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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Following the recent murder of a counselor by one of her former clients, ACA’s Counseling Today published this article<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Christine Suniti Bhat (she/her), PhD, LPC, LSC (OH)</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Professor, Department of Counseling & Higher Education</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Patton College of Education</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">OHIO University, Athens, OH 45701</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Past-President, American Counseling Association, 2025-2026</span></i><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Fellow, American Counseling Association</span></i><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Fellow, Association for Specialists in Group Work</span></i><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Office: Patton Hall, 432F</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Phone: 740-593-4425; Email:
<a href="mailto:bhatc@ohio.edu"><span style="color:blue">bhatc@ohio.edu</span></a><br>
Website: <a href="https://www.ohio.edu/education/bhatc"><span style="color:blue">https://www.ohio.edu/education/bhatc</span></a><br>
Media: <a href="https://www.ohio.edu/experts/expert/christine-suniti-bhat"><span style="color:blue">https://www.ohio.edu/experts/expert/christine-suniti-bhat</span></a></span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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