ACA -CCPA 2016 Conference & Expo

Samuel Gladding
Professor of Counseling
Wake Forest University


Samuel T. Gladding, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is a fellow in the American Counseling Association (ACA) and its former president (2004-2005). Additional leadership Sam has been engaged in includes serving as president of two ACA divisions (ACES and ASGW), president of Chi Sigma Iota (the international counseling honorary society), president of the American Association of State Counseling Boards, and chair of the ACA Foundation. Sam has authored numerous professional publications, including 41 books, 22 book chapters, eight counseling videos, and over 80 scholarly articles. He was a first responder to the 9/11 attack in New York City in 2001 providing psychological first aid to families of victims killed in the Twin Towers. Sam was also a first responder to the shootings at Virginia Tech. He has been honored by the American Counseling Association with the Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person, the Arthur A. Hitchcock Distinguished Professional Service Award, and the David K. Brooks Distinguished Mentor Award. The Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC) named their Inspiration and Motivation Award in Sam’s honor and the ACA Foundation recently named their Unsung Heroes after him. Twice a Fulbright Specialist, Sam has taught counseling and worked with universities in Turkey, China, Estonia, Austria, Malaysia, Sweden, Malta, South Africa, Australia, Singapore, Mexico, and Canada

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