Tamika Jackson, Ph.D., NCC

Director, Professional Clinical Counseling program
Assistant Professor, Counseling and Family Therapy
Tamika Jackson

Dr. Jackson (she/her) earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bowie State University, her Master of Business Administration from Loyola University Maryland, and both her Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Wake Forest University. She completed her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision at William & Mary in 2024. Dr. Jackson’s clinical training includes experience in college counseling, community mental health, couples and family counseling, and pastoral care. She is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and has extensive experience providing counseling, clinical supervision, and counselor training.

Dr. Jackson’s research focuses on spirituality and religion, culturally-informed counseling, counselor values, and the experiences of historically marginalized communities. She is particularly interested in how systems of power, culture, and faith shape both client experiences and counselor development. Her work has been published in Counselor Education and Supervision, Spirituality in Clinical Practice, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, and other peer-reviewed journals.

In addition to her research, Dr. Jackson is committed to excellence in counselor education through experiential learning, the integration of clinical skill development and cultural humility, and liberation pedagogy. As an educator and program leader, she is passionate about preparing counselors who are both clinically effective and culturally integrative while fostering learning environments grounded in authenticity, collaboration, and critical reflection.

Areas of Expertise

Spirituality and religion in counseling, multiculturalism, counselor values and identity development

Education

  • Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision, William & Mary, 2024
  • M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Wake Forest University, 2020
  • Master of Divinity, Wake Forest University, 2020
  • MBA in Finance, Loyola University Maryland, 2014
  • B.S. in Business Administration, Bowie State University, 2006

Representative Publications

Parker, J. S., Jackson, T.N., Haskins, N., Wright, D., & Avent Harris, J. (2025). Young Black American’s use of Afrocentric and Black Liberation spiritual-based practices to thrive amid racism: A meta-synthesis. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 56(1), 83-104.

Dorais, S., Gutierrez, D., Jackson, T.N., & Burgin, E. (2024). Rerouting spiritual bypass: An Internal Family Systems approach. Spirituality in Clinical Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/scp0000375

Pope, A., St. Germain-Sehr, N., Augustine, B., St. Germain-Sehr, A., Lexume, T., Moe, J., Snowden-Gregg, S., & Jackson, T.N. (2024). Developing an asynchronous LGBTQ+ affirmative counseling training: A mixed-methods study. Counselor Education and Supervision.

Parker, J.S., Haskins, N., Whitehead, R.A., Christian, B., Jackson, T.N., & Ford, A. (2024). Black youths’ experiences of a university-church partnership to promote holistic youth mental health. School Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-024-09735-w

Representative Presentations

Martz, L. & Jackson, T.N. (2026, March). Trust, Power, and Cultural Dissonance: Reimagining Supervision for Counselors-in-Training with Marginalized Identities. Professional presentation accepted at the National Cross-Cultural Counseling and Education Conference. Charlotte, NC.

Jackson, T.N. & Dottin-Carter, Y. (2025, November). Where the Secular Meets the Sacred: Navigating Political and Religious Values in Clinical Practice. Professional presentation accepted at the Virginia Counseling Association Convention. Norfolk, VA.

Ghoston, M., Ivers, N., Villalba, J. & Jackson, T.N. (2025, March). Examining the Impact of Multicultural Counseling Competence on Feelings of Shame and Guilt. Educational session accepted at the 2025 American Counseling Association Conference & Expo. Orlando, FL.

Jackson, T.N. & Hardy, Z. (2022, October). When Values Collide: Navigating Religious Value Conflicts in Counseling. Poster presentation accepted at the European Branch of the American Counseling Association 63rd Annual Conference. Athens, Greece.

Professional Memberships

  • American Counseling Association (ACA)
  • Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)
  • Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC)
  • Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES)
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