Susan R. Seem, Ph.D., LMHC, NCC, ACS

Dr. Susan Seem has worked as a college/university and community counselor in New York and Pennsylvania for almost 13 years. She received her BA from Wilmington College (Ohio) in Psychology and her MA in Counseling (community counseling emphasis) from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. After receiving her PhD in Counseling Psychology from The Pennsylvania State University, Seem worked as a college counselor and then director of a university counseling center. Seem's dissertation, entitled Examination of Gender Bias in Case Conceptualization by Counselors-in-Training, reflects her interest in women's and gender issues in counseling.

Dr. Seem's current research interests are in the areas of diversity, especially those of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and counselor supervision. She is interested in feminist counseling and in the social construction of gender, ethnicity/race and sexual orientation and how those constructions are displayed in the counseling and supervision interaction. Seem has taught courses such as Integration and Application of Basic Concepts, Counseling Supervision, Counseling Concepts and Group Counseling Concepts. Additionally she has been an invited speaker to classes on topics such as intake assessment, feminist counseling, self-in-relation theory, and gender and diagnosis.

Dr. Seem serves the counseling profession in a number of ways. She was a board member of the Council for Accreditation for Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) and served as the board chair for three years. She was President of the New York Counseling Association, Secretary for the North Atlantic Region of Counselor Education and Supervision and president and past-preseident of New York Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. She is currently a Board Trustee for the Association for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues in Counseling and is Past-President of the New York Counseling Association. She serves as an ediotrial board member for the Journal for Specialists in Group Work. Dr. Seem belongs to the American Counseling Association, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Association for Specialists in Group Work, and the Association for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues in Counseling.

Dr. Seem enjoys walking and hiking, sewing and quilting, spending time with her daughter and grandson.

Email her at sseem@brockport.edu.