An Inclusive Blueprint for Clinical Experiential Learning Through Cultural Context

April Crable, Ph.D., MBA, LPC, SOTP, BC-TMH, received her B.A. in Criminal Justice from Old Dominion University, received her MBA from the University of Phoenix, and received her M.A. in Professional Counseling and Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from Regent University. Recently, Dr. Crable was selected as the Clinical Director of Practicum and Internship at Liberty University. Dr. Crable has worked in mental health for almost two decades, providing services to various populations. She has been a counselor educator for over a decade. 

April Crable, Ph.D., MBA, LPC, SOTP, BC-TMH, received her B.A. in Criminal Justice from Old Dominion University, received her MBA from the University of Phoenix, and received her M.A. in Professional Counseling and Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from Regent University. Recently, Dr. Crable was selected as the Clinical Director of Practicum and Internship at Liberty University. Dr. Crable has worked in mental health for almost two decades, providing services to various populations. She has been a counselor educator for over a decade. 

Dr. Crable is the owner of CCCDW, LLC which provides customized consulting recommendations and training designed to maximize the performance of individuals and organizations. She is the published author of several books and peer-reviewed articles in counseling journals. Dr. Crable has presented on the state, national, and international levels. She is also the co-founder of CliniVRSE, a virtual reality technology that develops learners’ expansive command of their clinical skills and decision-making while providing them with invivo feedback. Dr. Crable is an appointed member of CACREP’s Anti-Racism & Anti-Oppression Council and a professional reviewer for the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. She serves as an editor for Therapeutic Speakeasy Quarterly, a peer-reviewed eJournal. Dr. Crable specializes in teletherapy, crisis and trauma and counseling, substance abuse, ethics, and sex offender treatment.

Earl Grey has, over the past 25 years, held positions as a clinician, supervisor, and administrator in community mental health and addiction agencies, in addition to faculty, coordinator, director, and dean in digital counseling programs. Dr. Grey’s expertise includes regulatory accountability, academic administration, and experiential education across disciplines, complex trauma, dissociation, anti-racism, and neuroscience.

Robyn Trippany Simmons received her Ed.D. in Counselor Education from the University of Alabama in 2001 and has been a practicing counselor since 1996. She serves as Professor in the Department of Counseling at the University of the Cumberlands. Dr. Simmons has also served in programmatic administrative and leadership positions for much of her career. Dr. Simmons’s research and clinical interests include sexual trauma, vicarious trauma, play therapy, and professional identity issues. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor in Alabama and is a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. Dr. Simmons publishes and presents locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally on play therapy, creative approaches to therapy and clinical supervision, counselor education, and trauma counseling.