Victoria Kress, PhD

Victoria E. Kress, Ph.D./LPCC-S, NCC, CCMHC, is the director of the clinical mental health and addictions counseling programs at Youngstown State University. She has over 25 years of experience in various clinical settings. She has been the recipient of 36 professional and community service awards, most of which for her leadership, advocacy, scholarship, and mentorship initiatives. She has also received awards for her work with people who have intellectual disabilities, for empowering girls in her community, for her sexual assault prevention efforts, and for her child abuse advocacy work. She has published over 130 refereed articles and book chapters, and she has co-authored 5 books on counseling youth and adults. She was identified as the top producer/publisher in counseling journals between the years 2000-2017. She has also been cited as a top contributing author to the Journal of Mental Health Counseling as well as the Journal of College Counseling. She previously served as the associate editor of the Theory and Practice Sections of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling.