Marcelle Giovannetti is a full time Assistant Professor in Messiah University’s Graduate Counseling Program in Pennsylvania.  She also works part-time as a clinician in private practice and is the owner of Courageous Hope Counseling LLC. She has presented on numerous occasions at national, regional, state and local conferences. She is an educational training for the PA certification board. Marcelle is a doctoral candidate at Shippensburg University in PA, pursuing a degree in Counselor Education and Supervision. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Elizabethtown College and earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Shippensburg University. She has a postgraduate certificate in Social Justice from Harvard University. Her areas of clinical expertise in counseling include substance use disorders, co-occurring disorders, trauma and multicultural counseling.  Marcelle is a certified Drug & Alcohol counselor (CADC), an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in PA and a certified EMDR therapist and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP-II). She currently serves as Vice President  on the board of directors for the PA Certification Board and is Chair of the Ethics Committee. She was recently appointed to the American Counseling Association ethics committee. She is passionate about social justice, working with marginalized groups and advocating for equitable access to education, treatment and care.