Alumni Reunion Bios - Dept Kent - Kent State University

Ph.D. Alumni
Susan Buchwalter
Susan D. Buchwalter, Ph.D. has been the President/Chief Executive
Officer of The Counseling Center of Wayne and Holmes Counties
since 1981. The Counseling Center, which is located in Wooster,
Ohio, provides prevention, rehabilitation, and treatment services to
children and adults with behavioral health disorders.
Dr. Buchwalter has served on the Board of Trustees of the Mental
Health Corporations of American (MHCA) for 15 years and is the
current Chair. She also serves as President of the Board of the Ohio
Council of Behavioral Healthcare Providers and is a member of the
Ohio Psychological Association, the American Psychological
Association, and the National Register of Health Service Providers
in Psychology. She is an appointed representative to the board of the
Mental Health Risk Retention Group, a captive insurance company providing professional
liability insurance to behavioral health care organizations. In the past, she served as a regional
representative on the board of the National Council of Community Behavioral Healthcare and
was an appointed member of the Ohio Commission on Mental Health. Dr. Buchwalter is also the
President/CEO of The SourceOne Group, Inc., a private behavioral health company located in
Wooster, Ohio.
Dr. Buchwalter has a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Kent State University; and
prior to being named as CEO at The Counseling Center was employed as a staff psychologist and
supervisor at the same organization. She has also worked in private practice, served as a
consulting psychologist at a psychiatric hospital, and acted as court evaluator for the juvenile
court.
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