Rate My Professor Nathaniel Ivers

Nathaniel Ivers is a Professor in the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University, where he has served as a faculty member since July 2012. He currently holds the position of Interim Director of the Office of Online Education, having joined in June 2025, and previously chaired the Department of Counseling for seven years beginning in 2018. Ivers earned his Ph.D. in Counseling and Counselor Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2009, M.A. in Counseling from Wake Forest University in 2006, B.S. in Psychology from Brigham Young University in 2003, and A.A.S. in Psychology from Ricks College in 2000. His research interests encompass bilingual counseling, multicultural counseling competence, mindfulness practices, terror management theory, existentialism, counseling with Spanish-speaking immigrants, and wellness. Ivers maintains active professional licensure as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas, and he is a National Certified Counselor and Human Services Board Certified Practitioner.

Ivers has authored or co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, including 'An existential approach to working with grief and loss' in the Journal of Counseling & Development (2024), 'Basic needs adversities among counselors in training: A cluster analysis' in Teaching and Supervision in Counseling (2023), 'The relationship between mindfulness and multicultural counseling competence among mental health practitioners' in the Journal of Humanistic Counseling (2022), 'The relationship between implicit racial bias and mindfulness in mental health practitioners' in the Journal of Counseling and Development (2021), and 'The relationship between mindfulness and multicultural counseling competence' in the Journal of Counseling and Development (2016). His scholarly contributions also extend to book chapters, such as 'Crisis intervention and prevention in higher education' in Introduction to Crisis and Trauma Counseling (2020). Ivers has received notable awards, including the 2023 Dr. Judy Lewis Counselors for Social Justice Award from the American Counseling Association for his advocacy in social justice and community empowerment, the 2025 Administrator of the Year from the North Carolina Counseling Association, the 2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence Award from UNCG, and the 2009 Outstanding Research Award from Chi Sigma Iota. Earlier in his career, he provided counseling services as a part-time private practitioner in Winston-Salem, NC, PRN bilingual alcohol counselor at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, and part-time bilingual counselor at Host Homes of Catholic Social Services. He has contributed to professional service through roles such as Interim Treasurer of the Association for Humanistic Counseling, chair of the Committee on Addiction Counseling Training and CACREP Standards for the International Association for Addictions and Offender Counselors, and service on editorial review boards for the Journal of Creativity in Mental Health and Career Development Quarterly.