Assistant Professor Clinical Coordinator
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Shernell Elibox, Ph.D., M.A. is an Afro-Caribbean clinical mental health counselor who received her PhD in Counselor Education from The Pennsylvania State University in 2023. She is an Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Development of the Thomas Jefferson University Community and Trauma Counseling Program. Shernell spent three years as the first and only Clinical Suicidologist Counsellor on her home Island of Saint Lucia. While working for Saint Lucia’s Department of Health and Wellness, she sat on the island’s clinical team. She was responsible for designing and implementing many mental health and suicide prevention and intervention campaigns. During her doctoral studies, she was the Lead Clinic Supervisor of the Edwin L Herr Counseling Training Clinic at Penn State. She was instrumental in updating crisis counseling and training policies and procedures for in-person and telehealth counseling. Shernell’s research investigates the relationship between intersectionality and suicidality and focuses on cultural humility in suicide intervention and prevention. Most recently, she undertook a 122,465-participant study investigating suicidality among college students of color. She brings her expertise as a suicidologist, international clinician, and scholar into the classroom to enrich the experiences of the students she serves. Shernell continues to work on her research while helping her students begin to look into the possibility of being clinicians and scholars.
Shernell believes in creating community and champions efforts for the self-care and wellness of helping and healing professionals. She believes that an integral aspect of trauma-informed practices and approaches is understanding social positioning and intersectionality.
You can always find her day-dreaming about being on a beach in Saint Lucia.
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Complex Trauma as a Mediator for Suicidality Among Women of Color
Saturday, March 15, 2025
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US Eastern Time
