Jean Kupper - Counseling and Consultation

Jean, a resident of Marquette, earned his undergraduate degree from Roanoke College and his master’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.  He has 24 years post master’s experience and training in mental health services as a licensed clinical social worker. He began working at Northern Michigan University in the fall of 2002 as adjunct faculty teaching in the Social Work department.  He joined the Counseling Center at NMU in the fall of 2014, after 9 years of working on the specialized unit of Assertive Community Treatment for Marquette’s community mental health center, providing intensive and emergency psychiatric services.  He was a Field Liaison Adjunct Faculty member for Michigan State University’s Graduate School of Social Work.  In addition, he has worked with a wide variety of populations in various treatment settings, public and private, including community based programs, psychiatric inpatient, outpatient direct care, and clinical supervision.