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Tanupreet Suri

(She/Her)

Counselor Education Faculty, Ph.D., LMHC-D (NY), LPC (NJ), ACS, NCC

Dr. Suri is a counselor educator, a licensed clinician, and an approved clinical supervisor. Her work bridges mental health, technology, and higher education. Dr. Suri has extensive clinical experience, having worked with diverse populations across a variety of settings—including individual and group therapy, private practice, and mental health outreach on college campuses. Her teaching and supervision reflect her commitment to training the next generation of counselors. Dr. Suri’s scholarly interests center on marginalized students’ experiences in higher education, the role of social media and emerging technologies in identity development, the immigrant experience, community-based participatory research, and culturally responsive clinical supervision. Dr. Suri is passionate about counselor education, and she continues to mentor and support students and recent graduates through her teaching, supervision, and advocacy.

Education

  • The University of New Mexico, Ph.D.
  • Long Island University, Brooklyn, M.S.
  • The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, B.A.

Positions

Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Leadership, Literacy and Special Education, Lehman College
Doctoral Lecturer, Department of Counseling, Leadership, Literacy and Special Education, Lehman College
Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Touro University
Instructor, Department of Individual, Family and Community Education, The University of New Mexico

Licenses and Certifications

  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor with Diagnostic Privilege – New York (LMHC-D #D008010-1) – Active
  • Licensed Professional Counselor – New Jersey (LPC# 37PC00884400) – Active
  • Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS# 3403) – Active
  • National Certified Counselor (NCC# 782041) – Active
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor – New Mexico (LPCC# CCMH0199861) – Expired

Publications

  • Suri, T., Daniel, D. & Goodrich, K. M. (2024). Supporting Latin(x), Black and Native American/Indigenous student mental health needs through MACCs and counseling center collaboration. Journal of Counseling Research and Practice, 8(3).
  • Suri, T., Brammer, M. K., & Sands, H. C. (Eds). (2024). Sticky Situations: A Collection of Tales on Counseling the Counselor. DIO Press Inc.
  • Trott, A., Suri, T., & Chávez. T. A. (2024). A CBPR approach to multicultural and socially just counseling research. Counselor Education and Supervision. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12305
  • Brammer, M. K., Stark, C., Suri, T., & Brown, E. (2023). Childhood suicide: A call to action for play therapists. International Journal of Play Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1037/pla0000202
  • Suri, T. & Trott, A. (2022). Step-by-step process of CBPR projects for graduate students: Lessons from engaging with CBPR in interdisciplinary counselor education. In S. Atalay and A. McCleary (Eds.), The community-based PhD: Complexities, triumphs, missteps, and joys of community-based & participatory action research as graduate students. (pp. 149-160). The University of Arizona Press.
  • Sands, H. C. & Suri, T. (2022). A systems approach to sexism among adolescents: Exploring the utility of the “Safe to Touch” activity for counselors-in-training. In K. Brown, R. Papa, & S. Rodriguez (Eds.), Recipes to combat the “ISMS”: Volume Two. (pp. 129-138). ICPEL Publications.
  • Suri, T., Woolson, L., Trott, A., Apodaca, M., Brammer, M. K., Daniel, D., Lacen, D., & Chavez, T. A. (2021). Constructivism in action: A case study for the development of a social justice model. Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.7290/tsc030301
  • Suri, T. & Sands, H. C. (2020). Attachment to certainty in layers of uncertainty: A dialogue of counselors in COVID-19. In K. J. Fasching-Varner, S. T. Bickmore, D. G. Hayes, P.G. Schrader, D. L. Carlson, & D. Anagnostopoulos (Eds.), The corona chronicles: Necessary narratives in uncertain times. (pp. 95-102). DIO Press Inc.
  • Goodrich, K. M. & Suri, T. (2020). A historical examination of computer-based therapeutic interactions: Where we have been and where we can go. The Romanian Journal of Counseling, 6(1),50-76.

