Kelly Emelianchik-Key

Dr. Kelly Emelianchik-Key, LMHC-QS, LMFT, NCC, ACS, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Florida Atlantic University and serves as Doctoral Program Coordinator and Chi Sigma Iota Chapter Faculty Advisor. She has clinical experience working in hospitalization settings, community agencies, and private practice. Dr. Emelianchik-Key has worked with various community populations. She also has multiple book chapters, peer-reviewed journal publications, and a co-authored textbook on NSSI. Some of Dr. Emelianchik-Key’s current or former leadership and service roles include serving on multiple journal editorial boards, Associate Editor for The Professional Counselor, and Treasurer for the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES; 2023-2026), and Emerging Leaders Co-Chair for the Association of Assessment in Research and Counseling (AARC; 2022-2025).

Research Interests:

• Issues in counseling communities
• Eating Disorders and Sizeism
• Intimate partner violence
• Issues of gender and sexuality
• NSSI behaviors
• Assessment practices
• Supervision

Selected Works and Achievements

• Emelianchik-Key, K., Labarta, A. C., DeDonno, M. & Gill, C. (2025). Long-term effects of the Unified Treatment Model for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity on BIPOC clients in residential treatment. Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/21501378.2025.2542155
• Muzacz, A., Emelianchik-Key, K., Labarta, A., Crews, C, & Lutherland, G. (2024). A Scoping Review of Sizeism in Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: Where is Counseling? Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy. 11(2), 124-137. http://doi.org/10.1080/2326716X.2024.2342823
• Emelianchik-Key, K., Glass, B., & Labarta, A. C. (2023). Teen Dating Violence: Examining Counseling Students' Responses to Gendered Vignettes. The Professional Counselor, 13(2), 98-112. http:// doi.org/10.15241/kek.13.2.98
• Labarta, A. & Emelianchik-Key, K. (2022) Exploring the Relationships Between Transdiagnostic Factors and Eating Disorder Symptomology in a Clinical Sample of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Questioning, Queer, Asexual, and Pansexual Clients, Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling, 16:4, 325-342, DOI: 10.1080/26924951.2022.2057391
• Emelianchik-Key, K., & Colvin, K. F. (2021). The Teen Screen for Dating Violence: An Item Response Theory Analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 36(17–18), NP10012–NP10034. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519863723
• Distinguished Teacher of the Year, College of Education, Florida Atlantic University, 2024
• Scholar of the Year for the College of Education, Florida Atlantic University, Associate Professor Rank, 2021-2022,
• Outstanding Teaching Award, Southern Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES) 2020
• Outstanding Program Clinical Supervisor Award, SACES 2017
• Patricia B. Elmore Award for Excellence in a Research Publication, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development (MECD), AARC, 2017-2018
• Best Practices in Research Award, The American Counseling Association (ACA), 2017