Sunni S Lutton, Ph.D., LMHC
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Sunni Lutton has been a counselor educator for nearly 6 years and a mental health counselor for nearly 10 years. She has worked across teaching, supervising, training, and counseling from a critical trauma perspective, which is an interdisciplinary understanding of collective and individual trauma, as well as systemic oppression. She has served multiple diverse populations including urban homeless adults, undocumented university students with complex and system-imposed trauma, and those labeled with severe mental illness among others. She has served as a crisis consultant for higher education and student communities. Much of her mental health counseling work has been done in tandem with training interdisciplinary master and doctoral students in critical trauma understanding.
Degrees & Certifications
- Ph.D., Counselor Education & Supervision (specialization in crisis & trauma), University of Florida (CACREP-accredited)
- MS, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Northern Kentucky University
- BA, Psychology, Thomas More College
- Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
- Qualified Supervisor - MHC (Fl)
- Certified QPR instructor (suicide gatekeeper training)
- WRAP & IPS trainer (service-user movement trainings)
Teaching Responsibilities
She has taught undergraduate, master and doctoral level courses in Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, with an emphasis on practice-based courses and training grounded in a critical trauma understanding.
Research Interests
- Critical trauma understanding of mental health & suffering
- Decolonization of mental health education
- Benefits of Ethical Communication studies as an interdisciplinary approach with counseling for mental health education and wellness