Kim Severn, PhD, LPC is an Assistant Professor in the Counseling and Human Services department at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She earned her master's degree in counseling at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs with an emphasis in School Counseling and her doctorate in counselor education and supervision at Oregon State University. She is a licensed school counselor and a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Colorado. Her research interests include issues in suicide prevention, intervention and postvention in adolescents and schools, school counselor identity, school counselor supervision, and the working relationships between school counselors and educational leaders. She is a member of the American School Counselor Association, the American Counseling Association, the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, the Colorado School Counseling Association, and the American Association of Suicidology. She was a school counselor at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

• School Counselor identity and supervision
• Working relationships between school counselors and principals
• Suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention in adolescents and schools
• Grief and loss in children and adolescents

• PhD Counselor Education and Supervision - Oregon State University
• MA Counseling and Human Services - University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• BA Sociology - University of Colorado Denver

• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
• State of Colorado - Special Services Provider: School Counselor - Professional