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Areas of Expertise
LGBTQI+ and Gender Issues
A significant portion of Dr. Ausloos's research focuses on topics related to LGBTQI+ issues, especially as they relate to counseling and education. Topics include neurodiversity in counseling, perspectives on sexual/affectional orientation identity development, counseling for transgender clients, working with gender-expansive clients, school counselor competence with trans students, and harassment and discrimination with Trans* and gender-expansive youth.
Counseling Practice and Competency
Dr. Ausloos has delved into various aspects of counseling practice, techniques, and the competencies required. Examples include the review on neurodiversity in counseling, culturally responsive counseling, effective remediation in master’s level counseling students, and exemplary practices for online research & assessment in counseling.
Mental Health and Well-being
Dr. Ausloos has shown an interest in the broader topic of mental health and well-being, especially in relation to specific populations or situations. Papers on topics like counselors coping with client suicide, mental health and counseling needs of women with reproductive cancers, and the effects of COVID-19 on professional counselors, highlight this focus.
Research and Standards in Counseling
Several of Dr. Ausloos's papers emphasize the standards and best practices for research, evaluation, and assessment in counseling, such as standards of care for research in group work, and standards of care for assessment in group work.
Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling
A recurring theme in Dr. Ausloos's work is the intersection of multiculturalism, social justice, and counseling. This is evident from manuscripts like "Culturally Responsive Counseling for Transgender Clients," entries in the SAGE Encyclopedia of Multicultural Counseling, Social Justice, and Advocacy, and chapters in "Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling."
Dr. Ausloos' Counseling Approach
Dr. Clark Ausloos, a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, Licensed School Counselor, and National Certified Counselor, serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Counseling Psychology Department at the University of Denver. He also works with children, adolescents, young adults, and families at Julia Burrow, MD and Associates, a private practice, in Northwest Ohio.
Embracing a warm, person-centered, and humanistic approach, Dr. Ausloos underscores the potential for resilience and growth in his clients, leveraging evidence-based treatments with a wellness and solution-focused perspective. His profound experience encompasses working with children, adolescents, and college-aged individuals, addressing challenges ranging from depression and anxiety to identity and life transitions.
A fervent advocate for diversity, Dr. Ausloos is deeply committed to the LGBTQIA+ community, transgender and gender-expansive individuals, multicultural populations, and clients of varied ability and developmental backgrounds.
His unwavering dedication to the field has been recognized with accolades like the Chi Sigma Iota’s Outstanding Practitioner Award and the National Board for Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship, a Chi Sigma Iota International Leadership Fellow, and the Ohio Counseling Association's Susan J. Sears Counselor of the Year (2020).
