Gushue received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Teachers College in 1996. He has most recently been an instructor in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the college of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, and an instructor in the Psychology Internship Program at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn. For three years, Gushue was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology and Education at TC. Gushue's clinical experience includes a position as staff psychologist at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. A good part of his work has been in areas of multicultural psychology and with individuals with HIV/AIDS.