Thomson Ling
Dean of Liberal Arts @ County College of Morris
About
Thomson J. Ling is the Dean of Liberal Arts at the County College of Morris. He was formerly the Associate Dean for the School of Psychology and Counseling at Caldwell University. As an inclusive and collaborative leader, he believes that leadership in higher education requires a servant-leader lens as well as a strong support of shared governance. In his career, he has held various positions at all levels within academic institutions, includingboth academic affairs and student affairs. He has worked with faculty, administrators, staff, and student constituents to create and implement strategic plans that reflect the priorities of multiple stakeholders, including expanding program offerings and establishing relationships with community partners. These initiatives have promoted high quality educational experiences for students and support for continuing faculty development. As a champion of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice, Thomson has presented nationally on how institutions can prepare students to contribute to an increasingly diverse society. In spearheading antiracism and multicultural initiatives, he has created professional development workshops, provided guidance on culturally responsive pedagogy, and recommended best practices for recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty and staff. Dr. Ling received his PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Maryland in 2009.
United States
Randolph
Higher Education
SPSS, Leadership, Crisis Intervention, Team Building, Teaching, Psychology, Higher Education, Research, Grant Writing, Program Development, Public Speaking, Non-profits, Adult Education, Psychotherapy, Community Outreach, Statistics, Adolescents, Editing
Experience

Researcher
Various Funding Streams
https://sites.google.com/site/counselingresearchlab/publications
Hauck, J.M., Hughes, B.B., Ling, T.J., Jones, K., Eannone, C., Saltzman, S., Pacifico, A., Daquila, S.M., & Liu, Ting-Hsuan. (2025, March). DRAWS: A documentation model for use in art therapy training and practice. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 92(2025), 102246 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2024.102246 Hughes, B.B., Ling, T.J., Hauck, J.M., Saltzman, S., Pacifico, A., Jones, K., & Eannone, C. (2024, September). Do we see you? A systematic review of diversity representation in art therapy research conducted between 2010-2020. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 90(2024), 102193 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2024.102193 Ling, T.J., Geiger, C.J., Hauck, J.M., Daquila, S.M., Pattison, J.E., Wright, S., & Stambaugh, R. (2022). BDSM, non-monogamy, consent, & stigma navigation: Narrative experiences. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02191-6 Ling, T.J., & Hauck, J.M. (Eds.) (2022) Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Creative Arts Therapies: A Case-Based Approach. Routledge. ISBN 9781032006710, https://bitly.com/ATEthics Ling, T.J., Percario, K.N., Hauck, J.M., Holland, E.P., Isenberg, D., Henawi, T., Peters, M.A., Karahalios, J., & Messano, R. (2018). 1-800-Externship: The use of hotlines as a training modality for future clinicians. Community Mental Health Journal 55(3), 401-408. doi: 10.1007/s10597-018-0322-0 Ling, T. J. & Hauck, J. M. (2017). The ETHICS Model: Comprehensive, Ethical Decision Making. In Ideas and research you can use:VISTAS 2017. Retrieved from http://www.counseling.org/knowledge-center/vista Ling, T.J., & O'Brien, K. (2012). Connecting the forgotten half: The school-to-work transition of non-college bound youth. Journal of Career Development, 40(4), 347-367. doi:10.1177/089484531245550 Hair, E. C., Park, M. J., Ling, T., & Moore, K. A. (2009). Risky behaviors in late adolescence: Co-occurence, predictors, and consequences. Journal of Adolescent Health, 45(3), 253-261.

Professor and Associate Dean, School of Psychology & Counseling
• Lead and represent the School of Psychology and Counseling, consisting of 13 full-time faculty, 28 adjuncts, 301 undergraduate students, and 125 graduate students. • Tenured professor in a Master of Arts program in Counseling Psychology with three specializations: Mental Health Counseling, School Counseling, and Art Therapy. Advanced from Assistant Professor to Full Professor in eight years. • Design and teach 3 to 4 courses/semester and one course in the summer. Consistently received highly favorable teaching evaluations. • Designed an honors course on Exploring Diversity, Privilege, and Oppression as well as a special topics graduate course on crisis intervention in counseling. • Advise undergraduate and graduate students • A member of several college committees: Student Life Committee, Alcohol and Drug Prevention Committee, and Crisis Intervention Team. • Participate in additional faculty duties (attend faculty meetings, open houses, review files for admissions, interview prospective students, etc.).

