Bio

Research Description

Alex Becnel, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the counseling and counselor education programs at North Carolina State University. His research agenda focuses on preparing modern school counselors to work with suicidal youth, especially in rural communities. As youth suicide continues to be a major public health issue, Dr. Becnel hopes to protect K-12 students by ensuring that school counselors are appropriately trained for suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention in schools. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as The Professional Counselor, Counselor Education and Supervision, and Teaching and Supervision in Counseling. In addition, he co-launched a USDA grant-funded program to decrease suicidality in rural communities in Kansas through a suicide gatekeeper training protocol. Dr. Becnel was named a 2021-22 Emerging Leader by the North Central Association for Counselor Education & Supervision. Prior to becoming a counselor educator, Dr. Becnel worked as both a high school counselor and a clinical counselor specializing in the treatment of adolescents.

 

 

Selected publications

 

Becnel, A. (2024) Addressing suicide in the workplace. NBCC Visions, September 2024. https://nbcc.org/resources/nccs/newsletter/addressing-suicide-in-the-workplace

 

Becnel, A. (2024). Helping a school community heal in the aftermath of a suicide. Counseling Today, September 2024, 44-45. https://www.counseling.org/publications/counseling-today-magazine/article-archive/article/counseling-today–september-2024/helping-a-school-community-heal-after-suicide

 

Becnel, A. (2024). Working ethically with at-risk adolescents. In Corey, G., Corey, M.S., Corey, & Corey, C. (Eds.) Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions (11^th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

 

Becnel, A. (2024). Applying cognitive-behavioral counseling with adolescents in schools. In Corey, G. (Ed.) Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy (11^th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

 

Becnel, A. & Corey, G. (2023). Teaching group counseling in an online intensive format. Journal of Technology in Counselor Education and Supervision, 3(2), Article 2. https://digital.sandiego.edu/tces/vol3/iss2/2

 

Becnel, A., Irvin, S., & Remley, T. (2023). Practicum & internship coordinators’ experiences amid COVID-19 emergency remote teaching. Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, 5(1), 40-52. https://doi.org/10.7290/tsc0550qh

 

Gantt-Howrey, A., Becnel, A., Shi, Y., & Lau, J. (2023). Use of the MSJCC: A content analysis of ACA journals. Counselor Education and Supervision, 62, 40-51. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12259

 

Becnel, A., Range, L., Remley, T. (2021). School counselors’ exposure to student suicide, suicide assessment self-efficacy, and workplace anxiety: Implications for training, practice, and research. The Professional Counselor, 11(3), 327-339. https://doi.org/10.15241/atb.11.3.327