Dr. Joe (He/Him) worked for several years in community mental health in the Pittsburgh area before relocating to Philadelphia to join the counseling faculty at PCOM. He has previously worked with graduate counseling students, teaching classes such as multicultural issues and strategies in counseling, addictions counseling and therapeutic techniques in counseling. He currently serves as an assistant professor in the PCOM School of Professional and Applied Psychology where he teaches and advises mental health counseling students.
In addition to his work at PCOM, Dr. Joe works in private counseling practice with members of the queer and trans communities as well as trauma survivors. He also provides consultation to community agencies and schools about affirmative and celebratory practices for working with queer and trans clients.
Dr. Joe completed his PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision at Duquesne University
in Pittsburgh. In addition to his academic work, he has clinical experience working
in inpatient, residential and mobile mental health services working with individuals
with serious and persistent mental illness as well as outpatient co-occurring substance
use and mental health counseling.
Dr. Joe has demonstrated a commitment to professional development having given presentations
at the local, state, national and international levels as well as developing training
about celebratory practices for working with LGBTQ+ clients. He serves on the board
of the PA Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex and Gender Expansive Identities
in Counseling (PS-SAIGE) and holds memberships in several other professional counseling
organizations. Dr. Joe's professional presentations have focused on counseling LGBTQ+
clients, integrating physical health care into behavioral health treatment for underserved
populations and supervision of counselors with marginalized identities. His dissertation
examined the lived experiences of self-concealment among LGBQ+ counselors in the workplace.
Dr. Joe's scholarly interests include queer and trans identity development and management, intersectionality of identity development, identity matching in counseling supervision, infusion of multidisciplinary literature into counselor education as well as sexual health, prevention and wellness across the lifespan.
Loeffler D. & Charette R.J. (2020, Nov). Are There Substance Free Safe Spaces? Supporting LGBTQ+ Clients in Recovery. Education session presented for the CalU Addictions Webinar Series: Innovations in Prevention, Virtual Livestream.
Charette R.J., Connell A. L., Dalton, S., Datti P., Gruber R., Petitto D., & Loeffler
D. (2020, Oct). Supporting LGBTQ+ Counselors in Personal and Professional development,
and Self Care
in Supervision. Pre-conference institute presented at the Pennsylvania Counseling
Association Conference, Virtual Livestream.
Datti P., Charette R.J., Connell A. L., Dalton, S., Petitto D., & Loeffler D. (2020, Oct). Building Virtual Community: Supporting LGBTQ+ Folks Through Tele-Health. Discussion panel presented at the Pennsylvania Counseling Association Conference, Virtual Livestream.
Loeffler D. & Charette R.J. (2020, Oct). Queer Networking: Helping Clients Connect to Virtual Supports During the Pandemic. Education session presented at the Pennsylvania Counseling Association Conference, Virtual Asynchronous Presentation.
Loeffler D., & Charette R.J. (2020, Feb). LGTBQ+ Counselor Wellness: Navigating the Intersections of Personal and Professional Identities. Education session presented at the Greater Philadelphia Counseling Association (GPACA) Trauma Symposium, East Falls, PA.
Charette R.J., & Loeffler D. (2019, Nov). Keeping Yourself Well: LGBTQ+ Counselor Self-Concealment of Identity. Poster presented at the Pennsylvania Counseling Association Conference, State College, PA.
Charette R.J., Connell A. L., Datti P., Gruber R., & Petitto D. (2019, Nov). Being LGBTQ+ in Today’s Social and Political Climate: Advancements, Challenges, and Counseling Implications. Pre-conference institute presented at the Pennsylvania Counseling Association Conference, State College, PA.
Nice M.L., & Charette R.J. (2019, May). Show me the way: Promoting Wellness in Organizational Leadership. Poster presented at the American Counseling Association annual conference Chi Sigma Iota Days, New Orleans, LA.
Zeleke, W., & Charette R.J. (2018, May). Standards and practices of assessing response to intervention for children with autism in Ethiopia. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research, Rotterdam, NED.
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