Dr. Leslie A. Jones
University of North Texas
Counseling and Higher Education
(940) 565-2066
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Education

PhD, University of North Texas, 2001.
Major: Counseling and Student Services
Dissertation Title: Effectiveness of Filial/Play Therapy Training on High School Students' Empathic Behavior With Young Children
MEd, University of North Texas, 1995.
Major: Counseling and Student Services
BA, Texas A&M University, 1993.
Major: Psychology

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Clinical Associate Professor, University of North Texas. (2015 – Present).
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. (2010 – 2015).

Licensures and Certifications

Registered Play Therapist, Assoication for Play Therapy. (2003 – Present).

Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, Texas LPC Board. (2000 – Present).

Professional Memberships

American Counseling Association. (2005 – Present).

Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. (2005 – Present).

Association for Play Therapy. (2005 – Present).

Texas Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. (2005 – Present).

Texas Association for Play Therapy. (2005 – Present).

Texas Counseling Association. (2005 – Present).

Awards and Honors

Outstanding Lecturer Award, College of Education. (2011 – 2011).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
COUN 2610, PRIN COUNSELING I, 2 courses.
COUN 3620, Principles of Counseling II, 1 course.
COUN 3640, Group Process in Helping Relationships, 1 course.
COUN 4620, Interpersonal Skills in Helping Relationships, 1 course.
COUN 5000, Filial/Family Therapy, 4 courses.
COUN 5100, Expressive Arts in the Counseling Process, 3 courses.
COUN 5290, Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, 2 courses.
COUN 5640, Play Based Group and Family Counseling, 10 courses.
COUN 5650, Advanced Skills in Play Therapy, 4 courses.
COUN 5680, Essential Skills in Counseling, 10 courses.
COUN 5690, Practicum in Counseling, 11 courses.
COUN 5700, Introduction to Play Therapy, 9 courses.
COUN 5720, Internship in Counseling I, 5 courses.
COUN 5721, Internship in Counseling II, 5 courses.
COUN 5760, Appraisal in Child and Adolescent Counseling, 9 courses.
COUN 5800, Studies in Education, 4 courses.
COUN 5900, Special Problems, 11 courses.
COUN 6090, Counselor Supervision, 4 courses.
COUN 6210, Counseling Principles and Process I, 3 courses.
COUN 6220, Counseling Principles and Process II : Consultation Emphasis, 6 courses.
COUN 6230, Counseling Principles and Process III : Systems Emphasis, 6 courses.
COUN 6240, Counseling Principles and Process III, 5 courses.
COUN 6250, Counseling Principles and Process IV, 5 courses.
COUN 6260, Counseling Principles and Process V, 5 courses.
COUN 6680, Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues in Counseling, 1 course.
COUN 6900, Special Problems, 30 courses.
COUN 6950, Doctoral Dissertation, 22 courses.

Directed Student Learning

Dissertation Committee Chair, Counseling and Higher Education. (2019 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Counseling and Higher Education. (2019 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Counseling and Higher Education. (2019 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Counseling and Higher Education. (2017 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Counseling and Higher Education. (2015 – Present).

Other. (2010 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair,"Effective Caregiver Consultation in Play Therapy: A Program Evaluation," Counseling and Higher Education. (2016 – August 2022).

Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Counseling and Higher Education. (August 2019 – December 2021).

Dissertation Committee Co-Chair,"Assessing the Clinical Experiences and Attitudes of Play Therapists Working with Children of Parental Substance Use," Counseling and Higher Education. (2015 – December 2021).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Relational and Social-Cognitive Predictors of PTSD in U.S. Combat Veterans: A Path Analysis," Counseling and Higher Education. (2019 – May 2021).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Outdoor Child-Centered Play Therapy with Attention and Social-Emotional Competencies in Children," Counseling and Higher Education. (2017 – May 2021).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Factors Impacting Multicultural Teaching Competence among Counselor Educators: Ethnic/Racial Identity Development and Social Justice Orientation," Counseling and Higher Education. (2016 – May 2021).

Dissertation Committee Member,"The Experiences of Black Transracially Adoptive Parents," Counseling and Higher Education. (2015 – August 2020).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Development and Exploration of the Crucial Cs Self Report Instrument," Counseling and Higher Education. (2015 – August 2020).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Every Body Matters: College-Aged Women's Experiences of Body Positivity and Self-Acceptance," Counseling and Higher Education. (2016 – May 2020).

Dissertation Committee Member, Counseling and Higher Education. (2016 – May 2020).

