Ashley Luedke

Associate Professor

Clinical Mental Health Program Coordinator

Faculty Advisor and Program Coordinator of the Bridge Program

Luedke Canisius
  • Ph.D. in Counselor Education from Florida Atlantic University 
  • M.S. in Community Mental Health Counseling from Canisius College (now University) 
  • B.A. in Psychology from SUNY Fredonia
Office
CT 815

Dr. Luedke joined the faculty at Canisius in the Fall 2024 semester and has been a counselor educator for over ten years. She has taught a variety of courses including crisis and trauma counseling, psychopathology, counseling theories, counseling practicum, and internship in mental health counseling. Dr. Luedke is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in both NY and FL and believes that maintaining her clinical work is critical to being a professor to bring current topics into the classroom. 

Dr. Luedke's area of specialty is with adolescents and with crisis and trauma work. Her primary research interests include clinical supervision, self-care and wellness, the therapeutic relationship, and online program development and gatekeeping. Dr. Luedke is also very active within the profession through her service roles. She is a CACREP site team member and chair and has served in leadership roles with counseling organizations such as the North Atlantic Region Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NARACES) and with New York Association Counselor Education and Supervision (NYACES).

Publications

Luedke, A. J. & Bickett, C. (2020). The power of relationships in fostering the recovery,  adjustment and resiliency of refugees. In J. A. Kottler, S. Banu, & S. Jani (Eds.),  Handbook of refugee experience: Trauma, resilience, and recovery, (pp. 391-402). San Diego, CA: Cognella.

Luedke, A. J., Peluso, P. R., Diaz, P., Freund, R., & Baker, A. (April, 2017). Predicting Dropout in Therapy Using Affect Coding of the Therapeutic Relationship: An  Empirical Analysis. Journal of Counseling & Development, 95, 125-134. doi: 10.1002/jcad.12125

Luedke, A. J. (2015). Post traumatic stress disorder in youth. In L. Sperry (Ed.), Mental health and mental disorders: An encyclopedia of conditions, treatments and well-being (pp. 859). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

Luedke, A. J. (2015). The nature of love. In L. Sperry (Ed.), Mental health and mental disorders: An encyclopedia of conditions, treatments and well-being (pp. 748). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.