Clinical Assistant Professor, Remote, LPC, LAC, ACS

Dr. Lexi Wimmer As a counselor educator and counselor, I aim to create spaces for holistic growth and change. In my roles as a counselor, I practice primarily from a narrative therapy perspective and including elements of interpersonal process work. I have a wide variety of clinical experiences including practicing in residential settings for adolescents and adults, intensive outpatient, in-home, and outpatient settings. As an educator, my passion for growth shifts to walking alongside students on their professional journeys to becoming counselors. In an online setting, I enjoy bringing together different life experiences and people to create a courageous space for growth and even transformation. With a focus on the whole person of the student and future clients, I integrate multicultural considerations and social justice frameworks into my teaching. My research interests include changes in personal spirituality in both counselors in training and counselors. Similarly, my research has included counselor development, focusing on vicarious posttraumatic growth and transformation in counselor education. I work primarily from a qualitative lens to provide narrative depth to significant questions of meaning and purpose. I am a licensed professional counselor and licensed addictions counselor, both in Colorado. I am also National Certified Counselor and an Approved Clinical Supervisor. I completed my doctoral degree in counselor education and supervision at the University of Northern Colorado. I have a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from Denver Seminary and a bachelor’s degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead.

Recent Publications and/or Presentations

  • Wimmer, L. (2024) Counseling students’ experiences of religious/spiritual transitions: A narrative inquiry. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Northern Colorado].
  • Myers, K., Wimmer, L., & Klopfenstein, K. (April 2023). Strengthening connections: Youth and provider perspectives on youth running from out-of-home placements (Report No. 23-051A). Denver, CO: Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab at the University of Denver.
  • Wimmer, L. & Cheung, R. C. M. (October 2023). The narratives of religious/spiritual transition in counselors-in-training [Poster Presentation]. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference. Denver, CO. Wimmer, L. & McKnight, C. (May 2023). Facilitating trauma transformation in supervision [50-minute education session]. Association for Humanistic Counseling Conference. Denver, CO
  • Wimmer, L., Engle-Newman, E., & Cheung, R. C. M. (May 2023). Harnessing the Enneagram for growth in counseling [50-minute education session]. Association for Humanistic Counseling Conference, Denver, CO.
  • Wimmer, L. H. (February 2023). Religion and spirituality in substance use disorder treatment: A cultural humility perspective [80-minute session]. Strengthening the Heartland’s 2023 Winter Virtual Addiction Conference. Virtual, Brookings, SD.