Vanessa Kent

Vanessa Kent, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor and Clinical Director in the Counseling Department at Regent University's School of Psychology & Counseling. With over 25 years of clinical experience, she specializes in couples and family therapy, supervision, and spiritually integrated counseling. Her work focuses on adoption, relational distress, developmental trauma, and women’s issues. She holds dual licensure as a clinical mental health counselor and marriage and family therapist supervisor in multiple states.

Education: Ph.D. in Counselor Education & Supervision (Regent University), M.A. in Clinical Counseling (University of West Florida), B.A. in Special Education (University of West Florida).

Her research emphasizes spiritually integrated therapies and mentorship of doctoral student mothers. She has contributed to peer-reviewed journals such as Psychotherapy and Journal of Psychology & Theology, and has received grants from Regent University and the Templeton Foundation for projects on religious/spiritual competency in clinical practice.

Dr. Kent advises the Chi Sigma Iota chapter at Regent and is a faculty advisor. Her professional affiliations include the American Counseling Association and Christian Association for Psychological Studies.