Dissertation Committee Chair,"CHILD-CENTERED CANINE-ASSISTED THERAPY: AN INVESTIGATIVE LOOK AT INTEGRATING THERAPY DOGS INTO CHILD-CENTERED PLAY THERAPY," Counseling and Higher Education. (2015 – December 2019).

Dissertation Committee Member,"The Effectiveness of Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) for Fathers," Counseling and Higher Education. (2015 – December 2019).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Child Centered Play Therapy and Adverse Childhood Experiences: Effectiveness on Impulsivity and Inattention," Counseling and Higher Education. (2015 – August 2019).

Other, Counseling and Higher Education. (2012 – 2016).

Dissertation Committee Chair, Counseling and Higher Education. (2012 – 2016).

Other, Counseling and Higher Education. (2012 – 2016).

Other. (2013 – 2015).

Other, Counseling and Higher Education. (2011 – 2015).

Other, Counseling and Higher Education. (2011 – 2015).

Other, Counseling and Higher Education. (2011 – 2015).

Other, Counseling and Higher Education. (2011 – 2015).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book
Giordana, M., Landreth, G., Jones, L. A. (2009). A practical handbook for building the play therapy relationship. Korean Translation. Hakjisa.
Gioradano, M., Landreth, G., Jones, L. A. (2005). A practical handbook for building the play therapy relationship. Jason Aronson.
Book Chapter
Jones, L., (2019). Adjunct, Part-Time Faculty, and Nontenured Positions in Counselor Education. Counselor Education in the 21st Century. 129-148. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
Jones, L. A., Baggerly, J., Ray, D., Bratton, S. (2010). High school students as therapeutic agents with young children. John Wiley.
Journal Article
Lindsay, T., Leslie, J. (2019). Person-Centered Supervision: A Realistic Approach to Practice Within Counselor Education. 1(2), . Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. https://trace.tennessee.edu/tsc/
Lindo, N. A., Dillman Taylor, D., Meany-Walen, K., Purswell, K., Jayne, K., Gonzalez, T., Jones, L. A. (2014). Teachers as therapeutic agents: Perceptions of a school-based mental health initiative.. 42, 284-296.
Bratton, S. C., Ceballos, P. L., Sheely, A., Meany-Walen, K., Pronchenko, Y., Jones, L. A. (2013). Child-centered play therapy compared to mentoring as a Head Start mental health intervention: Effects on children exhibiting disruptive behavior in the classroom.. International Journal of Play Therapy. 2, 28-42.
Jones, L. A., Rubin, L. (2005). PT 101: Teaching introduction to play therapy at the graduate level. International Journal of Play Therapy.
Bratton, S., Ray, D., Rhine, T., Jones, L. A. (2005). The efficacy of play therapy with children: A meta-analytic review of treatment outcomes. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice.
Jones, L. A., Rhine, T., Bratton, S. (2002). High school students as therapeutic agents with young children experiencing school adjustment difficulties: The effectiveness of a filial therapy training model. International Journal of Play Therapy.
Ray, D., Bratton, S., Rhine, T., Jones, L. A. (2001). The effectiveness of play therapy: Responding to the critics. International Journal of Play Therapy.

Presentations Given

Lecture

Chandler, C. K. (Author & Presenter), Cartwright, A. D. (Author & Presenter), Jones, L. A. (Author & Presenter), 16 hours of a 40 hour instititute, state invited major speaker, Institute in Counselor Supervision, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Oral Presentation

Jones, L. (Presenter), CCPT 101 Training, CCPT 101: Child-Centered Play Therapy Practice and Application, Johnson County Children’s Advocacy Center, Cleburne, TX, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Jones, L. (Presenter), CCPT 102 Training, CCPT 102: Child-Centered Play Therapy Practice and Application, UNT Center for Play Therapy, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Jones, L. A. (Presenter), Walker, M. (Presenter), Annual conference of the Texas Association of Play Therapy, Expressive art supervision: Facilitating play therapis’s self awareness and development, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2023).

Jones, L. (Presenter), CPRT 102 Training, CPRT 102: Advanced CPRT Practice and Application, Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida, Panama City Florida, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Jones, L. (Presenter), CPRT 101 Training, CPRT 101: Foundations in Child Parent Relationship Training, Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida, Panama City Florida, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Jones, L. (Presenter), CCPT 101 Training, CCPT 101: Child-Centered Play Therapy Practice and Application, Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida, Panama City Florida, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Jones, L. (Presenter), Contracted Training for the Center of Play Therapy, Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) Training, South Dakota State University, Sioux Falls, SD, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Jones, L. A. (Presenter), CCPT 101 Certification Training, Grand Prairie ISD, Gran Prairie, TX, United States of America. (2022).

