Christopher Hipp
Assistant Professor of Counseling, Clinical Director
Department(s)
Clinical CounselingCredentials
Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision
Education Specialist Degree in Counselor Education, Specializing in Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Experimental Psychology
Licensed Professional Counselor (SC)
Nationally Certified Counselor
About Christopher Hipp
Dr. Hipp joined the department of counseling at Charleston Southern University in 2022 as a remote assistant professor. Also, he is the clinical director for counseling practicum and internship students. He integrates his clinical knowledge into each class he teaches to connect textbook information to real world experiences to promote student professional identity development.
He has worked as a Licensed Professional Counselor in South Carolina since 2013. He has counseling experience working with a wide range of populations including group home children, high school students, couples and families, university students, and individuals experiencing homelessness with severe mental illness. He specializes in marriage, couples and family counseling, sexual problems, and anxiety related symptoms.
Dr. Hipp’s dissertation research explored the impact of technology use (technoference) on relationship and sexual satisfaction of young adult couples, using dyadic data analysis. His research results support growing evidence of technoference negatively correlating to relationship satisfaction of both partners and found support for technoference negatively correlating to one partner’s sexual satisfaction. His current research interests include variables involved in the transition period from premarital to newlywed couple status, relationship dynamics of couples and the systems that influence them, and technoference.
"I appreciate the Christian foundations of the university that provide me an opportunity to expound on Christian ideals within an academic setting. I think religion is an important aspect of what makes the university an exceptional place for me to create a collaborative environment founded in Christian values. Charleston Southern University has a strong foundation in Charleston which provides a rich culture for students to learn and develop into contributing members of society."
Awards
Clients voted - Clinician of the Year at a non-profit agency
Signature Experiences
American Counseling Association
National Board of Certified Counselors
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
Association of Counseling Sexology & Sexual Wellness
Recent Scholarly Work & Publications
Wheeler, N. J., Carlson, R. G., Sami, W. Y., Hipp, C. J. (2021). Adverse childhood experiences as predictors of differences in intimate justice, conflict, control, and power in intimate relationships. Journal of Family Violence.
Hipp, C. J. & Carlson, R. G. (2021). The dyadic association among technoference and relationship and sexual satisfaction for young adult couples. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.
Carlson, R. G., Wheeler, N. J., Barden, S. M., Romagnolo, S., Dillman, Taylor, D., Hipp, C. J., Silverio, N., & Moran, M. (2021). Using intent to attend as a predictor of retention in community-based relationship education. Family Relations.
Wymer, B., Hipp, C. J., & Boyd, L. (2021). Trauma and stress-related disorders. In D. A. Scott & M. G. Scott (Eds.), Psychopathology: A case-based approach. Cognella Academic Publishing.
Hipp, C. J. & Wymer, B. (2021, October). MTurk dyadic data and Qualtrics. Presented at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision 2021 National Conference. Atlanta, Georgia.
Carlson, R. G., Daire, A. P., & Hipp, C. J. (2020). Early prevention of couple distress: Education and enrichment programs and premarital counseling. In K. S. Wampler, A. Blow, & R. K. Aldrich (Eds.), Handbook of couple, marital, and family therapy (CMFT). Wiley Publishing.
Hipp, C. J. (2020, September). Dyadic associations between technoference and relationship and sexual satisfaction using actor-partner interdependence modeling. Presented at the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling 2020 Conference. Virtual Conference.
Hipp, C. J., Carlson, R. G., Wheeler, N., & Deaton, J. (2019, September). Easy to follow steps to perform dyadic studies in Qualtrics. Presented at the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling 2019 Conference. San Antonio, Texas.
Hipp, C. J. & Carlson, R. G. (2019). Comfort in treating sexual problems: Current training and counselor self-efficacy. The Family Journal.