Olivia Uwamahoro, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, CPCS

Assistant Professor, Counselor Education
Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Speech-Language Pathology College of Education

678-839-6127
oliviau@wVZ8SQaTFGoygDY3SedJ9qr6zwtestga.edu

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Olivia Uwamahoro, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, CPCS

Olivia Uwamahoro, Ph.D., NCC, LPC, CPCS is an Assistant Professor of Counselor Education and College Student Affairs at the University of West Georgia. Dr. Uwamahoro has clinical experience working with child, adolescent and adult clients who experience a variety of therapeutic issues. She has worked in inpatient, outpatient, and partial hospitalization settings. Dr. Uwamahoro's scholarship activities centers around the areas of virtual simulation in counselor education and counseling, client outcome, counseling student development, and clinical supervision. Her primary research foci are (a) using virtual simulation to educate and train counseling students and counseling professions, (b) client outcome, and (c) gate keeping in counselor education. Dr. Uwamahoro is currently serving as Co-Principal Investigator on a 5-year $2.2 million grant funded by the U.S. Rehabilitation Services Administrations Innovative Training program. The project is designed to deliver training to vocational rehabilitation counselors who are hired to work with youth with disabilities (age 14 to 16) in Pre-Employment Training Services. The remote delivery includes online modules, podcasts, skill training using UWGLive Simulation Lab and virtual reality 360 videos.

  • B.A., Psychology, Univeristy of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2009
  • M.S., Counseling (Clinical Mental Health), University of Memphis, 2012
  • Ph.D., Counselor Education, University of Central Florida, 2015

Fall 2023 Sections

Spring 2023 Sections

Fall 2022 Sections

Spring 2022 Sections

Fall 2021 Sections

Spring 2021 Sections

Fall 2020 Sections

Spring 2020 Sections

  • CEPD-7134 (Couples & Family Counseling) Section: 01
  • CEPD-7134 (Couples & Family Counseling) Section: 02
  • CEPD-7155 (Substance Abuse Counseling) Section: E01
  • CEPD-9199 (Dissertation) Section: E01

Fall 2019 Sections

  • CEPD-6140 (Basic Counseling Skills) Section: 01
  • CEPD-6182 (Internship: Prof Counseling) Section: 02
  • CEPD-9186 (Doctoral Internship) Section: E01
  • CEPD-9199 (Dissertation) Section: E05

Summer 2019 Sections

  • CEPD-7138 (Multicultural Counseling) Section: 01D
  • CEPD-7138 (Multicultural Counseling) Section: 02D
  • CEPD-9199 (Dissertation) Section: E05

Spring 2019 Sections

  • CEPD-6140 (Basic Counseling Skills) Section: 01
  • CEPD-6160 (Group Counseling) Section: 01D
  • CEPD-7134 (Couples & Family Counseling) Section: 01D
  • CEPD-9199 (Dissertation) Section: E01

Fall 2018 Sections

  • CEPD-6141 (Prin of Clincl Mntl Hlth Couns) Section: 01
  • CEPD-6160 (Group Counseling) Section: 02
  • CEPD-9186 (Doctoral Internship) Section: E01
  • CEPD-9199 (Dissertation) Section: E05

Summer 2018 Sections

  • CEPD-6140 (Basic Counseling Skills) Section: 01
  • CEPD-7138 (Multicultural Counseling) Section: 01D
  • CEPD-7138 (Multicultural Counseling) Section: 02D
  • CEPD-9199 (Dissertation) Section: E05

Spring 2018 Sections

  • CEPD-6160 (Group Counseling) Section: 01
  • CEPD-6182 (Internship: Prof Counseling) Section: 03
  • CEPD-7134 (Couples & Family Counseling) Section: 01D
  • CEPD-9199 (Dissertation) Section: E04

Fall 2017 Sections

  • CEPD-6141 (Prin of Clincl Mntl Hlth Couns) Section: 01
  • CEPD-6160 (Group Counseling) Section: 01
  • CEPD-9186 (Doctoral Internship) Section: E01
  • CEPD-9199 (Dissertation) Section: E06

Summer 2017 Sections

  • CEPD-6140 (Basic Counseling Skills) Section: 01
  • CEPD-7155 (Substance Abuse Counseling) Section: E01
  • CEPD-9199 (Dissertation) Section: E08

Spring 2017 Sections

  • CEPD-6160 (Group Counseling) Section: 01
  • CEPD-6160 (Group Counseling) Section: 02
  • CEPD-7134 (Couples & Family Counseling) Section: 01D

Fall 2016 Sections

  • CEPD-3200 (Skills & Ethics in Human Serv.) Section: 01
  • CEPD-6140 (Basic Counseling Skills) Section: 01
  • CEPD-6141 (Prin of Clincl Mntl Hlth Couns) Section: 01

Spring 2016 Sections

  • CEPD-6160 (Group Counseling) Section: 03D
  • CEPD-7134 (Couples & Family Counseling) Section: 01
  • CEPD-7155 (Substance Abuse Counseling) Section: E01

Fall 2015 Sections

  • CEPD-6140 (Basic Counseling Skills) Section: 03
  • CEPD-6141 (Prin of Clincl Mntl Hlth Couns) Section: 01D
  • CEPD-6160 (Group Counseling) Section: 01D