Liz White PhD, LCMHCS (NC), LCAS (NC), CCTP, CCS (NC)
About:
Dr. Liz White is a dually‑licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor and Clinical Addiction Specialist with over a decade of experience providing and supervising counseling services in hospital‑based integrated behavioral health settings. She has extensive clinical expertise in substance use counseling, acute and post‑traumatic stress, grief and loss, and crisis stabilization for acutely injured and medically complex patients.
Dr. White has taught graduate‑level counseling courses and provides clinical supervision and training for master’s‑level counseling interns completing practicum and internship experiences. Her supervision approach integrates strength‑based and relational‑cultural methods, emphasizing trauma‑informed care, reflective practice, and counselor development. Her research interests include integrated care, co‑occurring disorders, trauma‑informed supervision, and professional identity formation within clinical training environments.
Education:
PhD, 2026, Counselor Education and Supervision, Capella University
MA, 2015, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Wake Forest University
BA, 2011, Psychology and German, Wake Forest University
Classes Teaching:
CMHC 5710 – Pre-Practicum in Counseling I
CMHC 5730 – Pre-Practicum in Counseling II
CMHC 5620 – Substance Use Disorders & Addictions Counseling I
CMHC 5640 – Substance Use Disorders & Addictions Counseling II
Publications:
Veach L.J., Currin O.H., Dongre L.Z., Miller P.R., White E.B. (2016). Alcohol Interventions: A randomized study examining two brief counseling interventions [abstract]. Addiction Science and Clinical Practice. 11 (Suppl 1): A25.
White E.B. (2017). Testing Today [textbox]. In LJ Veach & RM Moro (Eds.) The Spectrum of Addiction: Evidence-Based Assessment, Prevention, & Intervention Across the Lifespan, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.
White E.B., Wall E., Shilling E., Veach L., O’Brien M.C, Miller, P. (2019). Impact of health disparities and brief counseling interventions on drinking outcomes in hospitalized trauma patients [abstract]. Addiction Science and Clinical Practice. 14(Suppl 1): A21.
Shilling E.H., Veach L.J., Smith O.H., White E.B. (2019). Addiction and Suicide Intervention Specialized for Trauma (ASIST) patients [abstract]. Addiction Science and Clinical Practice. 14(Supl 1): A22.
White, E. B. (2026). Ex Post Facto Comparative Analysis of Impact of Counselors With Burn Patients and Caregivers (Doctoral dissertation, Capella University).
Shilling, E.H., Oliver, J.B., White, L. (in progress). Risk Stratification: Opioid Risk, Suicide Screening, and Medical Complexity. In Chadwick, A.L., Hurley, R., McCormic, Z., Turk, D.C., Rathmell, J.P., Schreiber, K.L., Turk, D.C. (Eds). Benzon’s Practical Management of Pain (7th ed)
Professional Associations:
Association for Addictions and Justice-Involved Counseling (AAJIC)
American Counseling Association (ACA)
Association of Counselor Education & Supervision (ACES)
Association for Neuro Linguistic Programming (ANLP)
Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Honor Society (CSI)
International Association for Resilience and Trauma Counseling (IARTC)
International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol & Other Drugs (INEBRIA)
Licensed Clinical Counselors of North Carolina (LCCNC)
Southern Association of Counselor Education & Supervision (SACES)