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Cook Counseling Center Staff |
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Counselors/Psychologists Charlotte Amenkhienan, Ph.D. || Charles B. Anderson, Ph.D. || Gary T. Bennett, Ph.D. || Cathye G. Betzel, Psy.D. || Trent Davis, Ph.D. || Anna Epperson, M.A., NCC || Krysta Webster Fink || Christopher Flynn, Ph.D. (Director) || Rita Klein, Ph.D. || Ryoichi Noguchi, Ph.D. || Mark Patishnock, Ph.D. || Robert Ritchey, M.S. (Case Manager) || Charity Rolfes, Ph.D. || Marina Shafran, Ph.D. || Ellie T. Sturgis, Ph.D. || Yanping Wang, Ph.D. || Amber Wenderlich, M.A. ||
Psychiatry Staff
Vicki Arbuckle, PMHNP-BC || Joseph Frieben,
MD || Cynthia Gibbons, FNP-BC || James Reinhard, MD ||
Support Staff Cheryl Curran || Diann Diaz || Wanda Hale || Sandy Ward
Doctoral
Psychology Interns
Robert
Carnicella, M.S.
|| Aliya
Chapman, M.A. ||
Charlotte Amenkhienan,
Ph.D.
(Virginia Tech) 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.
Charles B.
Anderson, Ph.D. Charles Anderson is a
Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Associate
Director of the
Vicki
Arbuckle (University
of Virginia) She coordinates the ADHD clinic. She received her master’s in nursing from the University of Virginia and a post master’s from the University of South Alabama. She is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Interests away from work include organic gardening and relaxing with family and Golden Retriever.
Gary T.
Bennett, Ph.D. (University of Kentucky) 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. He is a Certified Consultant - Association for Applied Sport Psychology
Cathye Griffin Betzel, Psy.D. (Georgia School of Professional Psychology) Licensed Clinical Psychologist Assistant Director for 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 17- Counseling Psychology), 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.
Trent Davis, Ph.D.
(Virginia Tech) 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.
Anna C. Epperson, MA (Virginia
Tech) Anna
is a part-time staff counselor at Virginia
Tech first coming to the counseling center
in 2001. Her professional interests include
anxiety disorders, depression, stress
management, and communication skills.
Her theoretical orientation is integrative
with an emphasis on cognitive
behavioral therapy.
She
is finishing her dissertation for her PhD in
Virginia Tech’s Counselor Education and
Supervision program. She enjoys growing
flowers and having tea or coffee with
friends.
Krysta
Webster Fink ( Oklahoma
State University)
Most people seek connection with themselves
and others, desiring those relationships
that foster growth and nurturance. As a
psychologist, Dr. Fink has recognized this
concept in working with individuals in
psychotherapy. Dr. Fink’s professional
interests include working and collaborating
with individuals with eating disorders and
body image concerns, chronic depression and
suicidality, trauma, and grief. As a native
of a small, rural town Dr. Fink both values
and advocates for social justice, working
collaboratively with others to make positive
changes in the lives of underserved and
marginalized individuals and groups. Dr.
Fink approaches clinical work from the
perspective of interpersonal psychotherapy,
focusing on how disconnection in
relationships can affect an individual’s
perceptions and images of relationships,
personal relational competence, and sense of
self-worth. Dr. Fink also integrates
mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral
interventions into her work with
individuals. In clinical training, Dr. Fink
earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology
from Oklahoma State University, obtaining
experiences in
psychotherapy in community mental health and
medical settings, as well as in domestic
violence and university counseling centers
and clinics. In Dr. Fink’s post-doctoral
residency at James Madison University, she
obtained a specialization in suicide risk
reduction and furthered her interest in
group psychotherapy. Dr. Fink’s goal in her
work is to empower people through a better
understanding of themselves, and she
continue to also seek personal awareness
through spending time with her family and
pets, meditating, exercising, gardening, and
reading.
Director Licensed Clinical Psychologist Certified Sex Therapist (AASECT) Christopher Flynn has been Director of the Thomas E. Cook Counseling Center at Virginia Tech since fall of 2006; the Cook Counseling Center is IACS-accredited and offers an APA-approved internship in professional psychology. Dr. Flynn previously served as Director of the Counseling & Career Services at Loyola University New Orleans (1989-2006) and as a staff psychologist at the University Counseling Services of Boston College (1984-1989). He has taught a wide range of courses over the past thirty years including personality, abnormal psychology, and human sexuality. Dr. Flynn received his Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology) in 1983 from the University of Miami (FL). He is an active member of the Association of University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD), and has served on the AUCCCD Board of Directors. His clinical interests include individual and couples therapy, sexual functioning, disparities in access to mental health, and crisis response.
Rita Klein, Ph.D. (Fordham
University) Rita's professional interests include test anxiety, anxiety disorders, relationship difficulties and communication skills. Her treatment orientation is cognitive-behavioral with techniques borrowed from other orientations. Group interests include graduate student therapy groups, support groups and skill building groups. Couples and family interventions are also an interest.
Ryoichi
Noguchi, Ph.D. (Virginia Tech) Ryo’s clinical interests include depression and anxiety (particularly social anxiety), the role of self-conscious emotions such as shame and guilt, and emotion regulation. His therapeutic approach is largely cognitive behavioral with integration of influences such as interpersonal, learning theory, and family systems. His research interests are influenced by developmental and clinical psychology including the development of social anxiety in youth and young adults, and examining cross-cultural issues and the role of self-conscious emotions in a person's psychosocial functioning. He is a member of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Association for Psychological Science. Some personal interests include traveling, running, spending time with family, friends, and his dog.
Resident in Clinical Psychology Mark has a passion for
helping students overcome the shame and fear
associated with a wide range of concealable
stigmas so that they may “come out” to those
they wish. This includes but is not limited
to, affection/sexual orientation, ability
status, trauma history, eating concerns,
medical conditions, and mental health
issues. He is also interested in men’s
issues, outreach/guest lecturing, and has an
expertise in Tourette Syndrome. Mark uses a
humanistic and interpersonal approach, and
views his relationships with students as a
primary mechanism for change. Personally,
Mark enjoys restoring antique baseball bats
and playing acoustic guitar.
Robert S. Ritchey, M.S. (Radford University) Rob's professional interests include acute psychopathology, suicide and criminogenic processes. As the CCC Case Manager, Rob works as a liaison with various mental health providers and agencies in the community in order to assist with the provision of comprehensive mental health services for students. Rob also works as a student advocate by assisting students with significant mental health needs in accessing available campus resources. During non-working hours he enjoys spending time with his family (plus fishing with the guys.)
Charity
Rolfes, Ph.D. (Purdue University)
Charity received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Purdue University. Her professional interests include working with issues of adjustment, transition, and identity; trauma and abuse; loss and grief; depression; anxiety; relationship and family concerns; spiritual concerns; and personality issues. In her clinical work, Charity integrates psychodynamic, multicultural counseling, cognitive-behavioral, family-systems, and developmental and humanistic/experiential perspectives, while building on individual strengths. Charity also has training and experience in mindfulness meditation, both facilitating groups and integrating meditation into psychotherapy. Her research interests focus on healthy stress management and coping, especially among students from underrepresented and minority groups, and creative expression and emotional health. Some personal interests include reading, art, outdoor activities, and hanging out with her dog.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Marina’s major interests include early life
trauma, combat trauma, and grief and loss.
She enjoys working with international
students. Her therapeutic influences are
Rational Emotive, Cognitive-Behavioral, and
Humanistic theories. Some personal interests
include reading and traveling.
Ellie T. Sturgis, Ph.D.
(University of Georgia)
Ellie’s professional interests include anxiety, mood, and eating, and substance abuse disorders as well as attentional and learning difficulties which impede a student’s ability to demonstrate knowledge. She is also interested in relationship issues, particularly those of LGBT students. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on anxiety, substance abuse, eating, and physiological disorders. Her therapy is influenced by cognitive-behavioral, biological, interpersonal perspectives and she uses a collaborative style when working with clients. In addition to her background as a therapist, Ellie spent a number of years on the faculties of medical schools and universities and has been an academic dean, thus she is able to help students learn to negotiate the challenges of university life.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Yanping’s professional interests include
mood and anxiety disorders, relationship
difficulties, trauma, cross-cultural and
diversity issues, spirituality, and
borderline personality disorder. She enjoys
working with students from diverse
backgrounds through individual, couples, and
group therapy as well as outreach and
consultation services. Her therapeutic
approach is integrative and is influenced by
cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical
behavior therapy, interpersonal,
psychodynamic and object relations theories.
She is a member of the American
Psychological Association and Association
for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
She is listed as a Health Service Provider
in the National Register of Health Services
in Psychology.
Some personal interests include
gardening, hiking,
books/movies, traveling, and spending time
with family and friends.
Amber Wenderlich, M.A. Staff Counselor Amber's professional interests include developmental issues, women's issues, spirituality, depression, suicidality, trauma, and grief. She enjoys working with individuals, groups, and couples. Amber works from an interpersonal and humanistic approach integrating existential and cognitive-behavioral strategies. Personal interests include traveling, painting, exercising, and spending time with family, friends, and her dog.
Robert Carnicella, M.S. (SUNY
- University
Albany) Robert is completing his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University at Albany, SUNY. When working with clients, he uses an integrative approach combining interpersonal and humanistic theories and using emotion-focused and CBT techniques. Robert enjoys helping clients remove barriers to healthy living such as low self-esteem, guilt, shame, and anxiety by focusing on personality and interpersonal difficulties. Robert plans to expand his competence in working with student-athletes and substance abuse and disordered eating among students, while also furthering his training in providing psychotherapy supervision with practicum students during internship. For his dissertation, he is examining what environmental and psychological resources help adults cope with the stress of unemployment. He enjoys many outdoor activities including hiking, biking to work, and running. Robert also likes to cook, peruse antique malls, and read.
Aliya
Chapman, M.A. (George Mason University) Aliya is a doctoral
candidate in the Clinical Psychology Ph. D.
program at
Claudia
Reyes, M.Phil. (George Washington University) Claudia Reyes is a
psychology intern at the Cook Counseling
Center, and a doctoral candidate at George
Washington University’s Clinical Ph.D.
program. Her main theoretical orientation in
working with clients is integrative,
combining techniques of CBT while also
focusing on the working relationship.
Claudia’s clinical interest includes
intervention for depression, anxiety, and
relationship/interpersonal concerns
including those found in couples. As part of
her clinical training, she has completed an
advanced practicum and a Student Director
position at the Meltzer Psychological
Services Center in Washington D.C., and
externships at the Catholic University of
America’s Counseling Center and the
Neuropsychology Group at the National
Institutes of Health. During her personal
time, she enjoys traveling, exercising to
Body Combat, dining out, and spending time
with family and friends.
updated 09.13.2012 |
Cook Counseling Center's Online Screening Module
Cook Counseling Center and Screening for Mental Health, Inc. offer free and anonymous online screening for depression, alcohol use, eating disorders, and anxiety. The online screenings are informational, not diagnostic, and treatment recommendations are not provided. Online screening is made available so that Virginia Tech students may find out whether consultation with a Cook Counseling Center counselor may be helpful.