Robtrice Brawner, Ph.D., LCPC (MD)

Dr. Brawner is a tenured Associate Professor and Program Director for both the online and on ground clinical mental health counseling (CMHC) program. She earned her doctoral degree in Counselor Education from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) for the state of Maryland. She has been a practicing counselor for over 15 years to include almost 20 years in higher education.

Dr. Brawner began her career as a mental health therapist working in residential, school, and outpatient environments; and spent eight years working as a college counselor and administrator at Northern Virginia Community College. At the community college level, Dr. Brawner worked as a disability counselor, transfer and general advisor, personal and crisis counselor, teaching faculty member, and coordinator for programs designed to improve the retention of community college students. Prior to joining the faculty at UWP Dr. Brawner taught both masters and doctoral level counseling courses at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, DC campus and served as a department chair. Dr. Brawner is a member of the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA) and has served in the past as a co-chair of the American Counseling Association (ACA) presidential targeted task force on LGBT individuals for the young adult age group. Dr. Brawner has also previously been a member of the ACA Research & Knowledge committee, and a past chair of the Diversity and Inclusion committee for the ACA American College Counseling Association (ACCA).