Department of Human Services

Phone: 828-227-3281
Email: vschwieb@email.wcu.edu
Office Address: 91 Killian Building Lane, Room 201E

Research Interest: Mentoring (womentoring); women's and gender issues in counseling; adult development and aging; assessment

Education:

• Doctorate in Counselor Education (specializations in Adult Development and Aging and Death and Dying) with a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology, University of Florida
• Specialist Degree in Counseling, University of Florida
• Master's Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, University of Florida

Biography:

Dr. Schwiebert has worked as a rehabilitation counselor, researcher for the Area Agency on Aging, and as an administrator of a substance abuse evaluation program for the State of Florida. She worked as an assistant professor in counseling at Northern Illinois University and had a private practice in Mental Health Counseling. She joined the WCU faculty in the fall of 1995.

Dr. Schwiebert is a National Certified Counselor, National Certified Gerontological Counselor, and a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor. She was president of the Illinois Association for Assessment in Counseling. Nationally, she is active in the Association for Adult Development and Aging, the Association for Assessment in Counseling, and Chi Sigma Iota. She is the recipient of the AADA and Chi Sigma Iota Research awards for her research in the area of adult children providing care giving for aging parents.

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