Faculty Advisor & Founding Faculty Member of HelpLine
• Proposed and implemented a free, confidential, and anonymous peer counseling and referral hotline that provides after-hours crisis counseling and referral. • Designed and delivered a multi-day training to graduate student counselors on various phone counseling topics. • Trained graduate student counselors to handle crisis situations in a telephone hotline setting. • Supervised telephone hotline operations.

Committee Member
Borosafe
Hillsborough, NJ
I provide expert consultation on suicide prevention initiatives in the community.

Pre-doctoral Psychology Intern
• 2000 hours, 1500 direct service hours, 150 supervision hrs. • Managed a diverse caseload of over 40 clients. • Participated in the emergency on-call rotation responding to psychological crises on campus 24 hours a day. • Responded to a national campus tragedy with emergency counseling services. • Co-led a weekly therapy process group for graduate students. • Provided weekly supervision to two doctoral students. • Designed and provided outreach to various campus departments. • Conducted batteries of career, personality, and psychological assessments to assist in treatment planning and clarification of diagnoses. Assessments included cognitive, personality, career, and educational instruments. • Collaborated with psychiatrists, nutritionists, case managers, medical personnel, hospitals, and community services boards in treatment planning. • Client issues included depression, anxiety, mania, complex and simple PTSD, OCD, bulimia, anorexia, panic disorder, adjustment disorders, addictions, and alcohol/substance abuse.

Research Analyst Consultant
• Worked on several research teams in a variety of applied content areas. • Collaborated to develop research projects. • Collected data from preschool classrooms in Washington, DC using the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), a preschool environment rating system. • Conducted comprehensive literature searches on a variety of topics, contributed to the development of logic models, wrote papers for publication, analyzed data using SPSS and SAS, edited papers for publication. • Compiled and analyzed a comprehensive list of indicators of school readiness at the local level, the first list of its type in the country.

Graduate Student Instructor
• Taught helping skills to classes of 32 and 16 undergraduate psychology students. • Instructor of record for 6 semesters. • Prepared lectures and led discussions on counseling topics. • Oversaw lab experiences where students practiced helping skills. • Supervised between 3 and 6 graduate and undergraduate lab leaders. • Consistently rated higher on teaching evaluations than the college average.

Psychology Extern
• 70 client hrs with 10 clients, 22 supervision hrs. • Saw clients weekly within a time-limited paradigm. • Made referrals to academic resources, medication evaluation and management. • Collaborated with psychiatrists, nutritionists, and social workers in treatment planning. • Client issues included depression, mania, PTSD, bulimia, panic disorder, adjustment disorder with anxiety, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, and alcohol/substance abuse.

Testing and Assessment Graduate Assistant
• Coordinated computer-based testing services for over 500 students annually. • Supervised 2 undergraduate students in office operations. • Maintained a registration system and liaison with a national testing corporation • Oversaw a testing staff of 12 individuals • Administered and interpreted career assessments

Academic Advisor
• Represent the university to undergraduate students. • Academically advise approximately 900 psychology majors. • Respond to phone, e-mail, and written inquiries from students. • Design and maintain the undergraduate psychology website which is visited by over 600 new visitors every month. • Maintain the Psychology E-mail Listserv (received by over 700 students) and the online Listserv Archives. • Teach and present material in a 1 credit undergraduate psychology course. • Present psychology recruitment and information sessions for prospective psychology students. • Orient transfer students to the psychology program. • Organize a tutor matching service for psychology undergraduates.

Rock Climbing Instructor
• Lead low ropes challenge course and climbing activities to build team and community in groups. • Facilitate group discussions on trust, teambuilding, effective communication, and application of lessons learned in an adventure course setting to the everyday world. • Work with groups from ages 6 through 65. • Certified rock climbing instructor in the State of Maryland 2004-2007. • Knowledge of basic rope rescue techniques. • Extensive experience setting up anchors, ropes, and belays for outdoor top rope climbing.
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