Dr. Verl T. Pope
Dr. Verl T. Pope has taught counseling for over 30 years and has extensive experience in counseling program development and counseling accreditation. Further, he has served in several academic leadership roles at a number of universities, including Founding Program Director and Chair of the Counseling Program at RMU, Counseling Program Chair for the Utah Campus of the University of Phoenix, Chair of the Department of Counseling, Social Work and Leadership at Northern Kentucky University, and Associate Dean of the College of Education at Southeast Missouri State University. He holds a doctorate in Counselor Education and Counseling from Idaho State University.
He has been a CACREP site team member and chair for over 25 years. And served on the CACREP 2016 standards revision committee. He has been instrumental in helping his own programs obtain accreditation, including serving as the founding program director at RMU, which received accreditation within three years of its inception. Further, he is consulted with numerous other universities on their program improvement priorities.
Dr. Pope has worked in several agencies, both public and private, and has significant clinical counseling experience. He has consulted with departments of Probation and Parole, juvenile offices, schools, and the courts on assessment and counseling issues. Further, he consults with other agencies and universities on accreditation issues. He is a licensed clinical mental health counselor in Utah (CMHC), Idaho (LCPC), and Missouri (LPC). He is nationally certified as a counselor (NCC), a mental health counselor (CCMHC), and a clinical supervisor (ACS). He has served or is currently serving on a number of state and national committees, including seven years on the Missouri State Committee for Professional Counselors. He currently serves on the Behavioral Health Licensing Board in the State of Utah. He maintains a number of professional memberships, has published in professional venues, and has given many presentations from the local and state to national and international.