Counseling Staff

Leadership

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Jihad Aziz, Ph.D.

DIRECTOR, LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST

Jihad's clinical interests include training and supervision, conflict mediation, community violence, multiculturalism, African-American men's issues, and leadership development.

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Caroline Coffill
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Caroline Coffill, LCSW

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR CLINICAL SERVICES

Caroline’s clinical interests include relationship concerns, family of origin issues, trauma, multicultural issues, and perinatal depression.

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Megan Guinn, Ph.D.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR TRAINING, LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST

Megan's clinical interests include attachment and relationship concerns, identity development, multicultural and LGBTQIA+ issues, trauma, group therapy, and supervision/training.

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Miki Skinner, Ph.D.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - MCV CAMPUS, LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST

Miki's clinical interests include wellness of students in the health professions, anxiety, grief and loss, depression, LGBTQ concerns, and incorporating mindfulness into therapy.

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Counselors

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Katherine Bekkeli, Psy.D., ABPP

STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST, LIAISON TO VCU SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST

Katie's clinical interests include identity development, multicultural issues, LGBTQIA+ issues, existential concerns, and training and supervision.

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Sandy Fanning
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Sandy Fanning, Ph.D.

Staff Psychologist

Sandy’s clinical interests are BIPOC considerations, couples, LGBTQIA+, racial identity development, religion/spirituality, social justice concerns, and substance use/recovery.

 

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Anne Herrera, Psy.D.

CONTRACT CLINICIAN, LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST

Anne's clinical interests include domestic violence, adult children of alcoholics, substance abuse, family of origin issues, LGBTQIA+, and postpartum.

Mijin Kim
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Mijin Kim, Ph.D.

STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST, LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST

Mijin's clinical interests include international students’ cross-cultural adjustment, clinical issues among immigrant/person of color population, interpersonal violence, trauma, attachment, training and supervision.

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Lorin Leake, MSW, LCSW

Staff Clinician, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Lorin’s clinical interests include: disordered eating, anxiety, perfectionism, interpersonal trauma, identity exploration, religion/spirituality, adjustment concerns, veterans concerns, women’s issues, group therapy and ADHD.

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Christina McFarland, Psy.D.

STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST, LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST

Christina’s clinical interests include interpersonal trauma, disordered eating, borderline personality features, and anxiety.

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Laura McKenzie, Psy.D.

STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST AND CLINICAL COORDINATOR, LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST

Laura’s clinical interests include working with pre-professional and graduate students, adjustment to physical health problems, perfectionism, depression, anxiety, LGBTQIA+ issues, and relationship concerns.

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Tonya Osmond, LPC

STAFF CLINICIAN, LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR

  

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Chad Sims, Ph.D., LCP

STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST, LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST, PRACTICUM COORDINATOR

Chad’s clinical interests include multiculturalism, racial identity development, clinical issues among African American/Black Diaspora/& Persons of color, first-gen students, International students, family of origin issues, social justice, racial trauma and trauma-focused therapy.

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Christine Strasser, Psy.D.

STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST, SEXUAL ASSAULT SPECIALIST, OUTREACH COORDINATOR, LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST

Christine's interests include sexual assault and intimate partner violence, grief and loss, existential concerns, women’s issues, mindfulness-based treatment, and group psychotherapy.

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Daniella Tailor
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Daniella Tailor, MSW

Staff Clinician

Daniella’s clinical interests include substance use concerns, ACOA, anxiety, trauma, relationship concerns, sexual trauma, racial/ethnicity identity exploration, and disordered eating.

 

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Kristi M. Vera, MSW

STAFF CLINICIAN, COORDINATOR FOR GROUPS, LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER

Kristi's clinical interests include trauma, working with Axis II disorders, group therapy, grief, and multicultural issues.

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Abey Muthoni Wachira, Ph.D.

STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST, LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST

Abey’s clinical interests include Black diaspora issues, immigrant and international student issues, ethnic minority issues, life transition and adjustment concerns, identity exploration, relationship concerns, family of origin concerns, academic and career concerns, and grief and loss. Abey is also passionate about cultural diversity issues and strives to learn and put into practice culturally-responsive ways that she can best support students as they explore their intersecting cultural identities and related systems of power and oppression.

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Natalie Martin
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Natalie Martin, LCSW

CLINICAL CASE MANAGER

Natalie's clinical interests include anxiety, adjustment concerns, trauma, first generation students, expressive interventions & somatic (mind/body) interventions.

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