{"id":71815,"date":"2017-11-26T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T18:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=71815"},"modified":"2017-11-27T08:13:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T14:13:13","slug":"josh-magruder-named-counselor-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/josh-magruder-named-counselor-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Magruder Named Counselor of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_72080\" style=\"width: 178px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/josh-magruder-named-counselor-year\/joshua-magruder-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-72080\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72080\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72080\" src=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Joshua-Magruder-crop-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"300\" width=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Joshua-Magruder-crop-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Joshua-Magruder-crop-768x1368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Joshua-Magruder-crop.jpg 1150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-72080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joshua Magruder<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 Joshua Magruder, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Mississippi&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/education.olemiss.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School of Education<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span>has been named Counselor of the Year by <span style=\"color: #333333;\">the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mlpca.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mississippi Licensed Professional Counselor Association<\/a><\/span>, a division of the&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mica.memberclicks.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mississippi Counseling Association<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>and the <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amhca.org\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Mental Health Counselors Association<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\">Magruder, interim clinical coordinator at UM&#8217;s&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cope.olemiss.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clinic for Outreach and Personal Enrichment<\/a><\/span>, or COPE, will be honored in November at the association&#8217;s annual conference in Tupelo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\">&#8220;Josh is a dedicated counselor who spends much of his professional and personal time working to help students and professional counselors,&#8221; said Morgan Bryant, the association&#8217;s president. &#8220;The skills and qualities that make him a fabulous counselor are also the skills and qualities that make him a fabulous professor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">&#8220;Joshua has worked tirelessly in the field of counseling, and this is why we chose him for the honor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\">Magruder was selected for the award for his past service to the association, which includes serving as its president and providing board supervision training for counselors, a service that allows early career counselors to earn their independent licenses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\">&#8220;For me, this is all about service,&#8221; said Magruder, a native of Florence, South Carolina. &#8220;I am happy that my service has paid off to the point where I&#8217;m being honored, but I am more happy that there are good things happening in the world of counseling, and it&#8217;s good to be part of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\">Magruder&#8217;s specialties include trauma, psychosis and play therapy, and he is working toward becoming a Registered Play Therapist. Play therapy is a form of mental health counseling that allows children to express their emotions constructively in a playroom setting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\">At COPE, he serves as the clinical and administrative leader for the unit that provides a variety of mental health services for community members and training experience for UM counseling students. The clinic serves hundreds of clients from the Lafayette County-Oxford-University community each month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\">&#8220;I am fortunate to work with great colleagues.&#8221; he said. &#8220;I love the day-to-day process of training counselors. That&#8217;s why I entered the professorate: to help aspiring counselors learn how to develop their skills.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\">Magruder holds a bachelor&#8217;s degree in elementary education, a master&#8217;s degree in counseling and a doctorate in counselor education, all from the UM School of Education. 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