Ms. Patricia Bundshuh-Dixon

Member, Board of Trustees
Licensed Clinical and Macro Social Worker | Accredited Clinical Social Worker (NASW)
Associate Director,  Counseling and Psychological Services, Wayne State University

Ms. Patricia Bundshuh-Dixon has provided mental health services for over 42 years. She is a Licensed Clinical and Macro Social Worker and holds Accredited Clinical Social Worker certification through the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).

Since 2013, Patricia has served as Associate Director of Counseling and Psychological Services at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She earned her Master of Social Work and a Doctoral Certificate in Research and Evaluation from Wayne State University, and holds a Bachelor of Social Work from Central Michigan University.

**Professional and Personal Experience**

Patricia began her career as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Behwan and Pleebo, Maryland County, Liberia, where she provided health education and worked in local clinics. During her Peace Corps service, she married Roosevelt W. Dixon of Monrovia, Liberia. Together they have a son, Luis Nymeh Dixon, a successful artist.

Before joining Wayne State University, Patricia spent more than 25 years in Community Mental Health, providing individual and group therapy. She specializes in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and holds a DBT specialization certificate. She also developed and coordinated the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office Bereavement Center at The Children’s Center of Wayne County, supporting families who lost a child to homicide.

Patricia has volunteered with the U.S. President’s Commission on the Status of Women and serves as a Board Member of the Michigan Crisis Response Association. She is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and an instructor for the Alliance of Social Workers in Sports Certificate Program. She is also a certified Mental Health First Aid instructor and an International Critical Incident Stress Foundation instructor.

**Awards and Recognition**

Patricia received the Wayne County Victims Assistance Advocacy Award from the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office and the Responder of the Year Award from the Michigan Crisis Response Association. She has presented research on non-suicidal self-harm among college students and innovative approaches to campus-police collaboration at the University of Michigan’s Depression on College Campuses conference, the American Association of Colleges and Universities, and the Association for the Coordination of Counseling Center Clinical Services.