Viktoria Bedalli (she/her), M.A., LPC, APCC is a second-year doctoral student in the Counselor Education PhD program at The Ohio State University and a Graduate Teaching Associate with the RUOK? Buckeye Initiative in the OSU Suicide Prevention Program. She earned her M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of San Diego and has also served as an adjunct faculty member in the Marriage and Family Therapy program at The Chicago School. Viktoria’s clinical experience spans private practice, inpatient and outpatient care, community mental health, and addiction treatment settings. Her professional interests center on grief, meaning making, and counselor identity development. She is dedicated to advancing counselor development in ways that integrate advocacy, social justice, and systemic change within the field of mental health.