Ande Ebert, Ed.S., LPC is a licensed professional counselor and counselor educator with over a decade of clinical and academic experience in mental health counseling, program development, and graduate-level teaching. His professional interests include counseling theory, trauma and recovery, neurodiversity, and the intersection of psychology with anthropology, consciousness studies, and comparative spirituality. He is also engaged in interdisciplinary research and writing on human cognition, myth, and the evolution of meaning-making across cultures.

Education

• Ed.S in Counselor Education
  Southeast Missouri State University
• Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling
  Southeast Missouri State University
• Bachelor of Science in Psychology
  University of Phoenix

Courses Taught

• CP 615 Career Development
• CP 616  Group Counseling
• CP 631 Crisis Intervention and Consultation
• CP 680 Counseling Practicum

Research Interests

• Currently writing a book with an interdisciplinary approach regarding shamanism, religion, lifespan, and cross-cultural themes in Homo sapiens: upper paleolithic through the current era.
• Existential philosophy.
• Indigenous Native American philosophy.

Selected Presentations

Ebert, A., Johnson, P. Boley, B. (2022). Hope and Healing: living in the aftermath of gun violence.
Presentation at Centenary United Methodist Church, Cape Girardeau, MO

Ebert, A. (2022). Acute/Severe population, history, and context: Deinstitutionalization and Community Mental Health
Presentation at Community Counseling Center, Cape Girardeau, MO
 
Miller, B. (2023). Trauma can continue after gunshots stop. Southeast Missourian Newspaper. Expert collaborator/interviewee.
 
Koch, A. (2023). Love at first swipe. KFVS12 News. Expert collaborator/interviewee.  

Ebert, A. & Smith, T. (2024). Resilience: managing life while working with felony offenders.
Presentation at Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse, St. Louis, MO
 
Ebert, A. (2026). Your mental health is important: Take care of yourself!
Presentation for Southeast Missouri State University’s Trio program.

Licensure and Certifications

• Missouri Licensed Professional Counselor
• Registered Missouri Counseling License Supervisor
• Nationally Certified Counselor
• Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist
• Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist