The staff of Counseling Services includes administrative staff, social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists. Assistance to students is provided also by staff affiliates and post-doctoral fellows who are supervised by staff psychologists. Counseling Services is located in Gasson 001. All UCS clinicians and staff are committed to social justice and diversity consciousness.
Administrative Staff
Elizabeth Berte
Administrative Assistant
Laurel Kadlick
Office Administrator
Paula Garcia
Administrative Assistant
Clinicians
Craig D. Burns, Ph.D.
Director
Angela Demehri, M.D.
Staff Psychiatrist
Andrew Gouse, M.D.
Staff Psychiatrist
Craig D. Burns, Director – joined UCS 2006
Education/Training:
B.A. Brown University; Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Catholic University of America; APA-accredited Internship at Brockton/Worcester VA Hospital/Harvard Medical School; Postdoctoral Fellowship at University Counseling Services, Boston College; Licensed psychologist in MA
Professional Interests/Experience:
Individual and group psychotherapy; application of mindfulness and stress management in psychotherapy; psychotherapy with athletes; complex trauma; relational disorders; substance abuse treatment; psychotherapy supervision
Theoretical Orientation:
Integration of psychodynamic, relational, and CBT approaches.
Departmental Roles/Responsibilities:
Director of Counseling Services; Training Committee member and supervisor; Member of University Behavioral Evaluation Team; Outreach and liaison to student, staff, and faculty groups
Angela Demehri, Staff Psychiatrist – joined in 2017
Education/Training:
B.A. University of Florida (Biological Anthropology); M.D. University of Florida College of Medicine; Adult Psychiatry Residency, University of Michigan Health Systems
Professional Experience:
Staff/Assertive Community Treatment Psychiatrist for Washtenaw County Community Mental Health (SE Michigan), Telepsychiatrist for Copper Country Community Mental Health in MI Upper Peninsula
Professional Interests:
Psychopharmacology, psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral therapies, cross-cultural psychiatry
Andrew Grouse, Staff Psychiatrist – joined UCS in 2005
Education/Training:
B.A. Harvard College (Psychology); M.D. Yale School of Medicine; Adult Psychiatry Residency: Brown University Psychiatry Training Program; Child Psychiatry Residency: Boston Children’s Hospital/Judge Baker Guidance Center
Professional Experience:
Staff Psychiatrist, Tufts University Health Services
Professional Interests:
Psychopharmacology, Late adolescent development, family dynamics
Selina Guerra, Ph.D.
Assistant Director for Training
Mary Hogan, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist
Emily Kates, Ph.D.
Assistant Director for Groups and Communication
Selina Guerra, Assistant Director for Training – joined UCS in 2018
Education/Training:
B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Texas-Pan American; M.A. in School Psychology, University of Texas-Pan American; PhD in Counseling Psychology, Texas A&M University; APA-accredited Internship at Texas State University Counseling Center; Post licensure experience at The Boston University Albert & Jessie Danielsen Institute; Licensed Psychologist in MA Professional Experience: Experiences include short-term and long-term individual and group therapy with adult, adolescent and child populations. Experiences also include couple’s therapy with adults and cognitive, personality and neuropsychological assessment with adults and adolescents
Professional Interests:
Issues of social justice and racial equity, LGBTQIA development, intersectional, cultural, and emerging identity formation, first generation college student concerns; trauma; relational psychoanalytic theory, group psychotherapy, attachment theory, relational spirituality, clinical training and supervision.
Theoretical Orientation:
Relational psychodynamic, incorporating interpersonal, systemic, developmental, multicultural, and feminist perspectives.
Department Roles/Responsibilities:
Training Committee Member and Supervisor; Groups Committee Member, Diversity Committee Member; Co-facilitator for Interpersonal Process groups.
Maggie Hogan, PhD
Staff Psychologist - Joined UCS in 2022
Education/Training:
B.A. in Psychology, University of Oklahoma; M.S. in Psychology, University of Florida; Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, University of Florida; APA-accredited Internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship at Colorado State University Health Network; Licensed psychologist in MA
Professional Interests/Experience:
Experience in providing individual and group psychotherapy, psychological assessment, teaching, research, and outreach. Interests include anxiety, mood, trauma, identity development and intersectionality, LGBTQIA+ development, relationship concerns, shame, and self-compassion.
Theoretical Orientation:
Integration of client-centered, behavioral (CBT, ACT, DBT), multicultural, emotion-focused, and self-compassion approaches
Emily Kates, Senior Staff Psychologist – joined UCS in 2013
Education/Training:
B.A. in Religion, Barnard College; Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology; APA-accredited Internship at the University of Houston Counseling and Psychological Services; Postdoctoral Fellowship at University Counseling Services, Boston College; Licensed Psychologist in MA
Professional Experience/Interests:
Experiences include individual, group, and couples therapy, with adult, adolescent and child populations, in addition to cognitive, personality and neuropsychological assessment.
