Adulthood 101: Decision Making

Lynne Vedin

Licensed Professional Counselor | Assistant Professor

With great enthusiasm Lynne joined the NMU Counseling and Consultation Services Center team in November 2021. Lynne began teaching Introduction to Trauma Treatment course at NMU in the fall semester of 2020. Previously, Lynne provided therapeutic clinical services for 10 years at Pathways Community Mental Health in Marquette as well as served on the Community Resiliency Board.

Lynne is a licensed Professional Counselor trained in providing Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing and Parent Management Training, Oregon Model. Lynne has a Master of Arts degree in Professional Counseling and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology with a minor in Nutrition from Central Michigan University.

Lynne is originally from Mt. Pleasant, Michigan and enjoys camping, hiking, and cooking.

Jean Kupper

Licensed Clinical Social Worker; L.M.S.W., C.A.A.D.C., M.A.C., CTMH

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.