Staff Roster
CLINICAL STAFF
BONAR, TED C. - tcbonar@illinois.edu
Visiting Clinical Counselor
Triage Services and Case Management
Co-chair, Trauma Response Team
Theoretical Orientation: I utilize dynamic, cognitive, and interpersonal approaches in order to clarify personal experiences and implement effective change where desired.
Professional Interests: integrative, interpersonal, psychodynamic, and cognitive psychotherapy; treatment of depression and anxiety; grief, mourning, and loss; diversity issues; identity development; sexual orientation concerns; working with Veterans
BRINEGAR, MEREDITH GLICK - mbrinega@illinois.edu
Co-Chair, International Outreach
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Illinois
Theoretical Orientation: humanistic / experiential within a multicultural framework
Professional Interests: eating disorders; body image concerns; international student wellness; mood disorders; the role of emotions; identity development; humanistic/experiential therapy; dream work; use of music and art in therapy; psychotherapy process and outcome research; LGBT issues.
CARMEN, AMY - carmen@illinois.edu
Clinical Director, Alcohol and Other Drug Office (AODO)
Chair, Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Team
LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker)
ACSW (Academy of Certified Social Workers)
Theoretical orientation: systems, psychodynamic, interpersonal, cognitive behavioral therapy
Professional Interests: spiritual recovery, harm reduction, moderation of substance use, process addictions, family and couples work, holistic wellness, and identity development
HALLETT, MARYBETH - hallett@illinois.edu
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Illinois
Theoretical Orientation: includes influences from developmental, psychodynamic, systemic, cognitive, gestalt, and interpersonal theories; practices from a feminist philosophy of treatment using short-term therapy models
Professional Interests: provision of group psychotherapy; identity concerns; relationships; women’s career development and dual-career relationships; shame; experiencing and expressing emotion
HUND, ANITA - ahund@illinois.edu
Group Therapy Coordinator
Chair, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Women Outreach
Chair, Native American Outreach
Co-Chair, Sexual Orientation Diversity Allies
Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Illinois
Theoretical Orientation: psychodynamic/psychoanalytic orientation (contemporary relational and self psychology influences) infused with multicultural and feminist theory utilizing integrative techniques and interventions within a short-term model
Professional Interests: lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender issues; trauma; multicultural and feminist issues; identity development; eating and body image concerns
JOFFE, PAUL E. - p-joffe@illinois.edu
Chair, Suicide Prevention Program Chair, Psychological Emergency Services
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Illinois
Theoretical Orientation: I work with students one-on-one to help identify states of mind in which they might be stuck. Once identified, I assist students in finding ways to shift out of dysfunctional states of mind and into functional ones.
Professional Interests: treatment of test anxiety, public speaking anxiety, music performance anxiety, and vocal performance anxiety; EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
KINDERMAN, LISA - lisakind@illinois.edu
Clinical Counselor
Chair, Wellness and Prevention Outreach
Co-Chair, Trauma Response Team
Theoretical orientation: Integrative including cognitive-behavioral, behavioral, dynamic, and systems perspectives; respect for multicultural diversity, personal strengths, values/priorities, stage of change, and level of motivation
Professional Interests: Mindfulness-based treatment strategies, positive psychology, holistic health, relationship issues, couples therapy, anxiety disorders, coping with chronic medical concerns, eating/body image concerns, international student issues
LAMBETH, GREGORY S. - lambeth@illinois.edu
Chair, Cognitive and Psychiatric Disability Treatment Team
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Illinois
Theoretical Orientation: My approach to treatment is generally solution-focused and/or cognitive-behavioral, but much of my training was psychoanalytic so my work does refer to these perspectives when it is helpful.
Professional Interests: assessment and treatment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders, Learning Disorders and Autistic-spectrum Disorders; liaison to Graduate College, counseling graduate students on issues related to dissertation-completion; assistance with academic difficulties such as procrastination; treatment of depression and anxiety; evaluation of sleep-related problems
LANGELLIER, CONSTANCE - langelli@illinois.edu
Assistant Director
Clinical Sub-specialist, Eating Disorders Treatment
Chair, Campus-wide Eating Disorders Interdisciplinary Treatment Team
M.A., Clinical Psychology, Wheaton College
Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, Illinois School of Professional Psychology
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Illinois
Licensed Registered Nurse, State of Illinois
Theoretical Orientation: I conceptualize primarily from a psychodynamic and family systems perspective. However my treatment approach is integrative, utilizing the necessary interventions for the short-term framework here at the center.
