Roxane Dufrene PhD, LPC, LMFT, NCC, CISM

Roxane L. Dufrene is an associate professor and coordinator of the counseling education program in the Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Foundations at the University of New Orleans. She holds a doctorate in counselor education, with a minor in research from Mississippi State University and a master's in counseling psychology from Nicholls State University. Dr. Dufrene is a licensed professional counselor, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and a national certified counselor. She serves on the Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselor Board of Examiners and the editorial boards of the Journal of College Counseling and the Louisiana Counseling Association Journal.

Dr. Dufrene is also certified in critical incident stress management, is an approved supervisor, has a Louisiana appraisal privilege, and is an American Red Cross mental health counselor. She has served as a counselor after 9/11 in addition to many other crisis intervention assignments, including after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. She has clinical experience in outpatient and inpatient state mental health treatment, college counseling, counseling training clinics, and hospice. Her research interests include crisis intervention, psychometrics, supervision, technology, and ethics.