Margaret Emanuel Falletta, a provisionally licensed counselor, has been appointed director of counseling and wellness services at Davis & Elkins College. In this role, she provides individual and group counseling services to the college community as well as prevention and outreach programming that promotes mental wellness.
Falletta brings a background in youth counseling in both the individual and group settings. She also has worked in crisis counseling in diverse populations.
Most recently, Falletta worked as a counselor at the Barbour County Health Department in Philippi, W.Va., where she provided counseling services to more than 30 child, adolescent and adult clients. Prior to that, from 2012 to 2014, she served as the lead program coordinator/supervisor at High Rocks Educational Corp. in Hillsboro, W.Va. She worked for the same organization as an AmeriCorps and summer staff in various capacities including tutoring, mentoring and service learning. In addition, she has worked as an admission representative and docent at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
“I am proud to be serving the Davis & Elkins College community and my hope is to further the mission of the College by preparing and inspiring students to be pro-active about their mental health so that they may be successful personally, academically and professionally,” Falletta said.
Falletta earned a Master of Science degree in mental health counseling from Capella University in Minneapolis, Minn., in 2015 and graduated summa cum laude from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Ga., with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2007. In addition to being provisionally licensed by the West Virginia Board of Examiners in Counseling, she is a National Certified Counselor and a member of the West Virginia Counseling Association, Appalachian Studies Association and American Counseling Association.
Related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Davis & Elkins College is located in Elkins, 2 hours east of Charleston, 3 hours south of Pittsburgh and 4 hours west of Washington, D.C. For more information, please visit the College website at www.dewv.edu or call 304-637-1243.
