Paul Granello

Paul F. Granello is associate professor of Counselor Education in the Department of Educational Studies and a Fellow of the American Counseling Association. He is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselorwith Supervising Credential in Ohio, and in his clinical work in private practice, he specializes in working with clients who present with depression, anxiety, and suicide risk. Dr. Granello has two major research foci that straddle the two extremes of mental health: suicide and wellness.

Research Focus: Suicide. Dr. Granello is a founding partner with the Ohio Department of Mental Health in establishing the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation and received over $2.2 million in federal grants to provide suicide prevention in Ohio. Dr. Granello has published three books on suicide and presented andtrained on suicide prevention, assessment, and intervention over 300 times.

Research Focus: Wellness. Dr. Granello is the founder of the OSU S.M.A.R.T. Lab (Stress Management and Resiliency Training), which provides services to over 200 OSU students, faculty, and staff each semester. He also created an undergraduate wellness course that helps students create wellness plans to guide them through their undergraduate careers. He also developed the OSU Wellness Certificate, which is a multi-disciplinary certificate that allows students across disciplines to develop expertise in wellness.Dr. Granello developed a statewide and a national certification for licensed professionals to becomeexperts in wellness counseling. He has written or edited three books on wellness.

Overall: Dr. Granello has published nine books (Examples: Wellness: Achieving a Healthy Lifestyle; Wellness Counseling; School Bullying and Violence: Interventions for School Mental Health Specialists; Suicide, Self-Injury, and Violence in the School; Case Studies in Suicide; Suicide: An Essential Guide for Helping Professionals), and more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.

• PhD, Counselor Education, Ohio University, 1995
• MS, Mental Health Counseling, Stetson University, 1990
• BA, Psychology, Stetson University, 1987

• Behavioral Aspects of Health
  • Goal Achievement
  • Wellness
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Clinical Mental Health
  • Pathology
  • Suicide and Trauma
  • Technology in Counseling
  • Wellness
• Public Health Education and Promotion
  • Suicide Prevention
  • Wellness Education

• Co-Investigator (2024–2027)
  • Funded by: John Templeton Foundation
  • Funding Amount: $500,000
  • Title: Lectio Divina
• Co-Investigator (2020)
  • Funded by: College of Education and Human Ecology
  • Funding Amount: $100,000
  • Title: Literacy Practices As Barriers and Assets for People 18 to 40 years old with Bipolar Conditions
• Principal Investigator (2018)
  • Funded by: OSU College of Education and Human Ecology
  • Funding Amount: $10,000
  • Title: Signature Course Development
• Co-Investigator (2009–2012)
  • Funded by: Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration
  • Funding Amount: $300,000
  • Title: The Ohio State University Campus Suicide Prevention Program.
• Principal Investigator (2007–2010)
  • Funded by: Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration
  • Funding Amount: $1,200,000
  • Title: The Ohio Youth Suicide Prevention and Risk Assessment Project (OYSP&RAP)
• Co-Investigator (2007–2010)
  • Funded by: Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration
  • Funding Amount: $225,000
  • Title: The Ohio State University Campus Suicide Prevention Program.
• Principal Investigator (2007)
  • Funded by: Ohio Department of Education
  • Funding Amount: $125,000
  • Title: A Violence Prevention K-12 Curriculum.
• Principal Investigator (2005–2007), Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation
  • Funded by: The Ohio Department of Mental Health
  • Funding Amount (Total = $670,000): 2006 – $370,000; 2007 – $300,000
  • Title: The Development of a Memo of Understanding Between The Ohio State University and the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation
• Principal Investigator (2005–2007), Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation
  • Funded by: The Ohio Department of Alcohol & Drug Addiction Services
  • Funding Amount (Total = $115,000): 2006 – $50,000; 2007 – $65,000
  • Title: The Development of a Memo of Understanding Between The Ohio State University and the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation

Books

• Granello, P. F., Fleming, M., & Hudson, T. D. (2023). Men’s Mental Health: A Wellness Based Approach. Cognella Press.
• Granello, D. H., Granello, P. F., & Juhnke, G. A. (2023). Suicide and Self-Injury in the Schools: Interventions for School Mental Health Specialists. Series: School-Based Strategies for Responding to Trauma & Building Resilience. Book 2. Oxford University Press.
• Granello, P. F., & Fleming, M. (2021). Student Resilience: The Subtle Art of Wellness. Cognella Press.
• Juhnke, G. A., Granello, D. H., & Granello, P. F. (2020). School Bullying and Violence: Interventions for School Mental Health Specialists. Series: School-Based Strategies for Responding to Trauma & Building Resilience. Book 1. Oxford University Press.
• Granello, P. F. (2013). Wellness: Achieving a Healthy Lifestyle. Upper Saddle Ridge, NJ: Merrill-Pearson.
• Granello, P. F. (2012). Wellness Counseling. Upper Saddle Ridge, NJ: Merrill-Pearson.
• Juhnke, G. A., Granello, D. H., & Granello, P. F. (2011). Suicide, Self-Injury, and Violence in the Schools: Assessment, Prevention, and Intervention Strategies. John Wiley & Sons, U.S.
  1. Chinese translation edition. (2014). Psychological Publication Co.
  2. Korean translation edition. (2015). Psychological Publication Co.
• Granello, P. F. & Juhnke, G. A. (2009). Case Studies in Suicide: Experiences of Mental Health Professionals. Upper Saddle Ridge, NJ: Merrill-Pearson.
• Granello, D. H., & Granello, P. F. (2007). Suicide: An Essential Guide for Helping Professionals and Educators. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Journal Articles & Book Chapters

