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Our Staff
The Furman Counseling
Center staff is made up of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and interns in
these fields. As a group, we represent a wide variety of professional interests and
specializations, including multicultural issues, wellness, sexual identity, women's
issues, eating disorders, and social justice. All of us are committed to providing
services in ways that recognize, respect, and value the diversity of Barnard students.
Electronic mail is not a guaranteed safe nor
immediate means to transmit confidential information. If you want to
inquire about counseling services or contact a counselor about how you are
feeling, email is not an effective means of communication. Due to the
security risks and lack of immediacy, it is a FCC policy that clinicians
restrict email contact with students for only the simplest of scheduling
issues. We urge students not to use email to relay any kind of
confidential or time-sensitive information to FCC staff members. If
you are already seeing a counselor through the FCC and want to contact this
clinician in between appointments, please call into the Center to
communicate any information.
This is especially the case in any form of
mental health emergency. If an emergency occurs during office hours,
call the Furman Counseling Center at 854-2092, or Health Services at
854-2091. If an emergency arises after hours or on the
weekends, telephone consultation is available by calling the After-hours
Psychological Emergency Lines at (212) 854-5727.
Click on a name or scroll down for a short biography.
Mary Commerford, Ph.D.,
Director
Julia Sheehy, Ph.D., Associate Director
Hilary Colenso,
Ph.D
Elizabeth Hantman, M.D.
Giselle Harrington, M.Ed.
Karen Perkins, Psy.D.
Joseph
Reynoso, Ph.D.
Forbes Singer, Ph.D
Yoko Takebayashi, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow:
Christy Paliouras, Ph.D.
Doctoral Intern:
Elizabeth Graf, M.A.
Doctoral
Externs:
Madeeha Mir, M.A.
Jessica Whitney, M.Ed.
Social Work Intern:
Hillary Nammack, B.A.
Psychiatry
Resident:
Jocelyn Soffer, M.D.
Office
Coordinator/Admin. Asst.
Norinda del Fierro, B.A
Receptionist/Admin.Asst.
Cachaundra Tarvin
Mary Commerford,
Ph.D., Director, Furman Counseling Center
Education History:
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Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Fordham University
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M.Dir. Ministry, Yale University Divinity School
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A.B. Theology, Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
Professional Interest and Specialties:
- Eating Disorders
- Psychoanalysis
- Spirituality/Religion
- Women and Young Adult concerns
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Julia Sheehy, Ph.D.,
Associate Director, Furman Counseling Center
Professional Interest and Specialties:
- Coordinator of Barnard's Eating Disorders Treatment Team
- Director of the Counseling Center's training program
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Hilary Colenso,
Ph.D., Director of the Alcohol and Substance Awareness Program
Education History:
- Ph.D. New York University
- M.Sc. University of Oxford, England
- B.A. University of Leicester, England
Professional Interest and Specialties:
- Interested in a broad range of women’s psychological and relationship
issues including the loss and transitions, affective disorders, substance
use, trauma and abuse.
Research Interests:
- Women’s Substance Abuse and Treatment
- Works in the Counseling Center
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Elizabeth Hantman, M.D.,
Psychiatrist, Furman Counseling Center
Education History:
- Residency in Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric
Institute and Columbia University
- Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York
Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell Universities
- M.D. Columbia University, College of Physicians and
Surgeons
- B.A. Psychology, Rutgers, College, Rutgers University
Professional Interests and Specialties:
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Evaluation and treatment of psychiatric illness
- Psychological development throughout childhood and adulthood
Research Interests:
- Pain symptoms, stress, and psychiatric illness
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Giselle Harrington,
M.A., Ed.M.
Education History:
- Teachers College M.A. English Education
- Ed.M. Counseling
Professional Interest and Specialties:
- Specialty in issues of loss and bereavement, coordinated group "Coping
and Loss" for 15 years
- Interested in issues of diversity and cultural implications for
therapy
- Member of Eating Disorders Treatment team from a psycho-educational
perspective
Research Interests:
- Interested in the mind and body connection and how our mental state
affects the body and vice-versa
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Chris Paliouras,
Ph.D.
Education History:
- B.A. Psychology, University of California at Berkeley
- Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Long Island University, Brooklyn
Campus
Profession Interests:
- Trauma
- Psychoanalytic theory
- Attachment theory, research, and clinical applications
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Karen Perkins, Psy.D
Education History:
- Psy.D. New York University
- M.S. New York University
- B.A. Tufts University
Professional Interest and Specialties:
- Cultural/Racial issues and in working with women of color within the
group treatment modality
- Gender issues and the psychological impact of infertility upon women
and couples
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Joseph Reynoso, Ph.D.,
Staff Psychologist, Furman Counseling Center
Education History:
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Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, The Graduate Center, The
City University of New York
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B.A. English/Psychology, Rutgers University
Professional Interests:
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Romantic relationships
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Development difficulties of emerging adulthood
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Applied psychoanalytic studies (film, literature,
sports)
Research Interests:
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Personality disorders treatment
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Interpersonal effects of ADHD
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Applying psychodynamic principles to working with
underserved populations
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Forbes Singer, Ph.D
Education History:
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Ph.D, Clinical Psychology, Graduate Center at the
City University of New York
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M.Ed., Human Development and Psychology, Harvard
University Graduate School of Education
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M.B.A., Harvard Business School
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B.A, English Literature, Wellesley College
Professional Interests:
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Gender and sexuality: the coming out process,
lesbian identity development, intimacy patterns in lesbian
relationships
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Cultural diversity issues: the experience of
immigration, biculturalism and racial identity development
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The psychological effects of trauma
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Psychoanalysis
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Yoko Takebayashi, Ph.D.
Education History:
Interest and Specialties:
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Psychology of race and culture
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Asian American mental health
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Trauma
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Severe psychopathology
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Liaison and clinical advisor for the Rape Crisis
Anti-Violence Support Center
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