Folusho Otuyelu, PhD

Dr. Folusho Otuyelu, PhD, LCSW is an Associate Professor at Touro University Graduate School of Social Work and a licensed clinical social worker with more than 30 years of experience in clinical practice, social work education, administration, supervision, and professional leadership. Her career has focused on advancing clinical social work practice and preparing social workers to provide culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and evidence-informed services to individuals, children, adolescents, families, and communities.

Dr. Otuyelu has extensive experience in social work education, teaching at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. Her areas of expertise include clinical social work practice, human behavior and the social environment, children and adolescents, trauma, psychopathology, assessment and case formulation, and evidence-based clinical interventions. Her scholarship and professional interests include trauma and its impact on children and families, racial trauma and implicit bias in mental health, child welfare, culturally responsive clinical practice, social work ethics, and innovations in social work education, including the ethical integration of artificial intelligence into social work education and practice.

Prior to her academic career, Dr. Otuyelu held administrative and clinical supervisory positions with prominent New York City nonprofit organizations, including Children’s Aid Society and Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Her clinical practice has included work with children, adolescents, adults, and families in mental health and child welfare settings. She has training in evidence-based approaches including Functional Family Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Level II. She currently maintains a private practice focused on children, families, and individuals navigating trauma, mental health challenges, and life transitions.

Dr. Otuyelu holds a PhD in Social Work from Fordham University, a MSW from Columbia University School of Social Work, and a BS in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University.