Students in Counselor Education, (In Press). In S. Golden & A. Harrison (Eds.)Culturally Sustainable Counseling Curricula in Online Higher Education. IGI Global
Wallace, D., Limberg, D., Moore, & Linich, K. (2023). “White girls are taught to be wives; Black girls are taught to survive”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of wellness among strong Black women. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 45(4), 297- 318. https://doi.org/10.17744/mehc.45.4.02
Wallace, D. Positive Psychology and Diversity. (2023). In S. Dermer & J. Abdullah (Eds.). SAGE Encyclopedia of Multicultural Counseling, Social Justice and Advocacy
Limberg, D., Fields, A., Wallace, D., Johnson, S., & Sookah, R. (2023). Chapter 8: Cognitive Approaches. In S. Flynn & J. Castleberry (Eds.) Counseling Theories and Case Conceptualization A Practice-Based Approach. Springer
Wallace, D., Moore, C., & Roller, K. (2023). Black girls are taught to survive: Historical trauma and the strong Black woman’s embodiment. International Body Psychotherapy Journal, 22(1), 16- 30.
Wallace, D. & S. Vaishnavi. (2022). Navigating microaggressions in online learning environments. (2022). Journal of Technology in Counselor Education and Supervision, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.22371/tces/0020
Wallace, D., Carlson, R., & Ohrt, J. (2021). Culturally adapted cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of panic episodes and depression in an African American woman: A clinical case-illustration. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 43(1), 40-58. https://doi.org/10.17744/mehc.43.1.03
Ohrt, J.H., Wymer, B., Guest, J., Hipp, C., Wallace, D., & Deaton, J. (2020). A pilot feasibility study of an adapted social and emotional learning intervention in an alternative school. Psychology in the Schools. https://doi.org/10.1080/1045988X.1818179
Wallace, D. (2019). Examining perceptions and sensemaking of wellness among African American women who manifest the archetype of the strong Black women (Publication No. 13857970) [Doctoral dissertation, University of South Carolina] Proquest Dissertations and Theses Global.