Tina Sacin is the director of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate program. She is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Minnesota and is a National Certified Counselor (NCC). Dr. Sacin has been nominated, with her Colleague Dr. Guo, for the Minnesota State Board of Trustees Excellence in College and University Teaching Award for 2018-2019.
Dr. Sacin served on the board for the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) and as a chair for Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP).
Dr. Sacin received her Ph.D. in counselor education from the University of Central Florida, a master's degree in professional counseling: Marriage and family therapy from Texas State University, and a dual bachelor's degree in psychology and criminology from the University of New Mexico.
She maintains professional memberships in:
Dr. Sacin practices in the Twin Cities working in the area of complex trauma. She is trained in and working with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) since 2013. Clinically, Dr. Sacin has developed and directed a family programming division for chemical dependency programming in Orlando, Florida, provided strategic planning for group programming development for area non-profits, provide pre-marital counseling for low income couples, and as an in home family therapist working in a multidisciplinary team based care model for foster care reunification.
Dr. Sacin’s research focuses on culturally competent practices, counselor education and supervision, group counseling pedagogy, grief and loss, and social justice and advocacy in counselor education training. Her research has been published in the Journal for Specialists in Group Work and presented at local, national and international conferences.