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Dr. Jessica M. Sykes is the Chair of the Psychology & Human Services Department at Bluefield University, in addition to her Ph.D. in Counselor Education & Supervision. Jessica holds dual licensure in both substance use and mental health fields as a Licensed Professional Counselor(LPC) and a Licensed Substance Use Treatment Practitioner(LSATP).  

Sykes has earned two Master's Degrees. The first, a Master of Education in Counseling and Guidance (M.Ed.) from Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee, in 2006, and the second, a Master of Education in Counseling and Human Development (M.Ed.) from Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky, in 2019. Jessica completed her Doctoral education in Counselor Education and Supervision (Ph.D.) at Lindsey Wilson College with her research dissertation: A Study of Factors that Influence Academic Success in Undergraduate College Students in Central Appalachia.

Dr. Sykes has a wide range of clinical training and experience as has worked in private and community settings for profit and nonprofit organizations. Dr. Sykes specializes in substance use and trauma and has worked relentlessly in Appalachia alongside the community to address the opioid epidemic.  

Dr. Sykes boasts experience in a host of populations, such as severe and persistent mentally ill adults, higher education students, church ministry counseling, and corrections. Dr. Sykes began her career in the field in 2006 and has almost 20 years of experience in areas of counseling, substance abuse, trauma, crisis, clinical supervisory, and executive team roles. Jessica’s psychotherapeutic special interests include:  student success, spirituality, addiction, depression,  sport performance, suicidality, and trauma.

Jessica also serves in ministry at her church as a women's leader and counseling pastor, providing much-needed counseling and psychoeducation in the church, bridging the gap between psychology and ministry. Dr. Sykes’s passions are to grow and develop individuals and programs so that we can walk in the fullness of healing and identity, to be and do all that God designed and created us to.

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