Suzy Wise

Biography

Dr. Wise (they/she) joined the Psychology faculty at Valparaiso University in 2018 and serves as faculty advisor of the VU chapter of Counselors for Social Justice and is also the faculty advisor for the undergraduate LGBTQ+ group, Alliance.

Dr. Wise earned a Ph.D. from Northern Illinois University (NIU) in Counselor Education and Supervision where they taught across the CMHC curriculum in both on-ground and online formats. Dr. Wise earned a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and an Education Specialist degree in Counseling from The George Washington University in Washington, DC while also working professionally in higher education student affairs for GW’s Graduate School of Education for over 10 years. In that role, Dr. Wise coordinated preservice clinical placements and educator licensure for teachers, school counselors, and school administrators, as well as participated in program accreditation efforts for the graduate school.

Dr. Wise has mental health counseling experience in private practice and university-based community counseling centers, assisting adolescent and adult clients to address a variety of concerns such as depression, grief, life transitions, gender and sexual/affectional identity development, career entry and transition, anxiety, addiction, and past traumas. Dr. Wise has also served as a university supervisor for practicum students and interns in both on- and off-campus clinical and school-based settings.

Dr. Wise has presented research at national, state, regional, and local conferences, and has published across a variety of subjects. If you are interested in producing scholarly work (conference presentations and major/minor publications), reach out to share your ideas and collaborate on projects!

Outside of professional pursuits, Dr. Wise enjoys landscape photography, travel, cooking, and spending quality time with family and friends.

Education

Ph.D. (Counselor Education & Supervision), Northern Illinois University
Graduate Certificate (Advanced Quantitative Methodology in Education), Northern Illinois University
Ed. S. (Counseling), The George Washington University
M.A. (Clinical Mental Health Counseling), The George Washington University
B.A. (Political Science), The George Washington University

Courses Taught

• COUN 570: Testing & Appraisal
• COUN 660: Helping Relationships: Counseling Theories
• COUN 664: Career Counseling: Appraisal and Intervention
• COUN 668: Group Counseling
• COUN 691: LGBTQ+ Issues in Counseling (counseling elective)
• PSY 500OL: Understanding Trauma (trauma elective)
• PSY 590OL: Special Topics in Trauma: Grief and Bereavement (trauma elective)
• PSY 600OL: Trauma Capstone (trauma elective)

Research Interests

• Gender identity and sexual/affectional identity development
• Men and masculinities
• Career development and the intersection of career and mental health counseling
• Grief, loss, and life transitions
• Gatekeeping in the counseling profession

Selected Contributions

September 2024 – Contributed to clinicians’ understanding of men and masculinities in the most recent Counseling Today Magazine

Parker-Barnes, L., Degges-White, S., Rodriguez, A., Méndez-Diaz, N, Lio, S., Walker, D., Wickman, S., Linneman, B., Eagle, A., Wise, S., & Civan, K. (September 2024).  Exploration of career agency as a protective factor for working women. Journal of Counseling in Illinois (empirical)

Wise, S. (2023). Career counseling with underserved populations model. In J. Abdullah, & S. Dermer (Eds.) The SAGE encyclopedia of multicultural counseling, social justice and advocacy. (pp.). SAGE (ISBN: 1071808036)

Wise, S. (2023). Culture-infused career counseling. In J. Abdullah, & S. Dermer (Eds.) The SAGE encyclopedia of multicultural counseling, social justice and advocacy. (pp.). SAGE (ISBN: 1071808036)

Wise, S. (2023). LGBTQI+ persons and immigration. In J. Abdullah, & S. Dermer (Eds.) The SAGE encyclopedia of multicultural counseling, social justice and advocacy. (pp.). SAGE (ISBN: 1071808036)

Parker-Barnes, L. C., Wise, S., Lio, S., Rowley, C., McDannel, J., Starts, S., & Sprong, M. (2023). Supervision 2.0: Culturally competent and creative online supervision practices. Journal of Technology in Counselor Education and Supervision, 3(1), article 2.

Suarez, A., Wise, S., & Wheeler, T. (2022). The Partner PhD: Experiences of Non-Student Spouses in Counselor Education. The Wisconsin Counseling Journal, 35, 13-28.

Wise, S., Bonner, M., Chaney, M., & Wheeler, N. (2022, June 15). The effects of gender socialization on boys and men. Counseling Today. Retrieved from https://ct.counseling.org/2022/06/the-effects-of-gender-socialization-on-boys-and-men/

White, M., Peed, T., Rheineck, J., & Wise, S. (2022, April 4). Breaking the binary: Transgender and gender expansive equality. Counseling Today Online. Retrieved from https://ct.counseling.org/2022/04/breaking-the-binary-transgender-and-gender-expansive-equality/

Yousuf, T., Naz, M., Roberson, C., Wise, S., & Rowland, D. (In press). Depression as a function of social support in transgender and cisgender individuals with sexually transmitted diseases. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Wise, S., & Woodruff, E. M. (2020). Counseling women who have lost their mothers. In S. Degges-White, M. Kepicova, & W. Killam (Eds.) Counseling the contemporary woman: Strategies and interventions across the lifespan (343-362). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. 

Wise, S. & Schoonover, T. (2018, December 1). An experiential opportunity for counselors-in-training: Facilitating undergraduate engagement in career education. Career Convergence Web Magazine, National Career Development Association. Retrieved from https://ncda.org/aws/NCDA/pt/sd/news_article/202855/_PARENT/CC_layout_details/false

Burlew, L. D. & Wise, S. (2017). Career Development.  In C. B. Roland, & L. D. Burlew (Eds.), Counseling LGBTQ adults throughout the life span (66-70). Retrieved from https://www.counseling. org/knowledge-center/lgbtq-resources 

Killam, W., Wise, S. & Weber, B. (2017). College major and career choice. In W. Killam, & S. Degges-White (Eds.), College Student Development: Applying Theory to Practice on the Diverse Campus (175-186). New York, NY: Springer.

Tate, P. S., Kochhar-Bryant, C. A., Wise, S. M., O’Neill, V. P., Sloan, K. J., & Whitson, J. L. (2017). Opening the black box: Self-study of clinical practices in educator preparation. In R. Flessner & D. Lecklider (Eds.), The power of clinical preparation in teacher education (87-103). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield in association with Association of Teacher Educators.

Wise, S. (2017). Chickering’s theory and the seven vectors of development. In Killam, W., & Degges-White, S. (Eds.), College Student Development: Applying Theory to Practice on the Diverse Campus (101-110). New York, NY: Springer.Rheineck, J.,

Rheineck, J., Wise, S., & Williams, J. (2016). Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals. In Killam, W., Degges-White, S., Michel, R. (Eds.), Career Counseling Interventions: Practice with Diverse Clients (p. 117-127). New York, NY: Springer.

Wise, S., & Williams, J. (2016). Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals. In W. Killam, S. Degges-White, & R. Michel (Eds.), Career Counseling Interventions: Practice with Diverse Clients (p. 117-127). New York, NY: Springer.

Professional Association Memberships

• American Counseling Association (ACA)
• Association for Counselor Education & Supervision (ACES)
• Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC)
• National Career Development Association (NCDA)
• Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities (SAIGE)
• Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ)
• Chi Sigma Iota, counseling academic and professional honor society international (CSI)
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinities (SPSMM)