Professional Interests: eating disorders, body image concerns; multicultural issues; identity development and interdisciplinary treatment models
LIN, KUANWU - kwlin@illinois.edu
Assistant Director
Co-Chair, International Outreach
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Illinois
Theoretical Orientation: eclectic - interpersonal process, systemic, psychodynamic - with a multicultural focus
Professional Interests: mood disorders; issues of self image, men’s health, trauma issues, diversity and social justice, crisis intervention/trauma response, and disaster relief
MASON, DYNESHA D. - ddmason@illinois.edu
Visiting Clinical Counselor
Theoretical Orientation: Integrative with heavy reliance upon the gamut of systems theories, multicultural principles, and feminist ideologies.
Professional Interests: Generalist clinician with a special interest in working with US racial and ethnic minorities, issues related to religion and spirituality, sexual diversity, couples, loss and grief, trauma, men of Color, identity development, and gender.
MCCOWAN, CARLA J. - cmccowan@illinois.edu
Director
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Illinois
Theoretical Orientation: integrative with emphasis on interpersonal and developmental theories; short-term interventions often derived from cognitive theories; I practice from a multicultural and feminist framework
Professional Interests: multicultural and feminist issues; identity development; counseling issues with African American women and men; career development; utilization of group therapy with people of color, treatment of anxiety, strategic planning and implementation
MINCHALA, VALERIE - minchala@illinois.edu
Clinical Counselor
Chair, Latina/o Outreach
M.A., Community Counseling, Gonzaga University
Theoretical Orientation: I draw from interpersonal and cognitive-behavioral theories, while maintaining a multicultural perspective to gain a better understanding of client experiences.
Professional Interests: Latino/a issues; trauma work (i.e. sexual assault/abuse, relationship/family violence, emotional abuse); LGBT issues; other diversity/multicultural concerns; supervision/training; providing counseling in Spanish.
MONTEAGUDO, RENÉ - rmonteag@illinois.edu
Training Coordinator
Chair, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Men Outreach
Co-Chair, Sexual Orientation Diversity Allies
Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Indiana University
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Illinois
Theoretical Orientation: integrative with an emphasis on client centered therapy, reality therapy, systems theories, multicultural theory, solution-focused and interpersonal work
Professional Interests: providing clinical and outreach services to Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Men and Latino/a students. Developmental issues that pertain to college/university student mental health needs are also a focus of mine. My interests also include supervision, training and group therapy work
PATEL, NIMA - nimap@illinois.edu
Practicum Training Coordinator
Chair, Asian Pacific American Outreach
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Illinois
Theoretical Orientation: I operate mostly from an interpersonal theoretical orientation with emphasis on developmental, and community approaches. In addition, systems and multicultural frameworks are two overarching themes in my work.
Professional Interests: multicultural & social justice issues, identity development, therapy with people of color, retention in higher education, social anxiety, anger management, relationship issues, and couples therapy
RICKETTS, PATRICIA - pricktts@illinois.edu
Therapeutic Services Coordinator
Chair, Women’s Issues and Trauma Outreach
Chair, Trauma Treatment Team
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of New York
Theoretical Orientation: integrative; interventions drawn from short-term psychodynamic models that incorporate developmental, cognitive behavioral methods, existential, and interpersonal techniques
Professional Interests: complex psychological trauma (includes early childhood abuse, traumatic loss, sexual assault, and PTSD), anxiety and mood disorders, psychotherapy integration, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and identity issues
RUSSELL, MARY - mrussell@illinois.edu
Clinical Counselor, Alcohol and Other Drug Office (AODO)
Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Theoretical Orientation: emphasis on developmental, interpersonal, humanistic and social/cultural conceptualizations
Professional Interests: addiction-focused assessments, individual counseling, outreach and consultation; AOD outreach coordination and supervision; LGBT ally; multicultural psychology; vocational psychology; mental health concerns of students with disabilities
M.A., Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Illinois
Theoretical Orientation: integrative, operate within an overarching multicultural framework drawing from Interpersonal, Humanistic, Social Learning, and Feminist approaches
Professional Interests: diversity issues, identity development, gender issues, trauma concerns, interpersonal psychotherapy, use of stories and metaphor in therapy, spirituality issues, role and nature of counseling in non-western cultures, supervision and training
THOMAS, JODI - jmthomas@illinois.edu
Visiting Clinical Counselor
M.A., Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Theoretical Orientation: I approach my work with clients primarily from a cognitive-behavioral perspective, integrating feminist and humanistic theory.
