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Dr. Bob Dobmeier earned his PhD in counselor education with a concentration in rehabilitation counseling at the University of Buffalo. He has masters’ degrees in social work and theology and prior work experience as a mental health counselor, supervisor, and administrator. He has worked for several Office of Mental Health and Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services licensed agencies in western New York and has taught in counselor education and education programs at Canisius College and Buffalo State College. Dr. Dobmeier is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. He has advocated for recognition of diagnosis in the scope of practice for mental health counselors.

Professionally, he is secretary of the Association for Adult Development and Aging and a member of the American Counseling Association, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling, and Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education. He participates in the New York Mental Health Counseling Association and its Greater Rochester Chapter, and the New York Association for Counselor Education and Supervision and the North Atlantic Regional Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. Dr. Dobmeier is a member of Chi Sigma Iota and of Nu Chapter.

Dr. Dobmeier has conducted research on spirituality in the counselor education curriculum and as a resource in counseling; he teaches a course on spirituality in counseling and is interested in the expression of spirituality among diverse groups. He has done survey research on risk factors for mental health problems on college campuses. He has written a chapter on alcohol and drug relapse. Committed to the unity of the counseling profession, he has helped to conduct a study on counselor educators’ views of counseling as a single profession and investigated the need for school counselors in elementary schools.

Dr. Dobmeier enjoys basketball, hiking, and playing guitar.

Email him at rdobmeie@brockport.edu.

Last Updated 5/6/11