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Dr. Lindsay Sheehan (l.) congratulates Aaron Graham (r.) on earning a master’s degree in rehabilitation and mental health from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Dr. Sheehan was Graham’s research supervisor and primary investigator of the Incarceration study whose assessment results he presented at national conferences. (PHOTO SUPPLIED)

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From Southland College to Counseling Psychology at Veteran Affairs: Aaron Graham’s Journey to Serve

by eNews Park Forest on August 28, 2023

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Richton Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Aaron Graham has a passion for healing.

Graham, 26, a member of Southland College Prep Charter School’s class of 2015, credits the school for developing his passion and perseverance for learning focused on psychological counseling to help and heal patients.

Aaron Graham is currently a doctoral student in counseling psychology at Loyola University Chicago. He has an internship at the Jesse Brown Department of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago. Graham recently…