Counseling Psychology Faculty

Core Faculty Members:

Bieschke, Kathleen J., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Affirmative counseling and psychotherapy with gay, lesbian, and bisexual client; application of social cognitive career theory to research training
Theoretical orientation: Interpersonal/Psychodynamic/Feminist

Hayes, Jeffrey, Ph.D., University of Maryland
College student mental health, the psychotherapy relationship; countertransference; integration of psychology and spirituality.
Theoretical orientation: Psychosynthesis

Skowron, Elizabeth, Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany
Family research, investigating the role of family emotion regulation and capacities for autonomy and intimacy in the health and functioning of family members.
Theoretical orientation: Psychodynamic/Interpersonal & Family Systems

Woodhouse, Susan, Ph.D., University of Maryland
Attachment in families; attachment in counseling; preventive intervention with families with infants (process & outcome); psychotherapy relationship and psychotherapy process; responses to infant distress; affect regulation; and attachment-related internal representations of self and others.
Theoretical Orientation: Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic, integrating feminist and multicultural theories

Affiliate Faculty (Faculty employed elsewhere on campus)

Clark, Dulin, Ph.D., Penn State University
Personality factors and career choice; workplace behaviors and person-environment fit; gender and relational issues.
Theoretical orientation: Integrative, drawing heavily on Humanistic and Psychodynamic influences.

Heitzmann, Dennis, Ph.D.,University of Texas
Counseling center administration; organizational consultation; counseling theory and practice.
Theoretical orientation: Cognitive Behavioral

Illfelder-Kaye, Joyce, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Women's issues; expectancy effects in counseling.
Theoretical Orientation: Psychodynamic

Locke, Ben, Ph.D.,Boston College
Anxiety; personality and relationships; men's issues; outcome assessment; use of technology in research.
Theoretical orientation: Psychodynamic/Interpersonal/CBT

Rayman, Jack, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Career development theory; career services in higher education; interest measurement; computer delivery systems.
Theoretical Orientation: Eclectic

States, Julie, Ph.D., CAC,West Virginia University
Spiritual and religious issues in counseling, women's issues, addiction, sexual assault/recovery
Theoretical Orientation: Psychodynamic/Interpersonal

Adjunct Faculty (Faculty employed at off-campus location)

Braver, Melora, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Perfectionism
Theoretical Orientation: Cognitive Behavioral/Psychodynamic/Interpersonal

Brown, David, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
The psychology of the healthy personality; personality/character styles; death and dying; cross-cultural experiencing.
Theoretical Orientation: Existential/Humanistic

Clayton, Lawrence, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Outcome studies associated with chemical dependency counseling
Theoretical Orientation: Biopsychosocial

Erickson, John, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Affective disorders, especially men and depression; inpatient group psychotherapy; supervision; chronic mental illness.
Theoretical Orientation: Interpersonal/Existentially and Psychodynamically informed.

Harp, Jennifer, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Group therapy; perfectionism, shame; social comparison.
Theoretical Orientation: Psychodynamic

McClanahan, Mary, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Gay, lesbian, and bisexual identity development.
Theoretical Orientation: Systemic eclecticism - with particular emphasis on feminist and existential constructs.

McCracken, Janet, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Aging; women's issues; attributions
Theoretical Orientation: Humanistic/Feminist

Toepfer-Hendey, Elizabeth, Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University
Career development; attachment; women's issues; training & supervision.
Theoretical orientation: Eclectic - with emphasis on psychodynamic systems developmental theory.