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
Administrative Assistant
Diane Neylon
Administrative Assistant
Clinicians
Julie M. AhnAllen, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Diversity and Inclusion & Director of Training
Craig D. Burns, Ph.D.
Director
Angela Demehri, M.D.
Staff Psychiatrist
Julie M. AhnAllen, Associate Director of Diversity and Inclusion & Director of Training – joined UCS in 2007
Education/Training:
B.A. Wesleyan University; Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston. APA-accredited Internship at Children’s Hospital Boston. Postdoctoral
Fellowship at Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston. Licensed Psychologist in MA.
Professional Interests/Experience:
Culturally competent training and practice; racial and ethnic identity development; immigration experiences; Asian American psychology; women's issues; bereavement issues; trauma; eating disorders; treatment of anxiety and depression. Research interests are related to identity development in marginalized groups.
Theoretical Orientation: Integrative psychodynamic, developmental-cultural, relational, and CBT approaches
Departmental Roles/Responsibilities:
Director of Diversity and Inclusion; Director of training, Training Committee member and supervisor; Facilitator for Multicultural Conversation Hour; Chair of Diversity Committee; Mays Mentoring Program; Sisters Let’s Talk advisory board member; and Asian Pacific Islander Employees Association advisory board member; Member of Student Affair Diversity and Inclusion Committee; Trainer for Options Through Education (OTE), College Transition Program (CTP), A Campus of Difference; LGBTQ resource liaison
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
Cindy Gordon, LICSW
Emergency Response Clinician
Andrew Gouse, M.D.
Staff Psychiatrist
Selina Guerra, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Psychologist
Coming soon.
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, Senior Staff Psychologist – 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.
Emily Kates, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Psychologist
Rob Kitts, M.D.
Staff Psychiatrist
Patrick Latham, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Psychologist
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
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 S. B. Lima, Psy.D.
Staff Psychologist
Sarah Piontkowski, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Psychologist
Alessandro Piselli, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Psychologist
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.
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
Alessandro Piselli, Senior Staff Psychologist - Joined UCS in 2014
Education/Training:
B.A. in Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst; APA-accredited Internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Albert and Jesse Danielsen Institute at Boston Universityence:
Professional Interests/Experience:
Experiences include individual, group, and couples psychotherapy; neuropsychological, psychological, and spiritual assessment; and psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, motivational, and dialectical behavioral therapies. Interests include psychotherapy training, process research, and integration; mindfulness practices; recovery from complex trauma; and increasing resilience among members of marginalized and disempowered groups
Theoretical Orientation:
Psychodynamic, relational, emotion-focused, cognitive-behavioral, and client-centered
Departmental Roles/Responsibilities:
Member of the Training, Groups, and Professional Development committees
Nikki Pollard, LICSW
Clinician Case Manager
Morgan Sorenson, Psy.D.
Staff Psychologist
Eileen T. Suhrhoff, Psy.D.
Associate Director for Clinical 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.
Morgan Sorenson, Staff Psychologist – joined UCS in 2018
Education/Training:
B.A. in Psychology and Spanish, Wheaton College; M.A. and Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology, Fuller Graduate School of Psychology; APPIC-Affiliated Internship, Carnegie Mellon University Counseling and Psychological Services; Postdoctoral Fellowship at University Counseling Services, Boston College; Licensed Psychologist in MA
Professional Experience/Interests:
Individual and group psychotherapy; emerging adult identity development; relational and attachment concerns; trauma; multicultural issues and intersectionality; existential/spiritual/religious concerns; grief and loss; neuropsychological and personality assessments
Theoretical Orientation:
Relational psychodynamic, integrating interpersonal, developmental, and multicultural approaches
Department Roles/Responsibilities:
Training Committee; Co-facilitator for HEAL (sexual assault support group)
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; Director of Professional Development for University Counseling Services; Department Liaison to the Lynch School of Education
Kenna Sullivan, LICSW
Emergency Response Clincian
Robert Tittmann, M.D.
