About
Dan Jarboe directs the University Counseling Center at Ouachita, serving the Ouachita community
since the fall of 2008. Dan and his wife, Kyle, have been married for 36 years and
have five grown children. The Jarboe family lived in Moscow for over five years serving
as missionaries with the International Mission Board (IMB).
Dan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). He has extensive training and experience
in counseling married and engaged couples, working with students, trauma psychology,
abuse recovery, as well as grief and loss issues. Dan has worked in psychiatric hospitals,
day-treatment centers, private practice and children’s home and spent many years working
in an area of forensic interviewing, child abuse assessment and the evaluation of
children as crime witnesses. He has also worked elsewhere across the U.S. and internationally
providing crisis and trauma counseling and critical incident intervention to NGO and
NPO personnel involved in disaster relief, terrorism support and through direct counseling
to survivors. He and his wife have provided marriage enrichment retreats and instruction
in many locations in the U.S. and abroad.
Fun Facts
What do you like most about your field?
I love working at OBU! I find enormous reward in the privilege of getting to know
very personally the students that seek help in counseling, as well as those I work
with in class. Helping to bring students through difficulty and back to a place of
healing, happiness, and to mature and enjoy their life and find purpose, according
to God's design, is deeply gratifying. My work is always challenging, richly intriguing,
and requires daily that I work hard and open my mind to discover, examine and scrutinize
carefully new perspectives and innovative solutions and strategies, so there's never
a dull moment!
What is your favorite book?
My favorite book is Proverbs.
What else do you like for others to know about you?
I am an avid toxophilite (archery enthusiast), an identical twin and enjoy camping,
hiking, bowhunting, guitar, reading, watching movies and traveling with my family.
Areas of Expertise
- Trauma psychology
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Trauma-Focused CBT
- Grief assistance
- Treating anxiety disorders
