Biography
Godfrey Ddungu is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCPC) and board approved clinical supervisor (ACS) in the state of Maryland. His currently doing his doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision at Walden University. He is expected to graduate in Spring 2023. Godfrey’s work experiences include working with adolescent juvenile offenders and their families, providing inpatient treatment to individuals and families struggling with addiction and substance abuse, and coordinating with social services and legal entities.
Godfrey joined the Townsend Institute as an adjunct instructor in March 2021 to contribute to the development and training of effective counselor helpers. Godfrey has specific in interest in treating those afflicted with addiction, grief and loss, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and childhood disorders of ADHD and OCD and is also a Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS).
Godfrey’s areas of research interest are HIV/AIDS and disparities affecting the minority communities in United States and other parts of the world. Godfrey is committed to a life of teaching and research within the field of counselor education and firmly believes that education is a lifelong journey. Godfrey uses the classroom to create an environment in which he empowers students to have opinions and critically examine issues that are conducive to everyone’s growth and development. He also uses his classroom to take students’ perspectives to understand their world view and experience and this allows him to engage students into developing new skills to become multiculturally sensitive and competent counselors.
When Godfrey is not in the teacher or counselor seat, he spends a great deal of his time in play with my three children, playing soccer and board games, reading, learning new languages (Japanese and Spanish), and giving creative attention to pursuits with his wife. Godfrey is looking forward to working with his students and learning from them to gain mastery of the counseling skills as developing counselors.
Degrees Earned
- M.A., Master of Education in Mental Health Counseling, Cleveland State University
- B.A., Education, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda