Professor
211 Stouffer Hall
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA 15705
724-357-5509 - Office
LGuth@iup.edu
“I help to foster the awareness, knowledge, and skills of my students by encouraging them to take an active role in their learning process. I primarily utilize experiential methods (i.e. cooperative learning groups, role-plays, guest speakers, case studies) in order to foster student growth and development. As students engage in the experiences related to the learning objectives, they apply and synthesize this learning in a meaningful way.”
Background
Dr. Guth completed her Ph.D. in counseling psychology at Indiana University in 1994 and her masters’ degree in counseling from the University of Memphis. Before arriving at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Guth was a counseling faculty member at Florida Gulf Coast University and the University of South Florida at Fort Myers. She has a wide range of counseling experiences, including a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Tennessee Center for Developmental Disabilities.
Dr. Lorraine J. Guth has been with the Department of Counseling at IUP since 1998. She teaches a variety of counseling courses, including Basic Counseling Skills, Human Sexuality Issues in Counseling, Individual Counseling Practicum, Group Counseling Practicum, Diversity Issues in Counseling, and Field Experience. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Dr. Guth serves as internship coordinator (assisting interns, site supervisors, and faculty members in navigating through the field experience), campus coordinator for the National Counseling Exam, a member of the University Senate Research Committee, and coordinator for the campus Digital Counselor Training Facility.
Presentations and Publications
Dr. Guth has numerous professional publications and presentations on the areas of sexuality, diversity, group work, and technology. She has spent the last two summers participating in international conferences in Italy and Ireland. In the summer of 2008, Dr. Guth attended the conference in Italy and offered a presentation on technology. After returning to the United States, she presented a paper on her experiences in Italy at the North Atlantic Regional Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference in Portland, Maine, and at the American Counseling Association Conference in Charlotte, N.C. In the summer of 2009, she attended an international conference in Ireland and presented on issues of intersexuality. She is currently compiling data she collected during this experience on the impact the Ireland study abroad institute had on the participants. In addition to her interest in international experiences, Dr. Guth has published articles in such prestigious journals as the Journal for Specialists in Group Work, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, International Journal of Special Education, Journal for the Professional Counselor, Counseling Today, Journal of Homosexuality, Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, and Counseling Today. She also recently had two publications in the book Group Work Experts Share their Favorite Multicultural Activities (published by the Association for Specialists in Group Work), and a publication in the ACA Encyclopedia of Counseling on Group Work Terminology.
Affiliations
Dr. Guth is a nationally certified counselor, licensed professional counselor, and licensed psychologist in the state of Pennsylvania. Additionally, she is a member and awards committee cochair for the Association for Specialists in Group Work, and she is a member of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development, and the American Counseling Association.
