Alzada Benton
Adjunct Instructor
Department of Counseling
Education
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Contact
51²è¹Ý - East Campus
6116 N. Central Expressway, Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75206
About
Dr. Lisa Pearson has been a practicing counselor for over twenty-five years, with the past twenty-two in private practice. A native of Houston, she moved to Dallas in 2018 with her spouse and dogs and loves her new hometown!
Dr. Pearson enjoyed prior teaching experiences at Texas Tech and Northwestern before joining the adjunct faculty at 51²è¹Ý in the Spring of 2024. Active for decades in various leadership roles in the Texas Counseling Association, including as Director, then President of the Texas Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Counseling (now known as TXSAIGE), she is currently in her third term as TCA Secretary. Her primary research interests are in counseling, religion, and the use of discourse analysis in the study of both.