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Gerald Juhnke, Ph.D.

Interim Department Chair and Professor, Counseling

Gerald Juhnke, Ph.D.

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Gerald A. Juhnke, Ed.D., LPC, NCC, MAC, ACS is a Professor and the Interim Counseling Department Chair, in the College of Education and Human Development at The University of Texas at San Antonio. He is a former UTSA Graduate School Associate Dean and the founding Counseling Department Doctoral Program Director. Jerry is a Fellow of the American Counseling Association, past Fellow of the North Carolina Governor’s Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse, and past Fellow for The University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Center for the Study of Social Issues, Division on Youth Aggression and Violence. Jerry is also the past president of both the Association for Assessment in Counseling (now Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling) and the International Association of Addictions and Offender Counseling. He is a past Co-Chair of the ACA Council of Journal Editors, past Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, and past Associate Editor of the Journal of Counseling and Development. He has published over 100 publications including 13 textbooks on topics ranging from assessment, suicide, addictions, family therapy, and bullying. Additionally, Jerry authored one novel and 19 assessment instruments including the Juhnke-Balkin Life-Balance Inventory, the Adapted-SAD PERSONS Suicide Assessment Scale, the Juhnke, Henderson, & Juhnke Child Abuse and Neglect Risk Assessment Scale, and the Human Sexual Trafficking Quick Assessment Scale. His books have been published in some of the most prestigious and respected Professional Counseling outlets including Oxford University Press, Brunner-Routledge, Merrill-Pearson, and the American Counseling Association Press. Jerry opened his first independent practice in 1986 and began academic teaching in 1991. He was a Professor at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Director of the Nicholas Vacc Counseling Department Clinic from 1992 until 2004 when he became Professor and founding Doctoral Program Director in the Department of Counseling at The University of Texas at San Antonio. 

Teaching

  • Suicide Assessment
  • Addictions
  • Family Therapy
  • Assessment

Research Interests

  • Life-Balance
  • Suicide
  • Bullying

Degrees

  • Ed.D., Counselor Education and Supervision, Western Michigan University, 1991
  • M.A., Marriage and Family Counseling, Central Michigan University, 1986
  • B.A., Psychology and Communications, Michigan State University, 1982

 

Honors and Awards

  • Teaching Excellence Award
    • Year Awarded: 2019
    • Organziation: The University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Keystone Meritorious Award
    • Year Awarded: 2017
    • Organization: Western Michigan University College of Education and Human Services
  • David K. Brook’s Jr., Distinguished Mentor Award
    • Year Awarded: 2014
    • Organzization: American Counseling Association
  • Golden Whistle Award
    • Year Awarded: 2010
    • Organization: UTSA Police Department
  • Addictions/Offender Educator Excellence Award
    • Year Awarded: 2008
    • Organization: International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors
  • Journal of Addictions & Offender Research Award Co-recipient
    • Years Awarded: 2003-2004
    • Organzization: International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors
  • Ralph F. Berdie Research Award
    • Years Awarded: 2002-2003
    • Organization: American Counseling Association
  • Professional Writing and Research Award
    • Year Awarded: 2001
    • Organization: North Carolina Counseling Association
  • UNCG School of Education Teaching Excellence Award
    • Year Awarded: 1999
    • Organization: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Presentations

