Dr. Susan Williams

Susan L. Williams is a licensed psychologist with over 30 years of clinical experience. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Rhode Island; her M.S. in Clinical Psychology from San Jose State University, and her B.A. in Psychology from Sonoma State University. She has taught full-time in the Master’s in Counseling Psychology Program (MAC Program) at National since 2005. Prior to her employment at National, she directed the Counseling Center at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA from 1998 – 2005, where she taught as an adjunct faculty in the Masters in College Student Affairs Program. She also served as the Counseling Center Director at the University of Scranton in Scranton, PA from 1990-1998 where she held an appointment as Assistant Professor of Psychology and taught undergraduate psychology and women's studies classes. She completed her two-year clinical internship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA where she served as a Clinical Fellow in Psychology at Harvard Medical School. Her clinical and research interests include positive aging strategies, effective strategies for teaching cultural competence in psychotherapy, social justice issues in counseling, self-transformation following loss, therapist self-care, and utilizing mindfulness-based approaches for stress reduction.