Bio

Denise Hall, MS, LPC, NCC, CRC serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling. She has served as the Clinical Coordinator since 2015. Hall received her BS in Psychology from James Madison University and MS in Rehabilitation Counseling from Virginia Commonwealth University. Since obtaining her licensure in 1994, Ms. Hall has worked with individuals, families, and groups along the continuum of care in both public and private mental health, addiction and rehabilitation systems. Hall received the 2025 College of Health Professions Service Excellence Award.

Hall has 23 years of experience in providing training and consultation in motivational interviewing among other topics to include clinical supervision, adolescent development, trauma treatment and substance misuse. Hall has extensive experience working in different human service agencies that are developing their own cadre of evidence-based staff and supervisors. She also serves as a clinical supervisor for counselors-in-training across various specialties, including clinical mental health, addiction and rehabilitation counseling. She facilitates Virginia Board–approved supervision training for counselors throughout the state and has served as national trainer for supervisory application of motivational interviewing.

Hall serves as a Subject Matter Expert for the National Board of Certified Counselors and as principal investigator on Virginia's Leadership Recovery Academy in collaboration with Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.