Charlotte Amenkhienan is the Multicultural and programs evaluation Coordinator at the center. In addition, she coordinates Outreach Requests, Peer Assistance for Learning (PAL), and Learning Assistance programs. Her professional areas of interest include cross-cultural counseling issues, stress management, adjustment issues, and depression. Other areas of special interest include the provision of outreach services to individuals and groups who would otherwise not utilize traditional mental health services, and working with international students. Her theoretical orientation is cognitive-behavioral.

Gary T. Bennett, Ph.D. (University of Kentucky)
Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Gary’s area of interest including substance abuse, trauma, and sport psychology. Currently, he is working fulltime in the Virginia Tech Athletics Department where he meets with both individual student-athletes and with varsity teams. Gary’s theoretical style is influenced by cognitive-behavioral, feminist, acceptance and mindfulness, and brief therapy models. Gary is a member of APA (Division 47—Exercise and Sport Psychology) and of The Association of Applied Sport Psychology.

Cathye Griffin Betzel, Psy.D. (Georgia School of Professional Psychology)
Licensed Clinical Psychologist / Director of Training

Cathye's professional interests include psychological assessment and women's issues, with a special interest in couples therapy. Her  theoretical orientation is primarily systemic with influences from cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, and constructivist theories.  Cathye coordinates the APA accredited pre-doctoral internship in psychology, as well as post-doctoral and practicum training programs at the CCC. She is a member of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 12 - Clinical Psychology and 42- Independent Practice), the Virginia Psychological Association, the Virginia Academy of Clinical Psychologists, and the Southeastern Psychological Association. She is listed as a Health Service Provider in the National Register of Health Services in Psychology.

DaHyun Chun, Ph.D. (Ohio University)
Staff Counselor

DaHyun’s clinical interests include working with affect, depression, anxiety, body image and eating disorders, cross-cultural issues, and spirituality, along with providing outreach and consultation to underserved populations. Her passion lies in group therapy, psychotherapy, and working with international students and ethnic minorities. Her style is influenced by cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, object relations, gestalt, and humanistic theories. She is a member of the American Psychological Association along with the Asian American Psychological Association. Other areas of interest include drinking good coffee, reading, and racquetball.

Trent Davis, Ph.D. (Virginia Tech)
Licensed Professional Counselor

Trent’s professional interests include depression, anxiety, trauma, substance abuse, and serious mental illness. He enjoys working with individuals, groups, and couples in therapy. Trent also focuses on stress management and wellness in his clinical work. His therapeutic influences are Humanistic, Cognitive-Behavioral, Systemic, and Interpersonal theories. Some personal interests include bicycling, fly fishing, and playing drums.

 

Rita Klein, Ph.D. (Fordham University)
Assistant Director/Head of Clinical Services/Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Mark Perez-Lopez, Ph.D. (University of Arkansas)
Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Mark's clinical interests include body image dissatisfaction and eating disorders, anxiety, depression, and relationship dysfunction. He has published numerous articles and book chapters on body image and its impact on the use and abuse of performance enhancing drugs in society. His style is influenced by cognitive behavioral, interpersonal, and brief treatment models. His current research projects emphasize empirically supported treatments and outcome based research.

Brandon Phillips, Psy.D. (Argosy University/ D.C.)
Staff Counselor

Brandon’s professional interests include anxiety, stress, grief, and groups. His clinical style is multifaceted, aiming to help resolve problems and develop self-awareness in a collaborative way. His approach is grounded in an integration of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and humanistic theories. Other areas of interest include premarital counseling and facilitating seminars and workshops

Reliford T. Sanders, Jr., Ph.D. (University of Illinois)
Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Manbeena Sekhon, Ph.D. (University of Louisville)
Staff Counselor

Manbeena’s interests lie in working with students from diverse backgrounds with a variety of presenting issues. She especially enjoys working with international students and students from underrepresented groups. Her approach tends to utilize a combination of cognitive-behavioral as well as interpersonal therapy. She has particular interest in working with trauma issues, immigrants/ children of immigrants, acculturation issues as well as refugee mental health. In her free time Manbeena enjoys shopping, doing physical/ outdoor activities, eating good food and hanging out with friends.