Taylor J. Irvine and Adriana C. Labarta received the 2024 Outstanding Scholar Award for Concept/Theory for their article, “Enhancing Counselor Trainee Preparedness for Treating Eating Disorders: Recommendations for Counselor Educators.”
Taylor J. Irvine (she/her), PhD, NCC, ACS, LMHC, is an Assistant Professor of clinical mental health counseling at Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Irvine has clinical experience working in community mental health and residential eating disorder treatment settings. Her main clinical and research interests include couples and infidelity, eating disorders, and body image concerns. Dr. Irvine has presented and published on these topics nationally and internationally, spotlighting culturally responsive and evidence-based methods across counseling research, training, and practice domains. Currently, Dr. Irvine serves as the Chair of Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) International’s Counselor Community Engagement Committee, in addition to several professional counseling committees and editorial boards. She is also a past CSI Leadership Fellow and Emerging Leader for both the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors and the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling.
Adriana C. Labarta (she/her), PhD, NCC, ACS, LMHC, is an Assistant Professor of clinical mental health counseling at Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Labarta has clinical experience working with diverse clients in residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, outpatient, and university counseling settings. Her primary clinical and research interests include eating disorders, body image concerns, multicultural counseling, and self-compassion. Dr. Labarta is an actively engaged member of several counseling organizations and serves as an editorial board member for Teaching and Supervision in Counseling and Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation. She was previously selected as an Emerging Leader by the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision and the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling.
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