Jones, L. A. (Presenter), CPRT 101 Certification Training, Grand Prairie ISD, Grand Prairie, TX, United States of America. (2022).

Jones, L. A. (Presenter), CPRT 102 Certification Training, Grand Prairie ISD, Grand Prairie, TX, United States of America. (2022).

Jones, L. A. (Presenter), Chung, R. (Presenter), Iliff, T. (Presenter), annual conference of the Texas Association of Play Therapy, Transformation through Creativity: Integrating Expressive Arts with Adolescents Through a Humanistic Lens, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2022).

Jones, L. (Presenter), Regine, R. (Presenter), Iliff, T. (Presenter), Texas Association for Play Therapy, Transformation through Creativity: Integrating Humanistic Expressive Arts with Adolescents, Texas Association for Play Therapy, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Talley, L. (Presenter), Jones, L. (Presenter), Texas Association for Play Therapy 2019 Conference, From Axline to Fido: Integrating a therapy dog into child-centered play therapy, Texas Association for Play Therapy, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2019).

Talley, L. (Presenter), Jones, L. (Presenter), Texas Association for Play Therapy 2018 Conference, Digging in the sandbox: An explorative look at therapy dogs in play sessions, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2018).

Schulz, L. L. (Author & Presenter), Jones, L. A. (Author & Presenter), The Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC) Conference, Incorporating creativity: The expressive arts meets the clinical sequence., Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC), San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Kelly, C., Terra, W., Jones, L. A., Schulz, L. L., Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES), A both/and proposition: The function of clinical faculty in counselor education programs., Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES), Birmingham, AL. (2014 – 2014).

Jones, L. A. (Presenter), Lindo, N. A. (Presenter), Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Expressive arts and supervision, Savannah, GA, United States of America. (2012 – 2012).

Jones, L. A. (Presenter), Lindo, N. A. (Presenter), Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, The use if expressive arts in the supervision process, Nashville, TN, United States of America. (2011 – 2011).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Service
Jones, L. (Principal), "Bill Giese Memorial Grant," Sponsored by Flow Healthcare Foundation, Local, $20000 Funded. (January 2020 – December 2020).

Service

University Service

Committee Member, Assistant/Associate Professor Search Committee. (August 2022 – Present).

Co-Director, Center for Play Therapy. (May 2022 – Present).

Chairperson, Clinical Assistant Professor Search Committee. (August 2021 – Present).

Co-Chair, UNT/HSC Provost Committee. (November 2019 – Present).

Committee Member, President Mental Health Sub Committee. (October 2018 – Present).

Committee Chair, Child and Family Resource Clinic. (2017 – Present).

Committee Chair, Doctoral Advisement Committee. (2017 – Present).

Member, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure. (2016 – Present).

Committee Member, Undergraduate Advisement Committee. (2011 – Present).

Committee Chair, Clinical Experiences Committee. (2010 – Present).

Committee Member, Clinical MH Counseling Program Development Committee. (2010 – Present).

Committee Member, Play Therapy Conferences Committee. (2010 – Present).

Committee Member, Department Chair Search Committee. (2016 – 2017).

Committee Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee. (2015 – 2017).

Other, Counseling and Human Development Center. (2010 – 2017).

Committee Chair, Clinical Assistant Professor Search Committee. (2013 – 2014).

Committee Member, Counseling Program Space Relocation Committee. (2012 – 2013).

Committee Member, Clinical Assistant Professor Search Committee. (2011 – 2012).

Committee Member, Undergraduate Minor Program Development Committee. (2011 – 2012).

Committee Member, Clinical Assistant Professor Search Committee. (2010 – 2011).

Committee Chair, Undergraduate Advisement Committee. (2010 – 2011).

Committee Chair, Undergraduate Program Minor. (2010 – 2011).

Professional Service

Committee Member, Association for Play Therapy Leadership Academy. (2016 – 2016).

Other, Texas Association for Play Therapy. (2013 – 2013).

Other, Texas Association for Play Therapy. (2012 – 2013).

Other, Texas Association for Play Therapy. (2011 – 2012).

Awards and Honors

Outstanding Practitioner Supervisor Award, Rho Kappa Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota. (October 2023 – Present).