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Dr. Wilkinson serves as Director of the Counselor Education program, founding Director of the PFW Institute for Counseling Research (ICR), and Editor-in-Chief for the ACA's national Journal of Humanistic Counseling. A Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), he earned Bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Philosophy from the University of Kentucky and a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Eastern Kentucky University. His doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision is from the University of Northern Colorado with a cognate in couples and family counseling.

Dr. Wilkinson is interested in how existential and phenomenological perspectives inform experiential awareness and embodiment in counseling practice, pedagogy, and supervision. He also examines topics related to cognitive complexity, the limits of neuroscience in counselor training, and therapeutic change mechanisms. He is coauthor of Educational Psychology for Learners: Connecting Theory, Research, and Application (Kendall Hunt Publishing) as well as the forthcoming Therapy with Difficult Clients: Precursors and Techniques for the CHANGES Model (American Psychological Association).

For more information on the ICR: https://www.pfw.edu/education/student-resources/institute-counseling-research