Carol Lee Humphreys

Dr. Carol Lee Humphreys served as Provost, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Accreditation Liaison Officer, Acting Dean, Executive Faculty, and Faculty Senate Chair at Saybrook University (2011-2018). As Provost, she led the successful 2018 WSCUC reaffirmation of accreditation, instituted a writing center, initiated summer sessions, nurtured academic and community partnerships, created a diversity task force, and facilitated the development of 11 new degree programs. As faculty, Dr. Humphreys’ courses included humanistic psychology, therapeutic interventions, ethics, and dissertation research. Dr. Humphreys served as a consultant with clients such as Marin County Health and Human Services and Behavioral Health Recovery Services where she reviewed clinical training programs and led successful APA and CE accreditation processes.

In her early career, Dr. Humphreys was a social worker and child therapist with a focus on working with those who experienced trauma and abuse. In Ohio, she consulted Head Start teachers, offered family therapy in community mental health, was an onsite school counselor, and worked with teens at a juvenile detention center. At Napa State Hospital, Dr. Humphreys provided individual and group therapy, forensic assessment, and psychoeducation to patients diagnosed with severe mental illness found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity.

Dr. Humphreys’ research has resulted in publications and presentations focused on the accreditation process, PTSD, dissociative experiences, humanistic psychotherapy, dreams, sand tray therapy, the Assimilation of Problematic Experiences, human sexuality in forensic settings, and the change process.

Dr. Humphreys began her academic journey at Cypress Community College taking classes part-time at night while working during the day. After transferring to California State University Dominguez Hills, Dr. Humphreys completed dual B.A.s in English and Psychology and an M.A. in Clinical Psychology. She then moved to Ohio to complete a second M.A. and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Miami University.