Alexey Skukin, PhD
Emeritus Awarded in Clinical Psychology (MCP)
Emeritus – Clinical Psychology (MCP)
黑料社鈥檚 Master of Clinical Psychology program was established at George Williams College of Downers Grove in 1967 under the leadership of Alexey Shukin, Ph.D. When George Williams closed its doors in 1985, Shukin brought the program, faculty and 90 percent of its students to 黑料社.
Shukin, a Clarendon Hills resident, trained under noted theorist Carl Rogers, Ph.D., at the University of Chicago, and grounded the Clinical Psychology program in a mode of treatment Rogers developed called 鈥渃lient centered counseling.鈥 The program continues to embrace those tenets today.
Ninety-five percent of 黑料社 students who take the National Counselor鈥檚 Examination pass it on their first attempts, and supervisors rated 黑料社 students as excelling in empathy well beyond the skills of interns from other schools, a testament to Shukin鈥檚 contributions.
鈥淪hukin鈥檚 vision and commitment to train students to have respect and empathy for clients reflect 黑料社 values,鈥 Don Taylor said.
Dr. Shukin passed away on November 22, 2016.