Professional interests include emerging adult identity development; relational concerns; the intersecting impact of race, class and gender; religion and spirituality in therapy; and community-based interventions
Theoretical Orientation:
Relational psychodynamic, integrating developmental and multicultural perspectives
Department Roles/Responsibilities:
Training Committee Member and Supervisor; Professional Development Committee Member; Groups Committee Chair, Member of Student Affairs DIversity and Inclusion Committee
Rob Kitts, M.D.
Staff Psychiatrist
Patrick Latham, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Psychologist
Luciano S. B. Lima, Psy.D.
Staff Psychologist
Rob Kitts, Staff Psychiatrist – joined UCS in 2020
Education/Training:
B.S. Cornell University (Biology); M.D. Upstate Medical University, NY; General Psychiatry Residency, Oregon Health and Science University; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Professional Interests/Experience:
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Attending Psychiatrist and Training Director, Boston Children’s Hospital; Attending Psychiatrist, MGH Chelsea HealthCare Center; Consulting Psychiatrist, Bentley University
Professional interests include Psychotherapy; psychopharmacology and integration of holistic approaches; cross-cultural psychiatry; LGBTQ mental health; college mental health; mentorship and community development
Patrick Latham, Senior Staff Psychologist – joined UCS in 2015
Education/Training:
B.A. in Psychology, University of Colorado Boulder; Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston; APA-accredited Internship at the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology at Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine
Professional Interests/Experience:
Interests include the impact of race and socioeconomic status on therapy; psychotherapy integration of relational-psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral approaches; psychotherapy supervision/consultation. Experience includes providing psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults in individual, couple’s, and family treatment; clinical and administrative supervision in community- and teaching-hospital setting; consultation and training on the impact of race and racial identity on psychotherapy
Theoretical Orientation:
Integrative relational-psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral; developmental; solution-focused; family systems
Department Roles/Responsibilities:
Training Committee member and supervisor; Member of Diversity Committee
Luciano Lima, Staff Psychologist – joined UCS in 2022
Education/Training:
B.A. University of Pittsburgh; M.A. in Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh; Psy.D. at Illinois School of Professional Psychology, National Louis University; APA-accredited internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship at Montana State University; Licensed psychologist in MA.
Professional Interests/Experience:
Experience providing individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy as well as psychological assessment for children and adolescents. Interests include working with anxiety, depression, trauma, multicultural concerns, identity development, and mindfulness. Also interested in training future clinicians.
Theoretical Orientation:
Client-Centered, relational psychodynamic, emotion-focused, mindful self-compassion.
Donicka S. Pamphile Psy.D.
Staff Psychologist
Sarah Piontkowski, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Psychologist
Nikki Pollard, LICSW
Staff Clinician Case Manager
Donicka S. Pamphile, Psy.D.
Staff Psychologist – 2021-2022
Personal Pronouns: She Her, Hers
Education/Training:
B.A. in Psychology, Framingham State University; M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, William James College; Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology, William James College (Global Mental Health concentration). APA-accredited Internship at the University of Texas in Austin at the Counseling and Mental Health Center. Postdoctoral Fellowship at University Counseling Services, Boston College.
Professional Interests/Experience:
Experiences include short & long-term individual and group therapy with children, adolescents, and adults; residential and outpatient treatment for adolescents and adults; treatment to support and manage anxiety and mood related disorders; trauma and recovery; grief and bereavement; increasing multicultural awareness & humility; racial and social justice; relational and attachment concerns; students of Color, international and first-generation college students; spirituality and religious concerns; women’s issues, emerging adulthood; and intersectionality and identity development. Research interests are related to self-compassion and resilience among students of Color, transgenerational and intergenerational trauma, global mental health, and consultation.
Theoretical Orientation:
Humanistic, interpersonal, emotion-focused work from a relational and cultural lens. Also integrates psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and self-compassion approaches.
Department Roles/Responsibilities
Training Committee Member
Sarah Piontkowski, Staff Psychologist - joined UCS in 2014
Education/Training:
B.A. in Psychology, Mount Holyoke College; Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park; APA-accredited Internship at Suffolk University Counseling Center; Postdoctoral Fellowship at University Counseling Services, Boston College
Professional Interests/Experience:
Relational and attachment concerns, mood and anxiety concerns, identity development and intersectionality, cultural competence in practice and training, racial justice, first-generation students, process group therapy, disordered eating, spirituality, trauma and recovery
Theoretical Orientation:
Integrative of relational psychodynamic, emotion-focused/experiential (including AEDP & IFS), developmental, and multicultural
Department Roles/Responsibilities:
Professional Development Committee Chair, Training Committee Member and Supervisor; Director of Professional Development for University Counseling Services;
Nikki Pollard, Clinician/Case Manager
Education/Training:
B.S. in Counseling Psychology, Lesley University. MSW in Clinical Social Work, Boston University.
