Dr. Jenny L. Cureton

Biography

Dr. Cureton’s (she/her or they/their) areas of interest and expertise include crisis and trauma; career development; and community and cultural responsiveness. Their experience as an independently licensed counselor (OH, CO, TX) and as an Approved Clinical Supervisor includes work in community and medical clinics, college/university settings, and private practices. She earned her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Northern Colorado and her Master's in counseling from the University of North Texas. Dr. Cureton serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Humanistic Counseling; WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation; and the Journal of Counselor Practice. They are Past-president of the Ohio Association for Resiliency and Trauma Counseling (OARTC, a division of OCA) and former Secretary/Historian of the ACES Diversity and Inclusion Interest Network.

Specialties

suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention
trauma-informed practice and trauma-informed education
crisis response
career development, especially its intersection with mental health
cultural responsiveness
community readiness to change

Expertise

Suicide
Trauma
PTSD
Posttraumatic growth
Resilience or resiliency
Crisis Interventions
Career and Vocational Development
Community
College Student Development
Cultural
Culture and Communication
Child Abuse/Neglect
Couple and family therapy

Publications

Cureton, J. L., Spates, K., James, T., & Lloyd, C. (2024). Readiness of a U.S. Black community to address suicide. Death Studies, 48(3), 197-206. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2023.2214888
Cureton, J. L., & Tovey, B. (2023). SHORES: A suicide protective factors tool with applications in career counseling. Career Development Quarterly, 71(2), 124-134. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12317
James, T., Spates, K., Cureton, J. L., Patel, S., Lloyd, C., & Daniel, D. (2023). “Is this really our problem?”: A qualitative exploration of Black Americans’ misconceptions about suicide. Deviant Behavior, 44(2), 204-221. https://doi.org/10.1080/0163962
Cureton, J. L., Giegerich, V., & Ricciutti, N. (2022). Rurality and readiness: Addressing substance use via community assessment. The Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, 43(2), 78-96. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaoc.12105
Cureton, J. L., Leslie, M., McMahon, B., Lowe, H. E., Tovey, B., & Rumrill, P. (2022). Anxiety and employment discrimination. WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, 73(4), 1091-1102. https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-223649
Lucas, K., Cureton, J. L., Pergantis, S., & Murdock Bishop, J. (2022). Insecurely-attached supervisees’ perspectives of attachment in supervision. Journal of Counselor Practice, 13(1), 79-102. https://doi.org/10.22229/kyl1312022
Byrd, J. A., Storlie, C., Albritton, K., & Cureton, J. L. (2022). “Where I can be myself”: Black youth narratives of their future career. Professional School Counseling, (26)1, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2156759X221110803
Cureton, J. L., Clemens, E. V., Henninger, J., & Couch, C. (2021). Readiness of Counselor Education and Supervision for suicide training: A CQR study. Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 14(3).
Cureton, J. L., Giegerich, V., & Murdock Bishop, J. (2021). Addressing heterosexism: Student narratives of a guided imagery activity. Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 14(3).
Stutey, D., Cureton, J. L., Severn, K., Fink, M. (2021). Suicide protective factors: Utilizing SHORES in school counseling. The Professional Counselor, 11(1), 16–30 doi: 10.15241/dms.11.1.16 https://tpcjournal.nbcc.org/category/volumes/volume-11/volume-11
Giegerich, V., Hall, A., Cureton, J. L., McCartney, J., & Geething, K. (2020). Teaching interpreted counseling practice: A step toward multicultural competence with Deaf clients. CES, 59(3), 172-186. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12182
Albritton, K. A., Cureton, J. L., Byrd, J. A., & Storlie, C. A. (2020). Exploring perceptions of the path to work/life success among middle school students of color. Journal of Career Development, 47(4), 440-453. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845319832667
Stutey, D., Givens, J., Cureton, J. L., & Henderson, A. (2020). The practice of bridling: Maintaining openness in phenomenological research. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 59(2), 144-156. https://doi.org/10.1002/johc.12135
Cureton, J. L., Giegerich, V., & Murdock, J. L. (2020). Guided imagery on career-related oppression... In M. Pope, M. Gonzalez, E. R. N. Cameron, & J. S. Pangelinan (Eds.), Social justice and advocacy in counseling: Experiential activities for teaching
Cureton, J. L., & Fink, M. (2019). SHORES: A practical mnemonic for suicide protective factors. Journal of Counseling and Development, 97(3), 325-335. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12272
Cureton, J. L., Davis, H., & Giegerich, V. (2019). Counselor professional identity development: Narratives from a professional event. Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 12(1).
Storlie, C., Albritton, K., Cureton, J. L., & Byrd, J. (2019). African American and Latino male youth: Perceived strengths in career exploration. Journal of Counselor Practice, 10(2), 22-50. https://doi.org/10.22229/aal1022019
Cureton, J. L., Clemens, E. V., Henninger, J., & Couch, C. (2018). Preprofessional suicide training for counselors: Results of a readiness assessment. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 18, 27-40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-018-9
Cureton, J. L., & Sheesley, A. P. (2017). Suicide competencies: Stories from counseling interns. Journal of Professional Counseling, 44(2), 14-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/15566382.2017.12069188
Storlie, C. A., Albritton, K., & Cureton, J. L. (2017). Familial and social influences in career exploration for female youth of color: A study of Relational Cultural Theory. The Family Journal, 25(4), 351-358. https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480717732142
Cureton, J. L., & Clemens, E. V. (2015). Affective constellations for countertransference awareness following a client’s suicide attempt. Journal of Counseling and Development, 93(3), 352-360. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12033
Jones, L. K., & Cureton, J. L. (2014). Trauma redefined in the DSM-5: Rationale and implications for counseling practice. The Professional Counselor, 4(3), 257-271. https://doi.org/10.15241/lkj.4.3.257

News Stories

Prioritizing trauma-informed care (Counseling Today, 2023) Black suicide rates, once among the nation's lowest, have risen dramatically among youths (USA Today, 2023) SHORES acronym can help school counselors address suicide prevention (National Board of Certified Counselors, 2022) Going to a concert shouldn’t be scary. What to do when it is. (USA Today, 2021) Professionals say 2020 will have long-term impacts on mental health (NBC News Now, 2020) RGPP reviews community readiness to address substance use (The Mineral County Miner, 2020) Making it safe to talk about suicidal ideation (Counseling Today, 2019) Experts seeing increased anxiety in children (Kent Record-Courier, 2018)

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