Presentations

  • Locke, A. & Suri, T. (2025, May). From Pain to Purpose: Building and Marketing a Niche Counseling Practice, Presentation at the American Counseling Association’s Virtual Business of Counseling Summit.
  • Suri, T. & Brammer, M. K. (2025, January). Ethical Considerations in 21st Century School Counseling Culture, Presentation at the American Counseling Association’s Virtual School-Based Mental Health Professionals Summit.
  • Suri, T., & Chen-Hayes, S. (2024, January). What Teachers, School Counselors,  and Leaders can do to Fight the Oppressions Facing Immigrants, Migrants and Asylum Seekers, Roundtable session at the CUNY – City University of New York, Lehman College, 2024 School of Education Winter Retreat, New Immigrants and Their Families: Preparing Teachers, Counselors, and Leaders.
  • Suri, T. & Brammer, M. K. (2023, May). Working in Tandem: A Co-supervision Model, Presentation at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology’s Counselor Education Online 6th Annual Virtual Conference, Unity: Understanding the Necessity of Integration and Transformation in Your Profession.
  • Suri, T. & Trott, A.(2021, April). Cultural Humility: An Approach to Supervision and Social Justice, Education session at the American Counseling Association Annual Conference, Virtual.
  • Trott, A. & Suri, T. (2021, April). Race-based Stress, A Diagnosis? Roundtable session at the American Counseling Association Annual Conference, Virtual.  
  • Suri, T. & Trott, A. (2020, July). Creating Courageous Spaces: Using the Cultural Humility Framework for Supervision, Presentation at the New Mexico Counseling Association Annual Conference, Looking In and Reaching Out: Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. Albuquerque, NM. (Conference Canceled).
  • Trott, A. & Suri, T.  (2020, July). You Diagnosed Me with What? When Race-based Trauma Results in Mental Health Diagnoses, Presentation at the New Mexico Counseling Association Annual Conference, Looking In and Reaching Out: Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. Albuquerque, NM. (Conference Canceled).
  • Brammer, M. K. & Suri, T. (2020, June). A Panel of Individuals who Positively Impact New Mexican Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth and Families. Panel at the New Mexico Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues in Counseling 3rd Annual Conference, Rainbow Across the Lifespan. (Conference Canceled).
  • Suri, T., Blankenship, C.,Chávez, T. A., & Armstrong, J. (2020, March). #NMTrue: Using Photovoice to Examine Perceptions of the Land of Enchantment, Roundtable session at the Individual, Family and Community Education Research Showcase, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. (Conference Canceled).
  • Suri, T. & Daniel, D. (2020, February). Communication, Collaboration & Community: A Move Towards Holistic College Counseling, Poster presentation at the American College Counseling Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
  • Suri, T., Woodford, J., Brammer, M. K., & Keim, J. (2020, January). Self-Care: Unique Issues when Counselors need Counseling, Poster presentation at the 18th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.
  • Suri, T. & Daniel D. (2019, October). Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Students of Color, Poster presentation at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision bi-annual Conference, Seattle, WA.
  • Daniel, D. & Suri, T. (2019, October). Critical Qualitative Research: An Analytical Framework for Discourse and Race, ACES Inform education session at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision bi-annual Conference, Seattle, WA.
  • Suri, T. & Daniel, D. (2019, March). A Call to Action: Courageous Conversations around Mental Health Policy, Panel at the New Mexico Counseling Association Annual Conference, Empowering All: Counseling Across the Lifespan, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Brammer, M. K. & Suri, T. (2019, March). Impacting the Lives of Transgender and Gender Non-binary Youth through Available Resources, Peer Support Groups, and Play, Panel at the New Mexico Counseling Association Annual Conference, Empowering All: Counseling Across the Lifespan, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Suri, T., Woodford, J., Brammer, M. K., & Keim, J. (2019, March). Counseling the Counselor, Poster presentation at the Individual, Family and Community Education Research Showcase, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Blankenship, C., Suri, T., Cowan,A., & Chávez, T. A. (2019, March). New Mexico True? An Examination of the New Mexico True Campaign and Responsive Memes as Counternarratives to the Tourism Industry, Poster presentation at the Individual, Family and Community Education Research Showcase, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Suri, T., Brammer, M. K., & Keim, J. (2019, January). Bereavement: Healing with Others, Poster presentation at the 17th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.
  • Keim, J., Brammer, M. K., Suri, T., & Woodford, J. (2019, January). On-campus Counseling Training Clinic: Dos and Don’ts, Poster presentation at the 17th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.
  • Daniel, D. & Suri, T. (2018, June). Practicing What We Preach: CRT in Counselor Education, Roundtable session at Land and Knowledge: Indigeneity, Survivance and Healing, 12th Annual Critical Race Studies in Education Association Conference, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Suri, T. & Daniel, D. (2018, March). The State of New Mexico Health through Counseling and Legislation, Panel at the New Mexico Counseling Association Annual Conference, New Mexico Strong: Thriving in the Face of Challenges, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Suri, T., Brammer, M. K., & Keim, J. (2018, March). Grief Group Therapy Model, Poster presentation at the Individual, Family and Community Education Research Showcase, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Daniel, D. & Suri, T. (2017, September). Social Media Battlefield, Workshop at the Black Cultural Conference: Mobilizing the Black Millennial Legacy, African American Student Services, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Suri, T. & Anderson, K. (2016, July). Police-Community Relations, Panel discussion at the Brooklyn Community Foundation, Hosted by Long Island University, Brooklyn, Counseling Alumni Network, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Suri, T. (2015, April). Impact of Civic Engagement via Social Media on Identity Development in College Students. Poster presentation at the Long Island University Discovery Day, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY.

