Jill M. Krahwinkel-Bower

Jill M. Krahwinkel-Bower received her Ph.D. in Counseling & Counselor Education from North Carolina State University (2013) and received her Master’s in Education with an emphasis in Mental Health Counseling from Western Kentucky University (2006). She became Reality Therapy Certified (2008). Prior to that, she received certification as a Juvenile Sex Offender Counselor through the University of Louisville (2007).  

Dr. Krahwinkel-Bower has been a Counselor Educator since 2014 and has been counseling since 2006 with a variety of clinical experience working with adults, adolescents, children, and families on needs related to depression, anxiety, trauma, bereavement, adjustment, relationships, self-esteem, wellness management, substance use, and more. She offers a culturally responsive, social justice-oriented approach that concentrates meeting the needs of LGBTQ+, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. Dr. Krahwinkel-Bower has experience working in many different types of clinical settings—outpatient, residential facilities for children, foster care, court ordered addiction treatment, nonprofit, & private practice. Her approach to counseling is rooted in Reality Therapy with emphasis on Relational Cultural Theory, emphasizing that the counseling relationship is the agent of change to help clients meet their desired goals. 

She actively follows best practices in the field and her area of foci when doing research includes counselors’ cultural competence when working with diverse clients and counselor clinical skill preparation. Dr. Krahwinkel-Bower also provides clinical supervision for master-level intern students and graduates working towards their licensure as professional counselors. She advocates at the state and national level, attends and presents at regional and national conferences, and volunteers in her local community.