Profiles

Eileen K. Douglas,LPC-ATCS, LSATP, ATR-BC, ATCS, Core Counseling Faculty

Dr. Eileen Douglas, LPC-ATCS, LSATP, ATR-BC, ATCS is an alumna of the EVMS Art Therapy and Counseling Program class of 2010. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Virginia (LPC), Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), and Licensed Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioner in the state of Virginia (LSATP). Eileen completed her doctorate in Counseling (CACREP) at Oregon State University in 2019. Eileen is also a Board-Certified Registered Art Therapist (ATR-BC) and Art Therapy Credentialed Supervisor (ATCS). Eileen also serves as a member of the American Counseling Association Foundation’s (ACAF) Board of Trustees.

Eileen joined the EVMS Art Therapy & Counseling, MS full-time faculty in 2017. At the time, Eileen was pursuing her doctorate in Counseling and built upon the work of Dr. Mary Roberts, who brought counseling curriculum to the forefront of the program. Eileen created a 3-credit basic counseling skills course and two one-credit advanced counseling skills courses in 2018. Eileen continues to support the program with an ongoing focus on training ethical and professional clinical mental health professionals. Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University was established July 1, 2024, following the integration of Eastern Virginia Medical School and ODU.

Eileen’s teaching, supervision, and clinical practice focuses on cultural humility, ethics, and mindfulness. As a member of the International Network for Antiracist Teaching in Counseling (NARTIC) admin team, Eileen supports clinical mental health educators, students, and supervisors in antiracist teaching and supervision practices. Eileen seeks to remain aware and flexible with her teaching, revising curriculum to meet current standards of education and practice. Building upon the evolution of culturally humble practice, Eileen established a new 3-credit course titled Cultural Humility in 2020, replacing Cultural Competency which she taught 2017-2019. In addition to Cultural Humility, Eileen teaches Basic Counseling Skills, Family Counseling and Psychotherapy, and Ethics and Professionalism courses, while mentoring Capstone projects of excellence. She also provides individual and group supervision to students completing practicum and internship. 

Eileen also holds a clinical appointment within the Department of Psychiatry, providing outpatient counseling services with EVMS Medical Group. Eileen’s professional clinical experience has focused on culturally humble individual and group clinical mental health services with adolescents and adults. She began her professional career providing group art therapy to a diverse population of children and adolescents at Rappahannock Juvenile Detention Center in Stafford, VA. Eileen returned to the Tidewater area in 2013 to provide clinical mental health services at Commonwealth ChalleNGe Youth Academy, where she was promoted to Lead Counselor and established and art therapy program for residents. Eileen later sought to extend her clinical experience with undergraduate and graduate students at Norfolk State University where she focused on brief, solution-focused clinical mental health services, and received training in EMDR. 

Eileen is passionate about utilizing creativity and counseling to enact social justice. She has developed and facilitated numerous community arts projects, including Beneath the Surface: Visual Conversations of Race in Hampton Roads, Visual Conversations: Exploring Privilege and Oppression, and Racism is a Public Health Crisis: We Must Articulate, Review, and Tackle (A.R.T.). Her research focuses on evaluating these community arts programs, along with an exploration of the intersection of mindfulness and art. She is also trained to teach Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).