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Emergencies & After-Hours Care

Counseling and Mental Health Care Staff

About Counseling & Mental Health Care

The Counseling & Mental Health Care Team’s purpose is to empower students through caring, timely, accessible, comprehensive, and supportive mental health services and collaborations.

University Health Services subscribes to a short-term, goal-oriented public health model, which incorporates a variety of resources and support mechanisms to tailor mental health treatment to each student on a case-by-case basis, maintaining flexibility to prescribe amounts and frequencies of sessions based on student needs and according to provider expertise and availability.

Learn more about counseling and mental health care services. 

Counseling Team

Michelle Bettin, PsyD, MSW, LP, LICSW
Senior Director, Counseling & Mental Health Care

Ellery Allen, MA, LPC-A, NCC
Mental Health Clinician Associate

Olivia Baze, PsyD
Psychologist

Kari Keller Becker, PhD
Assistant Director, Crisis Services

Ambika Bennett, MS, LPC, NCC
Mental Health Clinician

Megan Bond, MA, LPC, NCC
Mental Health Clinician

Donna Brooks, MSW, LCSW-S
Senior Mental Health Clinician

Danielle Broxon, PhD
Assistant Director

Iris Y. Carrillo, PhD
Senior Psychologist

Yunling (Lina) Chang, PhD
Psychologist

Raquel J. Contreras, PhD
Senior Psychologist

Megan Culpepper, MA, LPC-S, NCC
Senior Mental Health Clinician

Kristie De La Garza, MS, LPC-S, NCC
Senior Mental Health Clinician

James Deegear, PhD, ABPP
Associate Director, Clinical Services

Nathan Ellison, MS, LPC, NCC
Mental Health Clinician

Tara Emerson
Mental Health Clinician

Sana Flynn, PhD
Psychologist

Francesca Guglielmi
Psychology Intern

Jakob Hopper
Psychology Intern

Liana D. Howard, MS, LPC, NCC
Mental Health Clinician - Crisis

Jasmine Hussain, PhD, LPC-S, NCC
Senior Mental Health Clinician

Connie Langellier, PsyD, MA, BSN, LP
Associate Director, Campus Engagement

Ben Lewis
Mental Health Clinician - Crisis

Enrique Manrique, MA, LPC-S, LCDC
Senior Mental Health Clinician

Erica McGeisey-Welch
Mental Health Clinician

Kevin Menchaca, LPC
Mental Health Clinician

Michelle Morris, MA, LPC-S, NCC
Senior Mental Health Clinician

Keyishi Peters
Psychology Intern

Luis Ponte, PhD
Psychologist

Jessica Safi
Psychology Intern

Rakhi Sen, PhD
Senior Psychologist

Bethany Smith, MA, LPC-S, NCC 
Assistant Director

Maegan Sosebee, MA, LPC, NCC
Mental Health Clinician

John Strom, PhD
Psychologist

Kyle Talbert, MA, LPC-S
Senior Mental Health Clinician - Crisis

Austin Wilcox, MA, LPC, LMFT
Mental Health Clinician

Esther W. Wright, PhD, ABPP
Assistant Director, Embedded Counseling Services

Embedded Counselors

Joycelyn D. Anderson, EdS, LPC-S, NCC
Senior Mental Health Clinician
Harrington Education Center Office Tower

Tyler Baker-Wilkinson, MA, LMFT-S
Senior Mental Health Clinician
College of Veterinary Medicine

Angie Bleike, PhD, LPC-S
Senior Mental Health Clinician
College of Arts & Sciences, Academic Building

Colleen Keiser, EdS, LPC
Mental Health Clinician
Evans Library

Molly McCann, LPC-S
Senior Mental Health Clinician
Biochemistry and Biophysics Building

Megan McCarty, MA, LPC-S
Senior Mental Health Clinician - Co-Responder
University Police Department

Christopher Le'Roy McDonald, MEd, LPC, LCDC, NCC
Mental Health Clinician - Co-Responder
University Police Department

Christy McDonald, EdD, MS, LPC-S, NCC
Senior Mental Health Clinician
School of Law, Fort Worth

Carmen Mota, MA, LPC-S, NCC
Senior Mental Health Clinician
College of Engineering, Zachry Engineering Education Complex

Anita Ofori, MA, LPC-S
Mental Health Clinician
College of Dentistry, Dallas

Claraly Peña-Leal
Senior Mental Health Clinician
Higher Education Center at McAllen

Abbie Satterfield, MEd, LPC-S
Senior Mental Health Clinician
College of Veterinary Medicine

LaSandra Ward
Senior Psychologist
Graduate & Professional School