Licensed Mental Health Counselor (with Diagnostic Privilege)
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Education:
M.S. University of Scranton M.S.W. New York University C.A.G.S. Washington Theological Union
Timothy Powers, MS, MSW, LMHC-D, joined the Department of Psychology at St. John Fisher University in 2024 as an adjunct instructor and was appointed to his current role as visiting instructor in 2025. He brings more than two decades of clinical and teaching experience to his work with undergraduate students, drawing on a background that spans mental health counseling, social work, education, and pastoral ministry. Professor Powers holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Religious Studies from the University of Scranton, a Master of Science in Community Counseling from the University of Scranton, a Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies from the Washington Theological Union (with coursework completed at the Franciscan Institute of St. Bonaventure University), and a Master of Social Work from New York University. He is currently a doctoral candidate in Counseling and Counselor Education at the University of Rochester's Warner School of Education and Human Development. He is licensed in New York State as a mental health counselor with diagnostic privilege and holds a permanent certificate in school social work from the NYS Department of Education.
At Fisher, Professor Powers teaches the following courses:
PSYC 2401 Ethics and Addictions
SOCI 150 Intro to Human Services
PSYC 405 Intro to Counseling
PSYC 235 Social Psychology
PSYC 1105 Data Analysis in Psychological Sciences
Professor Powers’ scholarly work is centered at the intersection of counselor education, spirituality, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ populations. His doctoral research uses Post-Intentional Phenomenology to investigate the experiences of counselor educators who hold skeptical or uncertain views about integrating spirituality into training programs. His systematic review, presented at the 2025 Association for Counselor Education and Supervision conference, found that fewer than one in five CACREP-accredited clinical mental health counseling programs offer standalone courses in spirituality.
Professor Powers has presented his research at national conferences including the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC) and the Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities in Counseling (SAIGE), and he serves as a peer reviewer for the journal Counseling and Values. He is a practitioner of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and his clinical approach is informed by liberation psychology. He is an ordained priest in the Inclusive Catholic Movement and serves as homilist and liturgical presider at Mary Magdalene Church in East Rochester.
TimothyPowersVisiting Instructor of Psychology and Human ServicesPioch 112tpowers@sjf.edu/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-n-r/Powers_Timothy.pngTimothy Powers, MS, MSW, LMHC-D, joined the Department of Psychology at St. John Fisher University in 2024 as an adjunct instructor and was appointed to his current role as visiting instructor in 2025. He brings more than two decades of clinical and teaching experience to his work with undergraduate students, drawing on a background that spans mental health counseling, social work, education, and pastoral ministry. Professor Powers holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Religious Studies from the University of Scranton, a Master of Science in Community Counseling from the University of Scranton, a Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies from the Washington Theological Union (with coursework completed at the Franciscan Institute of St. Bonaventure University), and a Master of Social Work from New York University. He is currently a doctoral candidate in Counseling and Counselor Education at the University of Rochester's Warner School of Education and Human Development. He is licensed in New York State as a mental health counselor with diagnostic privilege and holds a permanent certificate in school social work from the NYS Department of Education.
At Fisher, Professor Powers teaches the following courses:
PSYC 2401 Ethics and Addictions
SOCI 150 Intro to Human Services
PSYC 405 Intro to Counseling
PSYC 235 Social Psychology
PSYC 1105 Data Analysis in Psychological Sciences
Professor Powers’ scholarly work is centered at the intersection of counselor education, spirituality, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ populations. His doctoral research uses Post-Intentional Phenomenology to investigate the experiences of counselor educators who hold skeptical or uncertain views about integrating spirituality into training programs. His systematic review, presented at the 2025 Association for Counselor Education and Supervision conference, found that fewer than one in five CACREP-accredited clinical mental health counseling programs offer standalone courses in spirituality.
Professor Powers has presented his research at national conferences including the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC) and the Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities in Counseling (SAIGE), and he serves as a peer reviewer for the journal Counseling and Values. He is a practitioner of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and his clinical approach is informed by liberation psychology. He is an ordained priest in the Inclusive Catholic Movement and serves as homilist and liturgical presider at Mary Magdalene Church in East Rochester.
Fisher Digital PublicationsM.S. University of ScrantonM.S.W. New York UniversityC.A.G.S. Washington Theological UnionCounseling and Spirituality; Human Services EducationLicensed Mental Health Counselor (with Diagnostic Privilege)
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