Professional Interests: Although I enjoy working with a variety of concerns that college students experience, I have particular interests in psychosocial treatments for ADD/ADHD, women’s issues, identity development, and gender and sexuality (sexual health, sexual behavior, relationship issues, sexual functioning, gender identity, sexual orientation, gender roles/socialization).
WEATHERSBY, DEIDRE - daweath@illinois.edu
Outreach and Consultation Services Coordinator
Chair, African American Outreach
Ph. D., Counseling Psychology Loyola University Chicago
Theoretical Orientation: integrative including person centered approaches, interpersonal process and multicultural counseling theories
Professional Interests: race related stress, ways of coping and cultural identity models in ethnic minority groups and prevention, outreach and advocacy work in counseling settings
2009-2010 INTERNS
KSIAZAK, TRACY - tksiazak@illinois.edu
M.A., Counseling Psychology, Ball State University
Theoretical Orientation: I see the world and counseling issues from an integrated cognitive-behavioral and feminist perspective, attending to issues of diversity, power, and privilege, within a strengths-based model.
Professional Interests: women’s issues, working with gifted individuals, identity development and related concerns, career development, perfectionism, empowerment and assertiveness training, self-care, gender issues, trauma work, bibliotherapy, pet therapy
MILES, JOSEPH - jrmiles@illinois.edu
M.A., Counseling Psychology, University of Maryland at College Park
Theoretical Orientation: Integrative, including influences from psychodynamic, interpersonal, and humanistic theories with a multicultural focus.
Professional Interests: Group dynamics and group interventions, intergroup/difficult dialogues, LGBT issues, multicultural issues.
SHIN, YUN JEONG - yjshin@illinois.edu
Theoretical Orientation: integrative, includes cognitive-behavior, humanistic, and interpersonal approaches within a multicultural framework
Professional Interests: career/vocational development, diversity issues, identity formation, family issues, adjustment and life-transition, international student issues, trauma concerns, managing depression and anxiety, providing counseling in Korean
VACEK, KIMBERLY - kvacek@illinois.edu
Theoretical Orientation: integrative, operating within an overarching multicultural framework drawing from interpersonal, humanistic, systemic, and cognitive-behavioral theories
Professional Interests: multicultural and social justice issues, trauma concerns, interpersonal therapy, depression and anxiety issues, prevention and outreach related to well-being and violence prevention. Additionally, my primary research interests involve studying subjective well-being and related factors in diverse adolescent populations.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL STAFF
BENSON, THERESA - tmb67@illinois.edu
Program Coordinator, Counseling Center Paraprofessional Program
Professional Interests: I started working with the CCP program in 2007 as the Program Coordinator. I come to the program with a Masters degree in holistic health education from JFK University. Currently, I am finishing my dissertation for the completion of my doctoral degree in counseling psychology from The University of Akron. As a clinician, I practice a common factors approach influenced by an existential-constructivist perspective when developing case conceptualizations and treatment plans with my clients. As an instructor, I take an experiential learning approach with a holistic emphasis focusing on the development and integration of the cognitive, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of the students. Clinical interests include Eastern therapies with an emphasis on Morita therapy; holistic health practices and interventions that focus on the development and integration of the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of a person; self-care practices of caregivers; body-based psychotherapies; post-traumatic growth; and social justice issues.
