About the Authors

Dr. Susan Stuntzner PhD, LPC, LMHP, CRC, NCC, DCC, BCPC, DAPA, FAPA is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of the Rehabilitation Counseling and Human Services at the University of Idaho – Coeur d’Alene. She currently trains master level students to become

rehabilitation counseling professionals and to work directly with individuals with disabilities in numerous employment settings. Her research interests include: adaptation and coping with disability, resiliency, self-compassion and compassion, forgiveness and spirituality, development of intervention techniques and strategies, and mentorship of professionals with disabilities. She has written three books pertaining to coping and adaptation and/or resilience-based skills. Her works are entitled, Living with a Disability: Finding Peace Amidst the Storm, Reflections from the Past: Life Lessons for Better Living, and Resiliency and Coping: The Family After. More recently, she has researched and written several articles on self-compassion and its potential relationship to the needs of individuals with disabilities.

Dr. Jacquelyn Dalton is assistant professor of the fully online Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling program at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, TX.

She teaches masters level courses on topics such as counseling theories, psychosocial aspects of disability, group counseling skills, research methodologies and interpretation of research, counseling skills, and clinical practice courses (practicum & internship). Her research interests

include: positive psychology factors in rehabilitation and the context of disability, animal assisted therapy and the use of service dogs, veterans' and women's issues in the disability context, and health and wellness issues related to persons with disability. She is currently working on and developing applied research projects on resiliency and coping for veterans with combat related disabilities, a reading to dogs program for adults with stroke and aphasia, and a qualitative examination of the lived experience of women with disabilities.

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