Jaime Suvak
Lecturer
Jaime Suvak is a lecturer in counseling psychology & applied human development at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, where she has both a teaching role and coordination responsibilities for internships. A licensed mental health counselor, she is a trauma therapist, activist, educator, and prevention specialist in the field of sexual violence prevention, response, and healing for over 25 years.
Prof. Suvak’s area of research is creating inclusive pathways to prevention, response, and healing for survivors of sexual violence who are persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). She is currently a PhD student in the School for Global Inclusion and Social Development at UMASS Boston.
Previously, Prof. Suvak helped build a groundbreaking new sexual assault program for adults with intellectual disabilities at the Disabled Persons Protection Commission in Massachusetts. This program incorporates innovative solutions, fostering trauma-informed care through professional and peer support. A certified supervisor through MaMHCA, her former positions include serving as a clinical director and emergency services director for two urban rape crisis programs in Massachusetts, as well as graduate and undergraduate teaching positions at Boston University School of Medicine, Northeastern University, Emmanuel College, and Curry College.
pronouns: she/her
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Education
MS, Counseling Psychology, Northeastern University
Courses
WEDCE 710 Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
WEDCE 715 Evidence Based Practice
A1-IND (15388)
Selected Publications
Gentile, L., Kisber, S., Suvak, J., & West, C. (2007). The practice of psychotherapy: Theory. In M. Ballou, M. Hill, & C. West (Eds.), Feminist therapy theory and practice: A contemporary perspective. Springer.