Cory Clark

Cory Clark serves as an Assistant Professor in the Counselor Education Department within The College of Professional Psychology at The Chicago School, based at the Online campus. He holds a PhD from North Carolina State University and maintains active clinical credentials as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina, Nationally Certified Counselor, and Board Certified Telemental Health Counselor.

His academic journey includes:

• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2009)
• Master of Education in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from North Carolina State University (2016)
• PhD in Counseling and Counselor Education from North Carolina State University (2019)

Dr. Clark's research centers on child and adolescent counseling methodologies, child psychopathology, and competency-based frameworks for therapeutic practice. He integrates online pedagogy with mixed-methods research to advance counseling systems, while maintaining strong expertise in Autism Spectrum Disorders, developmental psychology, and social justice applications within mental health. His work bridges clinical practice with educational innovation through competency modeling and qualitative inquiry.

Professionally, he serves as Competencies Co-Chair for The Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling and holds membership in the American Counseling Association. His conference presentations include a Delphi study on counseling children's competency systems at the 2021 American Counseling Association Conference and research on Black male education within the #MeToo movement at the 2018 International Colloquium on Black Males in Education in Dublin, Ireland.