BRIGHT, LATRELLE - lbright@illinois.edu
Assistant Program Coordinator, INNER VOICES Social Issues Theatre
M.F.A. Directing, University of Memphis
Professional Interests: directing, ensemble created works, solo performance, and narrative theatre. She has served as artistic director of The Renaissance Guild, Director of Audience Development for Voices of the South, and Assistant Program Director for the Heifer Theatre Project with Heifer International. In addition, she was a paralegal in the corporate world, volunteered with Big Brothers Big Sisters, Alamo Theatre Arts Council, and the YWCA, and facilitated dialogues on race through the Common Ground program. She has received awards for her innovative programming and directing and has been recognized as a Young Leader of Color in American theatre by TCG.
FAY, LISA - lfay@illinois.edu
Program Coordinator, INNER VOICES Social Issues Theatre
Professional Interests: performance, teaching, and development of movement based theatre; writing and directing for INNER VOICES Social Issues Theatre. From 2007 to 2008 she served on the Urbana Public Arts Task Forceto create the first City Arts Program for Urbana. Current work and past experience includes collaboration with artist Jeff Glassman on composition and performance work, serving as a multi-arts panelist for the Illinois Arts Council and participating as an artist organizer in the Cultural Workers Conference. Her work has been presented throughout the United States and Europe in theatres and universities, and on public television.
HERBERT, SUSAN KENYON - skherber@illinois.edu
Program Coordinator, Reading and Study Skills
Professional Interests: time management; test anxiety; research on subject oriented developmental reading programs; online education; learning disabilities; diversity issues and community service projects
LEMBKE, CHARLES C. - cclembke@illinois.edu
Network Analyst
Professional Interests: artificial intelligence and simulations; hardware and software maintenance, training, server administration, and web development
MUSTAFOFF, MEGAN - mustafof@illinois.edu
Assessment and Evaluation Coordinator
Professional Interests: needs assessment and outcome based evaluation
PETERSON, BETSY - betsyp@illinois.edu
Instructor and Program Coordinator, Alcohol Culture Explored Interactive Theatre (ACE IT)
Professional Interests: issues of college drinking and how the campus drinking culture impacts students, peer education and facilitation skills, diversity dialogue, active learning in the classroom, using theatre to facilitate dialogue on social issues, script development, leadership, outcome evaluation
AODO OFFICE
Mary Russell - mrussell@illinois.edu
Kurt Hegeman - khegeman@illinois.edu
Tina Ducksworth - clarmstr@illinois.edu
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
Gina Arnold - glarnold@illinois.edu
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OFFICE
Francie Bright - fbright@illinois.edu
Leona Konkel - middltn@illinois.edu
RECEPTION OFFICE
Leslie Davison-Pirie, Supervisor - ldp@illinois.edu
Phyllis Kirkwood - pkirkwoo@illinois.edu
Stephanie Koeser - skoeser@illinois.edu
Teri Summers - tsummers@illinois.edu
GRADUATE ASSISTANTS
ACE-IT: John Knorek - jknorek2@illinois.edu
African-American Outreach: Milo Dodson - dodson4@illinois.edu
Alcohol and Other Drugs: Jennifer Mayfield - jmayfie2@illinois.edu
Jason Soble - soble@illinois.edu
Asian/Pacific American Outreach: Eun Sul Lee - elee66@illinois.edu
Counseling Center Paraprofessional: Kiera Berry - kschell2@illinois.edu
Eating Disorders: Melanie Marklein - mmarkle2@illinois.edu
GLBT Outreach: Jacquelyn Beard - jcbeard@illinois.edu
International Outreach: Mrinalini Rao - marao2@illinois.edu
Latina/o Outreach: Zully Rivera-Ramos - riverara@illinois.edu
Reading and Study: Aaron Weiner - weiner3@illinois.edu
Therapeutic Services: Jeri Newlin - jnewlin@illinois.edu
Women’s Issues: Saroj Hardit - shardit2@illinois.edu
BEGINNING PRACTICUM STUDENTS, 2009-2010
Dodson, Milo - dodson4@illinois.edu
El Ramahi, Mera - melramh@illinois.edu
Fonseca, Carol - cfonseca@illinois.edu
Ghibellini, Amanda - abghib@illinois.edu
