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Charles L. Beale, Ed.D.
Director

Psychologists

Psychiatry Postdoctoral Fellows
  • Vanessa Downing , University of Maryland
  • Robyn Zakalik, Iowa State University
Predoctoral Graduate Interns
  • Christopher Adams, SUNY Buffalo
  • Filipina Bacarro, Washington State University
  • Ryan Duffy, University of Maryland
  • Laura Walz, University of Hartford
Support Staff

Office Coordinator:

  • Cynthia M. Carroll
Medical Service Representative:
  • Alice E. Andrews
Senior Secretaries:
  • Diane M. Jackson
  • Elizabeth E. J. Parisan
  • Lisa T. Sweder
IT Staff:
  • Walt Dabell, Campus IT Associate II

 

Details

Charles L. Beale, Ed.D.

Director, Center for Counseling and Student Development
Assistant Professor, Individual and Family Studies

Institution that granted highest degree:

  • The College of William and Mary

Professional areas of interest:

  • Individual Psychotherapy
  • Teaching
  • Consulting with parents who have concerns about their son or daughter who maybe expressing psychological difficulties and needing referral to CCSD

Theoretical Orientation:

  • Eclectic

Committee membership and other CCSD/UD roles:

  • Chair, Case Review and Consultation Committee
  • Document Review Committee with Academic Enhancement Center
  • Career Development Committee

Professional Activities:

  • Member DPA
  • Member APA

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A. Nicole Boyd-Douglass, Psy.D.

Psychologist I

Institution that granted highest degree:

  • Wright State University School of Professional Psychology

Professional areas of interest:

  • Multicultural Issues
  • Group Therapy
  • Psychology Training and Supervision
  • Treating Anxiety Disorders
  • Treating self-esteem concerns

Theoretical Orientation:

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (primary)
  • Humanistic Therapy (secondary)

Committee membership and other CCSD/UD roles:

  • WISH Committee (chair)
  • Website Committee

Professional Activities:

  • Licensed in the state of Delaware
  • Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (member)
  • American College Professionals Association (ACPA) (member)

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John P. Brunelle, Ph.D.

Psychologist I

Institution that granted highest degree:

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

Professional areas of interest:

  • Student-Athlete Development
  • Group Counseling

Theoretical Orientation:

  • Integrated Approach: Humanistic/Reality Therapy

Committee membership and other CCSD/UD roles:

  • Secondary faculty appointment with IFST
  • Counseling Liaison to Student Services for Athletes
  • Group Counseling Coordinator
  • Research Review Committee (Chair)
  • Intern Selection Committee (Member)

Professional Activities:

  • Licensed Psychologist in the state of Delaware
  • Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (Member)

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Deb Cohen, Ph.D.

Assistant Director for Information Technology
Psychologist II

Institution that granted highest degree:

  • University of Delaware

Professional areas of interest:

  • Individual counseling, structured groups and workshops, career counseling
  • anxiety and stress management, time management and behavioral change, sexual orientation, disabilities
  • use of technology in college/university counseling centers

Theoretical orientation:

  • Integrative with strong cognitive-behavioral component

Committee membership and other CCSD/UD roles:

  • Chair, Technological Committee
  • Member, Multicultural Committee
  • Member, LGBT Caucus
  • Member, Professional Advisory Council
  • Professional Advisory Council Representative to the Presidential Commission to Provide Racial and Cultural Diversity
  • Member, Web Site Committee

Professional activities:

  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of College Counseling
  • Member, American Psychological Association

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Nyasha Grayman, Ph.D.

Psychologist I

Institution that granted highest degree:

  • New York University

Professional areas of interest:

  • Culturally relevant clinical practice
  • Research on Black American culture and positive psychology
  • Women issues

Theoretical orientation:

  • Psychodynamic, object relations, integrated

Committee membership and other CCSD/UD roles:

  • Assistant Professor, IFS

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Kelly D. Hennessy, Ph.D.

Psychologist I

Institution that granted highest degree:

  • University of Maryland

Professional areas of interest:

Theoretical orientation:

Committee membership and other CCSD/UD roles:

Professional activities:

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Merris A. Hollingsworth, Ph.D., ABPP

Assistant Director and Coordinator of Predoctoral Internship
Psychologist II                                  

Institution that granted highest degree:

  • University of Maryland

Professional areas of interest:

  • Training, supervision, group counseling
  • Specific interests include relationships, depression, identity development, gay/lesbian issues, career planning, and family dynamics  

Theoretical orientation:

  • Integrative with a humanistic, person-centered foundation

Committee membership and other CCSD/UD roles:

  • Chair, Training Committee
  • Chair, Intern Selection Committee
  • Chair, Professional Development Committee

Professional activities:

  • Licensed Psychologist in Delaware
  • President, Delaware Board of Examiners of Psychologists
  • American Psychological Association (Member)

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Mary Anne M. Lacour, Ph.D.

Psychologist II

Institution that granted highest degree:

  • The Pennsylvania State University

Professional areas of interest:

  • Supervision
  • Women’s issues
  • Sexual orientation/identity issues
  • Recovery from eating disorders
  • Recovery from sexual assault
  • Life transitions
  • Group therapy

Theoretical orientation:

  • Psychodynamic, Interpersonal, and Feminist

Committee membership and other CCSD/UD roles:

  • Eating Disorders Coordinating Council, Chair
  • Intern Group Seminar Facilitator
  • Supervisor

Professional activities:

  • Licensed in Delaware
  • Member, American Psychological Association
  • Member, Delaware Psychological Association
  • Member, Association of Women in Psychology
  • Private Practice

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Jonathan D. Lewis, Ph.D., ABPP

Senior Psychologist
Coordinator Post Doctoral Training Program

Institution that granted highest degree:

  • University of Maryland

Professional areas of interest:

  • Psychotherapy (individual and couples)
  • Supervision

Theoretical Orientation:

  • Psychodynamic (Object Relations)

Committee membership and other CCSD/UD roles:

  • Training Committee

Professional Activities:

  • Served as President of Delaware Psychological Assoc. twice
  • Currently on the APA Board of Directors Hearing Panel for Ethics Cases
  • Occasional reviewer for applications for the Diplomate in Psychology (ABPP)

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Julie L. Nemeth, Ph.D.

Psychologist II
Assistant Professor, Individual and Family Studies

Institution that granted highest degree:

  • University of Maryland

Professional areas of interest:

  • Eating disorders, trauma and recovery

Theoretical orientation:

  • Psychodynamic and feminist

Committee membership and other CCSD/UD roles:

  • Training Committee, (member)
  • Intern Selection Committee (member)

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Karen Y. Tsukada, Ph.D.

Psychologist I
Assistant Professor, Individual and Family Studies                                     

Institution that granted highest degree:

  • The Ohio State University

Professional areas of interest:

  • Diversity/multicultural issues, body image issues, women’s issues, mindful meditation

Theoretical orientation:

  • Interpersonal, psychodynamic, feminist, multicultural

Committee membership and other CCSD/UD roles:

  • Chair, Multicultural Issues Committee

Brad M. Wolgast, Ph.D.

Psychologist II

Institution that granted highest degree:

  • Temple University

Professional areas of interest:

Theoretical Orientation:

Committee membership and other CCSD/UD roles:

Professional Activities:

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Karen Y. Tsukada, Ph.D.

Psychologist I
Assistant Professor, Individual and Family Studies                                     

Institution that granted highest degree:

  • The Ohio State University

Professional areas of interest:

  • Diversity/multicultural issues, body image issues, women’s issues, mindful meditation

Theoretical orientation:

  • Interpersonal, psychodynamic, feminist, multicultural

Committee membership and other CCSD/UD roles:

  • Chair, Multicultural Issues Committee

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Richard S. Kingsley, M.D.

Psychiatrist     

Institution that granted highest degree:

  • The Chicago Medical School

Professional areas of interest:

  • Depression, anxiety, ADHD

Committee membership and other CCSD/UD roles:

  • Case Review and Consultation Committee

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Roberta M. Luft, M.D.

Psychiatrist

Institution that granted highest degree:

  • University of Rochester School of Medicine (MD)
  • University of Pennsylvania (Residency in Psychiatry)

Professional areas of interest:

  • Mood Disorders
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • ADHD
  • Sleep Disorders

Theoretical Orientation:

  • Biopsychosocial model. I provide psychiatric evaluation and medication management with an understanding and appreciation for the client’s intrapsychic, interpersonal and social context.

Committee membership and other CCSD/UD roles:

  • Eating Disorders Coordinating Committee (Member)
  • CCSD Website Committee (Member)

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Karen L. Gibble, APRN, BC

Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse

Institution that granted highest degree:

  • University of Pennsylvania

Professional areas of interest:

  • Psychopharmacology, Trauma, Mood disorders

Theoretical Orientation:

  • Family Systems and Cognitive Behavioral

Professional Activities:

  • Member of the American Nurses Association and the Delaware Nurses Association

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