• Granello, D. H., Witmer, J. M., Granello, P. F., & Guzman, T. (2026). Forty years later: Returning wellness counseling to our roots and intentionally including traditionally underserved populations. Journal of Counseling & Development.
• Witmer, M., Granello, P., & Fox, J. (in press). Spiritual Wellness Attributes. Counseling & Values.
• Lee, D. J., Robinson, S., Granello, P., & Granello, D. H. (2026). Suicidal Stabilization: Understanding and Defining Stabilization. Online Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine. February 13, 2026. DOI: 10.33552/OJCAM.2026.09.000705
• Granello, D. H., Juhnke, G., Granello, P. F., & Malvika, B. (2025). Suicide Prevention: Practice Brief. American Counseling Association Practice Briefs.
• Lee, D. J., Granello, P. F., & Robinson, S. (under review). Suicide Treatment and Intervention: A Systematic Classification of Approaches.
• Granello, D. H., & Granello, P. F. (under review). Teaching wellness counseling for traditionally underserved populations. Journal for Counselor Preparation & Supervision.
• Hamilton, M., Arjune, B., Granello, D. H., & Granello, P. F. (2023). The relationship of curiosity to intellectual wellness: Does being curious help counselors stay well? Counselor Education & Supervision.
• Gamby, K., Clark, M., O’Hara, C., Ausloos, C., Delaney, C., & Granello, P. F. (2021). Professional counselors’ referral processes to complementary health practitioners. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, June 2020.

International

• “Developing and Implementing a Comprehensive School-Based Suicide Prevention Program”. ACA, Toronto, Canada, March, 2023.
• “Practical Strategies to Develop and Sustain Campus Suicide Prevention Programs”, ACA, Toronto, Canada, March 2023.
• “Developing and Implementing a Comprehensive School-based Suicide Prevention Program”, State University of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. August 2022.
• “Holistic Wellness of Counselor & Counselee”, Ahmad Dahlan University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. August 2022.
• “Technology in Counseling for Education” Ahmad Dahlan University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. August 2022.
• “Suicide Prevention Programming: Practical Strategies for Youth and College Aged Adults.” 7th International Academic Conference on Social Science. Prague, Czech Republic, July, 2019.
• “Clinical Suicide Aphorisms.” Mental Health Conference. Chengdu, China. June, 2018.
• “Professional Counsellor Identity Evolution: Researching Counsellor Knowledge, Attitudes, and Skills.” British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists. Chester, England. May, 2017.
• “Suicide Aphorisms” Cologne, Germany. 2nd International Conference on Mental Health & Human Resilience. July 2016.

National

• 15 Spiritual Wellness Attributes. International Association for Wellness Counseling, Dallas, TX, 2026.
• Contemplation, A Long Loving Look at the Real: How Christian Contemplation Informs Wellness through Lectio Divina. International Association for Wellness Counseling, Dallas, TX, 2026.
• “Practical Wellness for Working with Traditionally Underserved Populations” ACES, Philadelphia, PA, 2025.
• “Developing and Implementing a Comprehensive K-12 Suicide Prevention Program” ACES, Philadelphia, PA, 2025.
• Pencakowski, D. C., Kim, E., Kemp, D., Humphreys, F., Fox, J., Granello, P. F., Adleta, R. K., & Currier, J. Present-day Lectio Divina: Christians’ lived experiences of an ancient contemplative practice. Presented at The American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
• Kemp, D., Kim, E., Pencakowski, D., Humphreys, F., Fox, J., Granello, P. F., Adleta, R. K., & Currier, J. (2025, August). Lectio Divina in the modern world: When, with whom, why, and how Christians engage in the discipline. Presented at The American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
• “Lectio Divina: Heart Rate Variability” Templeton World Charities Foundation Conference, Knoxville, TN, 2025.
• “Lectio Divina: Collaboration” Templeton World Charities Foundation Conference, Knoxville, TN, 2025.
• “Training Counselors in Wellness Counseling” International Association Wellness Counselors, On-line, U.S.A., 2025.
• “Practical Wellness for Working with Traditionally Underserved Populations” ACA, Orlando, FL, 2025.
• “Developing and Implementing a Comprehensive K-12 Suicide Prevention Program” ACA, Orlando, FL, 2025.