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Biography

Dr. Vermileon joined 麻豆直播 University in 2025 when he moved to Maine from Pennsylvania. He is an instructor in the Graduate Counseling program and prepares students to be clinical mental health and school counselors. He also serves as a faculty advisor of 麻豆直播’s Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) chapter, Eta Upsilon Mu, which is an international honor society for the profession of counseling.

He earned his master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). His dissertation focused on the phenomenological experiences of counselors with mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect. His research interests contribute to advocacy and reform in the counseling profession, such as mandated reporting procedures. Dr. Vermileon is also an active member in different professional counseling organizations. He has presented at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) and North Atlantic Region Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NARACES) conferences.

Dr. Vermileon continues to practice as a nationally certified and licensed professional counselor (LPC). He has been practicing as a clinical mental health counselor since 2020. Clinical specializations include treating trauma, grief and loss, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and anxiety disorders. He currently maintains a caseload of clients in private practice. Along with being a licensed professional counselor and educator, he is also a clinical supervisor to counselor-in-training interns.

Dr. Vermileon’s approach to education is modeled after his counseling style, which has deep roots in humanistic and existentialism theories. He aims to create meaningful experiences in the classroom by placing an emphasis upon the environment, interactions, and the use of authenticity. The classroom is to be an environment where learning is facilitated by nurturing ideas and challenging thinking through creativity, kindness, and respect. It is to be an accepting space that encourages vulnerability and taking measured risks to promote self-exploration. Learning is not only led by the instructor, but by students. It is for this reason that Dr. Vermileon fully supports a collaborative process when developing a productive learning environment. Borrowing the words of Irvin Yalom, he views the learning process as a journey in which the instructor and students are “fellow travelers.”