Refereed International and National Conference Presentations
  • NO CAGE RIPS Hispanic Middle and High School Student Problematic Gaming
    • Venue: Association for Assessment in Research in Counseling National Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Presentation Date: 2024
  • Surface Acting
    • Venue: Association for Assessment in Research in Counseling National Conference, Nashville, TN
    • Presentation Date: 2023
  • The School Student Problematic Gaming Scale
    • Venue:  Association for Assessment in Research in Counseling National Conference, St. Louis, MO
    • Presentation Date: 2022
  • Teaching counseling students to conduct suicide risk assessments: Meeting the needs of your post-pandemic students
    • Venue: Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Atlanta, GA
    • Presentation Date: 2021
  • The Drinking, Drugging, and Suicide Timeline: An assessment to determine substance use behavior and comorbid suicidal-ideation behavior onset and progression
    • Venue: Association for Assessment in Research in Counseling National Conference, San Antonio, TX
    • Presentation Date: 2019
  • Life Balance Assessment: Research findings among African Americans and persons employed in high pressure & high demand career occupations
    • Venue: Association for Assessment in Research in Counseling National Conference, San Antonio, TX
    • Presentation Date: 2019
  • Multiple research project analyses and results of the Juhnke-Balkin Life Balance Inventory
    • Venue: Association for Assessment in Research in Counseling National Conference, San Antonio, TX
    • Presentation Date: 2019
  • Use of the Juhnke-Balkin Life Balance Inventory to Assess Life Balance of Entrepreneurs and Aligning Counseling Services
    • Venue: Association for Assessment in Research in Counseling National Conference, Richmond, VA
    • Presentation Date: 2018
  • Developing Research Projects that are Publishable, Citable, and Fundable
    • Venue: Association for Assessment in Research in Counseling National Conference, Richmond, VA
    • Presentation Date: 2018 
  • CACREP 2016 Doctoral Standards: A ten-step model for teaching gatekeeping
    • Venue: Association for Counselor Education and Supervision National Conference, Chicago, IL
    • Presentation Date: 2017
  • The Juhnke-Balkin Life Balance Inventory for Adolescents: A validation study and implications
    • Venue: Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling National Conference, Tempe, AZ
    • Presentation Date: 2017
  • WASHBOARD ABS: An adolescent suicide assessment instrument
    • Venue: Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling National Conference, Tempe, AZ
    • Presentation Date: 2017
  • A sex trafficking assessment mnemonic for counselors working with children and adolescents
    • Venue: Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling National Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL
    • Presentation Date: 2016
  • Perspectives about developing the practical researcher of the future: A discussion by AARC past-presidents
    • Venue: Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling National Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL
    • Presentation Date: 2016
  • Adventures in Institutional Review Board Land: How to author IRB applications and address IRB concerns
    • Venue: Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling National Conference, Memphis, TN
    • Presentation Date: 2015
  • Life Balance: A validation study of the Juhnke-Balkin Life Balance Inventory Turkish Version
    • Venue: American Counseling Association International Conference, Orlando, FL
    • Presentation Date: 2015
  • A validation study of the Juhnke-Balkin Life- Balance Inventory
    • Venue: American Counseling Association International Conference, Cincinnati, OH
    • Presentation Date: 2013
  • Addressing needs of survivors fulfilling DSM-IV TR Substance Use Disorders or in Early-Mid Recovery
    • Venue: American Counseling Association International Conference, San Francisco, CA
    • Presentation Date: 2012
  • VISTAS: A refereed publication outlet for counseling professionals
    • Venue: American Counseling Association International Conference, New Orleans, LA
    • Presentation Date: 2011
  • National addiction licensure and Licensed Professional Counselors: Incongruence and absurdity
    • Venue: American Counseling Association International Conference, New Orleans, LA
    • Presentation Date: 2011
  • Post-suicide response: An intervention For addicted or recovering couples who experience suicide or parasuicide
    • Venue: American Counseling Association Conference in Pittsburgh, PA
    • Presentation Date: 2010
  • Assessing immediate suicide risk: Integrating two semi-structured clinical interviews with high risk assessment factors
    • Venue: Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education National Conference, Dallas, TX
    • Presentation Date: 2008
  • Suicide assessment with addicted and diverse clients: An evidenced based training model
    • Venue: ACA Conference in Honolulu, HI
    • Presentation Date: 2008
  • Family addictions counseling: Addressing the needs of addicted families and youth
    • Venue: ACA Conference in Detroit, MI
    • Presentation Date: 2007
  • Addictions training in counselor education: Recent developments and current trends
    • Venue: ACES Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Presentation Date: 2005
  • The need for the diagnosis “Addictive Disorder” in the next DSM
    • Venue: ACA World Conference, Atlanta, GA
    • Presentation Date: 2005
  • Creating a cohesive work environment: How to incorporate new members in a counselor education program
    • Venue: ACA World Conference, Atlanta, GA
    • Presentation Date: 2005
  • Utilizing a post-violence, multiple family debriefing intervention with counseling students in training
    • Venue: Second Annual International Conference on Trauma and Terrorism, Sarasota, FL
    • Presentation Date: 2005

For a complete list of presentations by Gerald Juhnke, Ph.D., please download CV at the top of page. 

Grants, Patents and Clinical Trials

Grants
  • Violence reduction interventions for Washington, DC Schools
    • Funded: Spring 2001
    • Total Dollars: $250,000
    • Role: Co-PI
  • School violence, suicide, and drug abuse assessment and intervention strategies: Training the trainers
    • Funded by: United States Congressional Grant
    • Duration: Accepted But Unfunded Due to Federal Budget Shortfall (Fall 2001)
    • Total Dollars: $130,000
    • Role: PI
  • Family-based death and grief-related counseling: Examining the personal and professional factors that impact counselor competence
    • Funded by: Association for Death Education (Winter 2000)
    • Total Dollars: $1,163
    • Role: PI
  • The campus alcohol initiative evaluation study
    • Funded by: NIAAA
    • Funded: August 1997
    • Total Dollars: $138,172
    • Role:  On Site Consultant
  • Collegiate binge drinking data analysis
    • Funded by: The North Carolina Governor’s Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse
    • Funded: Fall 1998
    • Total Dollars: $4,000
    • Role: PI
  • Clinical mental health assessment training
    • Funded by: Association for Assessment in Counseling
    • Funded: September 1993
    • Total Dollars: $1,012
    • Role: PI
  • How to say no
    • Funded by: Michigan Department of Social Services
    • Funded: March 1985
    • Total Dollars: $20,000
    • Role: Co-PI

 

Authored Assessment Instruments

  • 2WhoScan Bullying Intervention Scale
    • Authors: Juhnke, G. A., & Juhnke, B. A.
    • Year: 2013
  • Adapted-SAD PERSONS Suicide Assessment Scale
    • Author: Juhnke, G. A.
    • Year: 1996
  • Career Assessment Timeline (CAT)
    • Authors: Juhnke, G. A., & Kennedy, J.
    • Year: 2019
  • DANGERTOME Personal Risk Assessment Scale
    • Author: Juhnke, G. A.
    • Year: 2009
  • Drinking, Drugging, and Suicide Timeline
    • Authors: Juhnke, G. A., & Kennedy, J.
    • Year: 2019
  • Homework Identification Plan
    • Authors: Juhnke, G. B., & Juhnke, G. A.
    • Year: 2011
  • Human Sexual Trafficking Quick Assessment
    • Author: Juhnke, G. A.
    • Year: 2015
  • Juhnke-Balkin Job Engagement, Commitment, and Satisfaction Survey
    • Authors: Juhnke, G. A., & Balkin, R.
    • Year: 2014
  • Juhnke-Balkin Life Balance Inventory: JET-MAP
    • Authors: Juhnke, G. A., 2015, & Balkin, R.
  • Juhnke-Balkin Life Balance Inventory
    • Authors: Juhnke, G. A., & Balkin, R.
    • Year: 2011
  • Juhnke-Balkin Life Balance Inventory for Adolescents
    • Authors: Juhnke, G. A., & Balkin, R.
    • Year: 2013
  • Juhnke, Henderson, & Juhnke Child Abuse and Neglect Risk Assessment Scale
    • Authors: Juhnke, Henderson, & Juhnke
    • Year: 2012
  • MO(O)D PIRATES Malingering Scale
    • Authors: Carolla, P., & Juhnke, G. A.
    • Year: 2013
  • NO CAGE RIPS: Problematic Gaming Scale (ICD-11) for Middle and High Schoolers
    • Authors: Juhnke, G.A., & Leeth, C.
    • Year: 2024
  • SCATTT: A Suicide Intervention Model
    • Authors: Juhnke, G.A., Juhnke, G. B., and Hsieh, P
  • SUBSTANCE-Q Adolescent Substance Abuse Instrument
    • Author: Juhnke, G. A.
    • Year: 2007
  • The School Student Problematic Gaming Scale
    • Authors: Juhnke, G. A., & Leeth, C.
    • Year: 2021
  • VIOLENT-STUdent Assessment Scale
    • Author: Juhnke
    • Year: 2000
  • WASHBOARD ABS: A youth Suicide assessment
    • Author: Juhnke
    • Year: 2017