Professional Interests/Experience:
Individual psychotherapy, treatment of anxiety and depression, college mental health, first generation college students, AHANA experiences, social justice, self-care/wellness and complex case management
Theoretical Orientation:
Integration of client-centered, narrative therapy, cognitive-behavioral and self-compassion approaches.
Eileen T. Suhrhoff, Psy.D.
Associate Director for Clinical Services
Eileen Thompson, LICSW
Part Time Clinician
Lynn Walsh-Blair, Ph.D.
Assistant Director for Diversity and Outreach
Eileen T. Suhrhoff, Associate Director – joined UCS in 2010
Education/Training:
B.S. and M.S. in Education, SUNY Buffalo; Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology, Antioch University. Practicum placement at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School; APA-accredited Internship at Boston Regional Medical Center, Doctoral Fellowships at Dana Farber and Children’s Hospital Boston; Post-doctoral Fellowship at Harvard Community Health Plan; Externships at Psychoanalytic Institute of New England and the Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Institute of New England. Licensed Psychologist in MA
Professional Experience:
Private Practice with individuals, couples and children. Program development within schools and hospitals, teaching and supervision.
Professional Interests:
Individual and couples psychotherapy, supervision and training. Specific interest in identity development, women’s issues, psychoanalysis, attachment studies, bereavement, treatment of complex trauma, substance abuse, anxiety and depression and adoption issues.
Theoretical Orientation:
Psychodynamic, developmental and integrative
Department Roles/Responsibilities:
Training Committee Member and Supervisor; Department Liaison to the Lynch School of Education
Coming soon.
Lynn Walsh-Blair, Staff Psychologist – joined UCS in 2016
Education/Training:
B.A. in Psychology, Mount Holyoke College; M.A. in Mental Health Counseling, Boston College; Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Boston College. APA-accredited Internship at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Center for Counseling and Psychological Health. Licensed Psychologist in MA
Professional Interests/Experience:
Experiences include individual and group therapy with children, adolescents, and adults; treatment to support and manage anxiety, depression, trauma, and grief; issues related to intersectionality and identity, and multicultural issues; students if Color and First-Generation college students; women’s issues; questions regarding gender and sexuality; and emerging adulthood. Research interests are related to resilience and resistance factors for students of Color in college.
Theoretical Orientation:
Integrative culturally competent, relational-psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral; developmental; family systems; and mindfulness
Department Roles/Responsibilities:
Training Committee Member and Supervisor; Biofeedback Program Member; Member of Student Affairs Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Postdoctoral Fellows
Amanda Korff, Psy.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Amanda Korff, Psy.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow – Joined UCS in 2022
Personal Pronouns: She, Her, Hers
Education/Training:
B.S. in Media, Culture & Communication, New York University; M.A. in Professional Psychology, William James College; Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology, William James College (Children and Families of Adversity and Resilience concentration). APA-accredited Internship at Human Relations Service in Wellesley, MA.
Professional Interests/Experience:
Experiences include short and long-term individual, group, and couples psychotherapy, with adult, adolescent and child populations in hospital, community mental health, and school settings. Interests include relational and attachment concerns, identity development, mood and anxiety, social justice, and resilience. Research interests related to the effects of chronic community violence on racial and ethnic minority transition-aged youth.
Theoretical Orientation:
Integrative, relational psychodynamic, humanistic, family systems, and CBT approaches.
Gary Huang, Psy.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Gary Huang, Psy.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow – Joined UCS in 2022
Pronouns: He, Him, His
Education/Training:
B.A. in Neuroscience and Psychology, Boston University; Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Hartford; APA-accredited internship at Southern Illinois University
Professional Interests/Experience:
Identity development, marginalized identities, trauma, grief and bereavement, relational concerns, disordered eating behaviors
Theoretical Orientation:
Psychodynamic, relational, existential, multicultural, trauma-informed
Catherine L. Hoff, PsyD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Catherine L. Hoff, PsyD
Postdoctoral Fellow – Joined UCS in 2022
Pronouns: she, her, hers
Education/Training:
B.A. in Business Leadership and Management, University of St. Thomas; M.A. in Counseling Psychology, National University; M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Adler University; Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology, Adler University; APA-accredited Predoctoral internship at Gulf Coast VA Hospital.
Professional Experience:
Short and long-term individual/group psychotherapy and psychological/neuropsychological assessment with children, adolescents and adults in private practice, community mental health, university counseling centers, and VA hospitals.
Professional Interests:
Relationship concerns, social justice and racial equity, LGBTQIA development, women’s issues, adult children of alcoholics, complex trauma, international students and first-generation college students, identity development, treatment of anxiety and mood concerns. Theoretical Orientation:Integration of Relational Psychodynamic, Relational Cultural Therapy (RCT), Intersectional Feminist, Humanistic, and Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) therapies.