My Name is Sister Hellen Khisa
Ph.D., LSOSF
Sr. Hellen Khisa is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the School of Counseling at Marymount University. She has been a counselor educator for three years at Marymount University. She holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision with Spiritual and Pastoral Integration from the Graduate Theological Foundation University in Sarasota, Florida. She also holds an M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia, an M.A. in Special Education and a B.A. in Special Education from Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania; Diploma from National Teachers College, Nangongera in Tororo, Uganda, East Africa; Diploma in African Studies from Tangaza University in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. Her research has focused on the mental well-being and mental illness of immigrants and refugees from East Africa in the United States, as well as the integration of religion and spirituality into counseling.
Teaching Areas
1. Foundations, Ethics, and Professional Issues in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
2. Counseling for Individuals,
3. Bases of Psychopathology
4. Advanced Human Growth and Development
Research Interests
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East African immigrants and refugees and their coping skills in the United States,
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Factors influencing the mental health of African immigrant youth,
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Faith diversity
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Multi-and cross-cultural education
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Improving access to minorities’ mental health care
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Burnout and compassion fatigue among religious women and self-care
Publications/ Conference Presentations
Khisa, H. (2025). The Impact of Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders (DICD) on the Lives of Children and Adolescents Is a Significant Global Concern: Evidence-based Treatment Practices and Global Intervention.
Presented at the Mediterranean Region Counselors Association (MR-CA conference), Poznan, Poland.Khisa, H. (2025). Burnout in Women Religious, presented to care providers Virginia.Khisa, H. (2024). Stressors Experienced by New African Immigrants to the United States and The Need to Integrate Spiritual Coping Skills: Best Practice for A Global Application. Mini Session.
Presented at the Mediterranean Region Counselors Association (MR-CA conference), Heidelberg, Germany.Khisa, H. (2024). Encouraging International Students to Enter the Counseling Profession: Categorization of International Students.Khisa, H. (2023). Dissertation: Perceptions of Religious and Spiritual Coping on Mental Wellbeing: A Phenomenological Exploration of East African Immigrants in the United States.
Contact
I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's connect.
Office: 410-635-0453
Direct: 443-743-6705