Publications

  • Balkin, R. S., & Juhnke, G. A. (In-Progress). Assessment in counseling (2nd ed.) (Anticipated Publication Spring 2025). Oxford University Press.
  • Granello, D. H., Granello, P. F., & Juhnke, G. A. (2022). Suicide: Assessment and intervention strategies. Oxford University Press.
  • Juhnke, G. A., Granello, P. F., & Granello, D. H. (2020). School bullying and violence: Interventions for school mental health specialists. Oxford University Press.
  • Juhnke, G. A., & Hagedorn, W. B. (2019). Counseling addicted families: An integrated assessment and treatment model (2nd ed.). Brunner-Routledge.
  • Balkin, R. S., & Juhnke, G. A. (2017). Assessment in counseling. Oxford University Press.
  • Juhnke, G. A., & Balkin, R. S. (2017). The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form: An essential primer for non-psychologist mental health professionals. CreateSpace.(NOTE: This book was published via CreateSpace to produce a low-cost textbook for students [<$10].)
  • Juhnke, G. A., Granello, D. H., & Granello, P. F. (2015). Suicide, self-injury, and violence in the schools: Assessment, prevention, and intervention strategies (Korean Translation Edition). Psychological Publishing. (Original work published 2010).
  • Balkin, R. S., & Juhnke, G. A. (2013). The theory and practice of assessment in counseling. Pearson.
  • Juhnke, G. A., Granello, D. H., & Granello, P. F. (2010). Suicide, self-injury, and violence in the schools: Assessment, prevention, and intervention strategies. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Granello, P. F., & Juhnke, G. A. (2009). Case studies in suicide: Experiences of mental health professionals. Merrill-Pearson.
  • Juhnke, G. A., & Hagedorn, W. B. (2006). Counseling addicted families: An integrated assessment and treatment model. Brunner-Routledge.
  • Kelly, V., & Juhnke, G. A. (2005). Critical incidents in addictions counseling. ACA Press.
  • Juhnke, G. A. (2002). Substance abuse assessment: A handbook for mental health professionals. Brunner-Routledge.
  • Juhnke, G. A. (2000). Addressing school violence: Practical strategies & interventions. Pro- Published and In Press Refereed Journal Articles (Listed chronologically) (Script denotes students at time of co-authorship; bold denotes junior faculty and/or former students)
  • Therthani, S., Balkin, R.S., Perepiczka, M., Silva, S., Hunter, Q., & Juhnke, G. A. (2022). Assessing personality traits, life balance domains, and work addiction among entrepreneurs. The Career Development Quarterly, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12296
  • Torres, A., Juhnke, G., Canfield, B., Gomez-Escudero, A., & Ramírez, A. (2021). Empowering families to address suicide in rural Colombia. The Family Journal, 29(2), 220-226. https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480720986493
  • Reiner, S., Balkin, R., Gotham, K., Hunter, Q., Juhnke, G., & Davis, R. (2019). Assessing life balance and work addiction in high‐pressure, high‐demand careers. Journal of Counseling & Development, 97(4), 409–416. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12289
  • Hancock, M. G., Balkin, R. S., Reiner, S. M., Williams, Balkin, R. S., Reiner, S. M., Williams, S., Hunter, Q., Powell, B., and Juhnke, G. A. (2019). Life balance and work addiction among NCAA administrators and coaches. Career Development Quarterly, 67(4), 264-270. https://doi.org 10.1002/cdq.12195
  • De Vries, S., Juhnke, G. A., & Keene, C. (2019). PTSD, Complex PTSD, and Childhood Abuse: Gender differences among a Homeless Sample. Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology, 10(2), 2-15. https://openjournals.bsu.edu/jsacp/article/view/1621
  • Karaman, M. A., Balkin, R. S., & Juhnke, G. A. (2018). Turkish adaptation of the Juhnke-Balkin Life Balance Inventory. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling & Development, 51(3), 141-150. https://doi.org10.1080/07481756.2017.1308226
