Shakuntala M Ramdas

  • Assistant Professor, Mental Health Counseling
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Dr. Melissa Ramdas is an LMHC with many years of clinical and academic experience. She has worked with adolescents and substance abuse clients in various outpatient settings. As an assistant professor at ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ University, she teaches in the graduate counseling program. Her work as a professor and clinician has also inspired her research on counseling education and student professional development. 

  • Pace University, Pleasantville NY, Ph.D. in Mental Health Counseling
  • ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ University, Dobbs Ferry, NY, Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling
  • Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology
  • Introduction to Mental Health Counseling
  • Trauma and Crisis
  • Counseling and Application
  • Group Counseling Theory and Practice
  • Simons, J., Bahr, M. W., & Ramdas, M. (2021). Counselor Competence Gender Identity Scale: Measuring Clinical Bias, Knowledge, and Skills.
  • Simons, J. D., Ramdas, M., & Russell, S. T. (2020). School-age coping: Themes across three generations of sexual minorities. Journal of school counseling: JSC, 18.
  • Ramdas,S.M. (2019). The Relevance of Including Transgender Counseling Competencies in Mental Health Counseling Graduate Programs (doctoral dissertation). Pace University, Pleasantville, NY.
  • Simons, J. D., Ramdas,S. M., Farrell, S., & Russell, S. T. (2019). Lived school experiences: Coping during youth and emerging adulthood. Manuscript in preparation.
  • Simons, J. D., Gonzalez, J. M., & Ramdas, M. (2020). Supporting intersex people: Effective academic and career counseling. Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, 14(3), 191-209.