Counseling and Advising



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	Barbara Dion graduated from Wheaton College in 1983 with a master of arts degree with high honors in counseling psychology. She was in private practice for two years before coming to College of DuPage in 1985. She received the Excellence in Advising award in 1989 and has attended seminars on alcoholism and drug abuse, developmental psychology (using the works of Gessell), Alzheimer's, and housing options for the elderly. Classes taken include a University of Chicago presentation on Freud and adolescent ambiguity, parenting teens, learning disabilities and psychoactive drugs. She also worked at a walk-in crisis center for one year, as a patient representative (troubleshooting liaison) for the Springfield Medical Center, and for the State of Illinois as both an Employment Services Manpower Representative II and III. She is a vociferous reader, keeping herself up-to-date on the latest mental health issues in her commitment to deliver the best possible counseling services tailored to the individual. [back to alphabetical list of counselors]