Clinical Practice |
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Chris Brown is a Licensed Professional Counselor and School Psychologist. He has been providing direct clinical services since 1992. He has worked in school settings and in private practice. Mr. Brown offers counseling and psychotherapy to address a broad range of needs including anxiety, depression, grief, family conflict, job stress, personal goal-setting, interpersonal relationships, and problematic drug or alcohol use.
Mr. Brown uses a humanistic psychotherapy approach integrated with cognitive-behavioral techniques. He has an optimism that supports the potential of all clients to make choices and be responsible for achieving their personal goals. He emphasizes the importance of a positive relationship with clients and recognizes that clients can develop supportive relationships with others in their communities and families. He works holistically with clients and does not define them by their problems or with a diagnosis. |
University Teaching |
Chris Brown has been a part-time faculty member at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven since 1996. He has taught in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology in the Graduate School of Education. He has trained and supervised graduate students in the areas of counseling, psychotherapy, psychological assessment, intervention techniques and research methodololgy. He was also a part-time faculty member at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT from 1996 to 2004 where he taught students studying to become teachers, counselors and school psychologists in the Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions.
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Presentations |
Chris Brown has delivered presentations related to social, emotional, and behavioral development. He has been an invited contributor and panelist at the Yale University Center for Emotional Intelligence on multiple occasions and he has served as a panelist for the Yale Child Study Center Anxiety Clinic Annual Conference. He has presented his work at national, regional and local conferences which included the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, the New England Educational Research Organization Annual Conference, the Governor's Prevention Council's Annual Conference (CT), the Connecticut Youth Services Annual Conference, and the Clifford Beers Healing Conference among others.
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