Grants

2020 – Open Educational Resource (OER) Health Sciences and Allied Health Faculty Fellowship, Touro University, Funded $500.

2018 – Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Students of Color. American College Counseling Association (ACCA), Research Grant, Funded $500.  

Editorial Activities

2024-2025 – Journal of Humanistic Counseling (JHC), Special Issue: Counseling Services for Civilian Survivors and Refugees of War, Special Issue Co-Editor

2017-2018 – A Comprehensive Guide to Career Assessments, 7th Edition, National Career Development Association (NCDA), Editorial Assistant

Professional Service and Appointments

2019-2020 – Adult Council Member, Alliance-building for Suicide Prevention and Youth Resilience, ASPYR – New Mexico

2015-2017 – Co-Chair, Graduate Students and New Professionals Committee, American College Counseling Association

Professional Development and Trainings

April, 2024 – Suri, T., & Trott, A., Supervision: Walking the Path to Cultural Humility, Webinar for CUNY – City University of New York, Lehman College, Professional Development Workshops.

February, 2024 – Suri, T., & Trott, A. Let’s Get Ethical: Best Practices for Supervisors and Considerations for Supervisees, Webinar for New Mexico Counseling Association’s Continuing Education Series.

June 2023 – Suri, T., & Brammer. M. K, Supervision in Tandem: Working in Teams, Webinar for Touro University, Continuing Education Workshops.

March 2023 – Suri, T., & Trott, A., Cultural Humility: A Lifelong Practice for Supervision, Webinar for Touro University, Continuing Education Workshops.

February 2021 – Trott, A., & Suri, T., Supervision, Social Justice and Cultural Humility, Webinar for The University of New Mexico, Continuing Education Workshops.

April 2019 – Daniel, D., Suri, T., & Trott, A., Chi Sigma Iota 2019 Resource Guide, Co-developed resource guide for The University of New Mexico’s CSI chapter.

March 2019 – Daniel, D., Suri, T., & Trott, A., Courageous Conversations: Mental health, Policy, and Legislation, Webinar for the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development.

Media

September, 2021 – Smith, A. (Producer) & Suri, T. (Guest). EP213: Power of Disruption: Resilience in the COVID era. [Audio podcast]. The Thoughtful Counselor. https://concept.paloaltou.edu/power-of-disruption-resilience-in-the-covid-era/

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

2025 – present – Chi Sigma Iota (CSI), Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International, Tau Chapter, Faculty Co-Advisor

2025 – present – American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMCHA), Member

2024 – present – New York Mental Health Counselors Association (NYMCHA), Member

2024 – present – American School Counselor Association (ASCA), Member

2024 – present – New York State American School Counselor Association (NYSSCA), Member

2020 – present – Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD), Division of ACA, Member

2017 – present – Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), Division of ACA, Member

2015 – present – Long Island University Counseling Alumni Network, LIUBKCAN, Co-Founder

2015 – present – American College Counseling Association (ACCA), Division of ACA, Member

2014 – present – American Counseling Association (ACA), Member, 2015 Emerging Leaders Grants Reviewer

Awards

2020 – Doctoral Conference Presentation Award, Graduate Studies, University of New Mexico, Awarded $1200.

2019 – Graduate Student Travel Award, College of Education, University of New Mexico, Awarded $500.

2008 – ACHA East Coast Ambassador, American College Health Association (ACHA)