About me
Dr. Marcelle Giovannetti is an Associate Professor at Messiah University’s Graduate Counseling Program in Pennsylvania. She also works part-time as a clinician in private practice. She has presented on numerous occasions at national, regional, state and local conferences. Dr. Giovannetti earned both her master's and doctoral degrees at Shippensburg University in PA, in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Counselor Education and Supervision respectively. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Elizabethtown College. She has a postgraduate certificate in Social Justice from Harvard University. Her areas of clinical expertise in counseling include substance use disorders, co-occurring disorders, trauma, and multicultural counseling. Dr. Giovannetti is a certified Drug & Alcohol counselor (CADC), an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in PA and a certified EMDR therapist and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP-II). In the past, she has served as Vice President on the board of directors for the PA Certification Board and is Chair of the ACA Ethics Committee. She now serves the profession as chair of the American Counseling Association ethics revision task force and is a subject matter expert for the NBCC. She is passionate about social justice, working with marginalized groups and advocating for equitable access to education, treatment and care.She is currently the Chair of the Ethics Revision Task Force (ERFT) rewriting the ACA Code of Ethics (2026) and has served as a Co Chair and member of the ACA Ethics Committee.
