Laura Barbour

Laura Barbour serves as Clinical Assistant Professor and Elementary MAT Program Director at Lewis & Clark College's Graduate School of Education and Counseling, where she integrates her dual expertise in special education and professional school counseling to train future educators.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision (Oregon State University)
• MA in Education and Human Development (George Washington University)
• BA in English (Hollins University)
• Oregon Licensed Professional School Counselor

Dr. Barbour's research pioneers the intersection of counselor well-being and student outcomes, with compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction as central constructs. Her work demonstrates how self-compassion functions as a critical protective factor against burnout, particularly through evidence-based self-care frameworks tailored for school environments. She extends this research into practical applications for addressing non-suicidal self-injury and relational aggression among students.

Her scholarly trajectory reveals consistent focus on translating psychological research into actionable school counseling strategies, with recent work (2021-2024) increasingly framing self-care as foundational to social justice in educational settings.

As Elementary MAT Program Director, she shapes curriculum for future educators while actively mentoring through presentations like 'Igniting Doctoral Dreams in Practicing School Counselors,' though specific grant funding details remain unreported in available materials.