Ellen Melton PhD, LPC-S

Associate Professor & Program Director, MSCMHC

About: 

Dr. Melton has been a university professor for 24 years, a professor in a counseling program for 17 years and has taught at both the master and doctoral levels. Dr. Melton served as the Director of Graduate and Professional Studies for 2 years. Dr. Melton has developed and taught over 30 university courses over the course of her career and has instructed each of those courses, including every course in the CACREP counseling curriculum. Dr. Melton has been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 2010 and a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor since 2012. Dr. Melton is a continuing education provider and has trained counselor supervisors for 13 years. Dr. Melton has also been a board approved supervisor to counseling interns/associates for 13 years.

Education: 

• Ph.D., Psychology, Capella University, 2005
• M.S., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Angelo State University. 2003
• B.S., Psychology, Angelo State University, 2001

Classes Teaching: 

Orientation to the Profession of Counseling I
Orientation to the Profession of Counseling II

Professional Associations: 

• Texas Counseling Association
• Capital Area Counseling Association
• International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
• International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology
• American Psychotherapy Association
• American Counseling Association
• Psi Chi, The National Honor Society in Psychology
• Pi Gamma Mu, The International Society in Social Science

Publications:

• McHenry, B., Williams, K., & Melton, E. (2022). The rapid transition from face-to-face to online education due to COVID-19: Observations of higher education.
• Melton, E. C. (2018). Ethical and legal issues in psychological assessment and testing. In B. McHenry, K. C. MacCluskie, and J. McHenry (Eds.). Tests and assessments in counseling: A case by case exploration (pp. 28-45). New York: Routledge.
• Schell, K., & Melton, E. C. (2007). Is job satisfaction important for medication error management? In K. Schell, R. Springer, & J. Etchegaray (Eds.), Patient safety in the 21st century.
• Schell, K., Woodruff, A., Corbin, B., & Melton, E. (2005). Trait and state predictors of error detection accuracy in a simulated quality control task. Personality and Individual Differences, 39, 47-60.
• Schell, K., Melton, E., Woodruff, A., & Corbin, B. (2004). Self-regulation, engagement, motivation, and performance in a simulated quality control task. Psychological Reports, 94, 944-954.
• Schell, K. L., Woodruff, A., Lawdermilk, A., Bilsing, L., Corbin, B., & Melton, E. (2002, October). A comprehensive investigation of error detection effectiveness in a complex product verification task: A new approach. Technical Report #0802-01, ASU Human Performance Laboratory, San Angelo, Texas.
  
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