  • Reiner, S. M., Hendricks, L., Washington, A., McNeary, S., Juhnke, G. A., & Hunter, Q. (2018). Life balance and work addiction among African Americans. Career Development Quarterly, 66(1), 77-84. https://doi.org10.1002/cdq.12123
  • Juhnke, G. A., & de Vries, S. (2017). DSM-5 diagnosis in the schools. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 35(5), 539-541. https://doi.org10.1177/0734282916652022
  • Lonn, M., & Juhnke, G. A. (2017). Nondisclosure in triadic clinical supervision. Counselor Education & Supervision, 56(2), 82-97. https://doi.org10.1002/ceas.12064
  • Dufresne, R., Laux, J., Tahani, D., & Juhnke, G. A. (2017). Substance use assessment instruments: 13 years later. Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, 38(2), 115-124. https://doi.org10.1002/jaoc.12034
  • De Vries, S., Juhnke, G. A., Valadez, A., & Marcus, I. (2016). Addiction Severity Index (ASI) findings: Implications for counseling south Texas homeless persons. Journal of Professional Counseling, Practice, Theory, & Research. https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-4205826011.html
  • Davis, R. J., Balkin, R. S., & Juhnke, G. A. (2014). Validation of the Juhnke-Balkin Life-Balance Inventory. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 47(3), 181-198. https://doi.org10.1177/0748175614531796
  • Curtis, R., Thompson, H., Juhnke, G. A., & Frick, M. (2014). Counselor-client treatment fit: A description and demonstration via video link, of a brief and functional treatment fit model. The Professional Counselor, 3(1), 141-151. https://doi.org10.15241/rcc.3.3.141
  • Juhnke, B. A., Juhnke, G. A., Curtis, R., Thompson, E. H., Coll, K. M., Yu, F., Moyer, M. C., & Mullett, A. E. (2013). Using motivational interviewing with school-age bullies: A new use for a proven, evidenced-based intervention. Journal of School Counseling, 11(14). http://jsc.montana.edu/articles/v11n14.pdf
  • Juhnke, G. B., Juhnke, G. A., & Henderson, K. (2013). The Homework Identification Plan (HIP): A creative, solution-focused game plan designed to promote high school student athletes time management skills and homework completion, Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 8(2), 186-202. https://doi.org11080/15401383.2013.792658
  • Juhnke, G. A., Henderson, K. L., & Juhnke, B. A. (2013). The Juhnke, Henderson, Juhnke Child Abuse and Neglect Risk Assessment Scale: A mnemonic instrument used to assess potential maltreatment risk for children. The Family Journal, 21(1), 57-64. https://doi.org10.1177/1066480712456820
  • Juhnke, G. A., Calderon, S. A., Zambrano, E., Juhnke, G. B., & Aguirre-de Parachou, R. (2012). La Escala EL SUICIDIO Para la Evaluación del Mismo: Una Frase Mnemotécnica y Escala de Riesgos Para Ayudar a Consejeros a Evaluar el Riesgo del Suicidio Para Estudiantes Mexicanos (EL-SUICIDIO Suicide Assessment Scale: A Mnemonic and Risk Scale Designed to Aid Counselors Assessing Mexican School Student Suicide Risk). Revista de Orientadores Mexicanos (The Mexican Counseling Journal), 22(9), 43-46. http://pepsic.bvsalud.org/pdf/remo/v9n22/a07.pdf
  • Juhnke, G. A. (2010). The DANGERTOME Personal Risk Threat Assessment Scale: An instrument to help aid immediate threat assessment for counselors, faculty, and teachers. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 5(2), 177-191. https://doi.org10.1080/15401383.2010.485095
  • Juhnke, G. A., & Yu, F. (2010). An interview with Larry Golden: Long-time marriage and family counselor and counselor educator. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families. 18(3) 321-323. https://doi.org10.1177/1066480710372127
  • Juhnke, G. A., Watts, R. E., Guerra, N. S., & Hsieh, P. (2009). Using prayer as an intervention with clients who are substance abusing and addicted and who self-identify personal faith in God and prayer as recovery resources. Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, 30(1), 16-23. https://doi.org10.1002/j.2161-1874.2009.tb00053.x