Staff Psychiatrist
Eileen Thompson, LICSW
Staff Clinician
Coming soon.
Robert Tittmann, Staff Psychiatrist – joined UCS in 1999
Education/Training:
B.A. Yale College; M.D. Brown-Dartmouth Program in Medicine; Residency in Adult Psychiatry at The Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Fellowship in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at The Austen Riggs Center
Professional Experience:
Private Practice; Lecturer at Harvard Medical School; Formerly on staff at The Tri-City Mental Health Center Outpatient Clinic
Professional Interests:
Individual, couple and family therapy for adults and adolescents; personality disorders; psychoanalysis
Theoretical Orientation:
Interpersonal, psychodynamic, eclectic
Coming soon.
Lynn Walsh-Blair, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Psychologist
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; Diversity Committee Member
Postdoctoral Fellows
Donicka S. Pamphile Psy.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Justin M. Karter, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Lillian Audette, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Donicka S. Pamphile, Psy.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow – 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.
Professional Interests/Experience:
Short & long-term individual and group psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and adults; residential and outpatient treatment for adolescents and adults with mental health concerns; treatment to support and manage anxiety, depression, related disorders, and bereavement concerns; increasing multicultural awareness & cultural humility; social justice; relational and attachment concerns; students of color, international, and first-generation college students; spirituality and religious concerns; intersectionality and identity development; immigration experiences. Research interests are related to self-compassion, empowerment, resilience, and intergenerational trauma. Proficient in Haitian Creole and intermediate French.
Theoretical Orientation:
Integrative, relational, humanistic, family systems, developmental-multicultural, trauma-informed, and CBT approaches.
Justin M. Karter, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow – 2021-2022
Personal Pronouns: He, Him, His
Education/Training:
B.A. in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, SUNY Buffalo; M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication, Point Park University; M.A. in Community Psychology, Point Park University; Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston. APA-accredited Internship at SUNY Albany Counseling and Psychological Services.
Professional Interests/Experience:
Relationship concerns, mood and anxiety, identity development, multicultural humility and competence, liberation psychology and intersectionality, first-generation students, process group therapy, grief and bereavement. Research interests related to student activism, disability rights, Global Mental Health, and philosophy of psychology
Theoretical Orientation:
Integrative relational-psychodynamic, humanistic-existential, emotion-focused/experiential.
Lillian Audette, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow – 2021-2022
Personal Pronouns: She, Her, Hers
Education/Training:
B.A. in Psychology, Williams College; M.S. in Counseling Psychology, Loyola Maryland University; Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, Tennessee State University; APA-accredited Internship at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Student Counseling Center.
Professional Interests/Experience:
My counseling interests include taking a holistic approach which works with all aspects of a client, and with a social justice lens. Specific topics of professional interest include relationship with self and others, navigating changes in life circumstances, gender, sexuality, identity development, and chronic conditions.
Theoretical Orientation:
Integration of Person-Centered, Narrative, and Interpersonal Process Therapy with an approach informed by relational-cultural theory and multicultural theories.
Jessica Poulsen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jessica Poulsen, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow – 2021-2022
Personal Pronouns: She, Her, Hers
Education/Training:
B.A. in Psychology, Azusa Pacific University; MA and PhD in Clinical Psychology, Fuller Graduate School of Psychology; APA-accredited Internship at University of Rochester Counseling Center.
Professional Interests/Experience:
Experiences include individual, group, family and couples therapy, with adult, adolescent and child populations, as well as psychological assessment.
Professional interests include:
Short- and long-term individual and group therapy with children, adolescents, and adults. Psychological assessment. Relational and attachment concerns, family of origin issues, cross-cultural adjustment, multicultural issues and intersectionality, emerging adulthood.
Theoretical Orientation:
Relational psychodynamic, multicultural, emotion-focused, client-centered, CBT, integrative