About
John O'Malley serves as an Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of Counseling within the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions at Regis University, teaching in the Clinical Mental Health master's program. He maintains a private counseling practice in Denver as a Board-Certified and Licensed Professional Counselor in Colorado.
His research centers on clinical mental health applications through narrative methodologies and lived experience analysis. As director of the Lived Experience and Narrative Research Project (LEAN Lab), he investigates how personal storytelling improves therapeutic interventions and educational frameworks in mental health settings. His work emphasizes Jesuit educational principles of experiential empathy and holistic student development.
Dr. O'Malley integrates clinical practice with academic instruction, focusing on empowering individuals through narrative-based therapeutic approaches. The LEAN Lab serves as his primary research platform for examining storytelling dynamics in mental health contexts.
