Self-Regulation and the Crisis Worker

Julia Whisenhunt, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, CPCS, is a professor of counselor education in the Department of Counseling, Higher Education and Speech-Language Pathology at the University of West Georgia (UWG). She is also an assistant department chair and the director of the Ed.D. program in professional counseling and supervision at UWG. She holds licensure as a professional counselor and is a national certified counselor and certified professional counseling supervisor. Whisenhunt has instructed psychology and counseling courses since 2004. She is trained as an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training facilitator and is a disaster mental health volunteer. She specializes in the areas of suicide, self-injury and crisis intervention. Whisenhunt coauthored the Crisis Intervention Ethics Casebook, which was published by the American Counseling Association, and the 9th edition of Crisis Intervention Strategies, which was published by Cengage. She remains active in her professional field through membership and service to various professional organizations, such as Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International, the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling, and the Association for Humanistic Counseling. Most recently, Whisenhunt served as the Chi Sigma Iota International President (2024-25).