Meet the MCAPS Staff

Director
I am a licensed clinical psychologist and have been working with college students in a college counseling center setting for the last 25 years. My theoretical orientation is described as integrative, as it uses humanistic, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral principles and techniques. The type of therapy used with my clients largely depends on my clients’ needs, their personality style, and finding an intervention that will best fit and be the most effective.

Director
I am a licensed clinical psychologist and have been working with college students in a college counseling center setting for the last 25 years. My theoretical orientation is described as integrative, as it uses humanistic, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral principles and techniques. The type of therapy used with my clients largely depends on my clients’ needs, their personality style, and finding an intervention that will best fit and be the most effective.

Senior Staff Psychologist | Email
My goal as a counselor is to provide a warm and compassionate space where students feel accepted, supported and empowered. I want to listen to students’ needs, help them explore how they relate to themselves and others, and facilitate changes to help them achieve their goals. I draw on different theoretical orientations, primarily interpersonal process therapy, emotion-focused therapy, and feminist therapy, to process painful experiences in their relational and social context. My areas of clinical interest include depression, relationship conflict, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, LGBTQ concerns, and multicultural issues.

Case Manager | Email
I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. I have worked for various nonprofit organizations and schools, servicing students and clients of all ages and backgrounds. At Monsour Counseling and Psychological Services, my goal is to empower students by providing them with knowledge and information, so that they can better understand their needs and seek the right kind of support for them. I hope to be able to help students succeed and achieve their personal and academic goals.

Crisis Therapist and Care Manager

As one of the crisis therapists at MCAPS, my goal is to provide a safe space where students feel supported when faced with a crisis. I have received specialized training and certification in Trauma- Focused Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT) and approach sensitive topics with warmth and compassion. I bring an extensive background working with mood concerns (depression, anxiety), interpersonal difficulties, and crisis intervention. I strive to be mindful of cultural differences and value the importance of providing a person-centered approach fostered with unconditional positive regard to all clients.

Senior Staff Therapist | Email
I utilize a holistic, person-centered framework to help cultivate personal growth & development, in a safe and affirming space. I emphasize the importance of fostering a compassionate inner dialogue while challenging self-limiting thoughts and beliefs. Through facilitating deeper emotional awareness, I empower students to embrace their strengths, leading to greater resilience and overall well-being.  My areas of special interest include trauma informed care, gender affirming care, working with LGBTQIA student population, and first-generation and BIPOC identities. I am the MCAPS liaison for Harvey Mudd College & the MCAPS Group Coordinator. I am bi-lingual in English & Armenian.

ADHD/LD Psychologist | Email
As the ADHD/LD therapist at MCAPS I offer support and consultation to students dealing with learning differences. I provide screenings for ADHD and learning disorders and advocate for students as they work to succeed academically. I also assist students with receiving academic coaching and academic, cognitive, and neuropsychological testing. I approach therapy from a time limited dynamic psychotherapy model and I also employ techniques from interpersonal therapy as well as acceptance and commitment therapy. I strive to create a safe space in therapy for students to understand themselves more deeply and understand how their early life experiences impacted their current way of interacting with the world. I work collaboratively with individuals on fostering growth and helping them to thrive in their roles as students. My areas of interest include anxiety disorders, multicultural issues, academic difficulties, group therapy, interpersonal growth, and identity formation.

Senior Staff Psychologist | Email

As a first generation, Latinx clinician myself, I am highly motivated to work with young adults and couples of diverse, minority backgrounds who are trying to navigate and adjust to the difficulties of daily life while being a student. My clinical interests include the treatment of trauma, Latinx mental health, depression, relationship (interpersonal, romantic, familial) dynamics, and academic adjustment as I provide individual, couples, and group therapy. Within the last eight years, I have worked predominantly in diverse community mental health settings with adults and emerging adults struggling with adjustment issues and emotional distress. I approach therapy from multiple theoretical frameworks including psychodynamic, systemic, and humanistic therapy.

Senior Staff Therapist | Email
My goal in therapy is to provide a warm environment where it feels safe to be vulnerable and receive support and validation. We all struggle with things that we are ashamed of or feel overwhelmed by and I use my training in psychodynamic therapy, humanistic therapy, and feminist therapy to help students navigate these moments and leave therapy feeling empowered and less alone. I strive to celebrate my clients’ intersecting identities and ensure that the therapy goals we develop together honor these identities. I enjoy working with a wide range of clinical concerns and my special areas of interest include identity development, anxiety management, grief and loss, LGBTQIA concerns, religious concerns, shame, and body image.

Senior Staff Therapist | Email
One of my goals in therapy is ensuring students feel seen and heard as their unique authentic selves. I provide a safe space for clients to explore their current or past experiences and themselves. The journey to healing is not always pretty but it is prolific and profound. I work from a psychodynamic perspective, meaning our past experiences often inform and influence our current presentation. My clinical interests include identity development, relational conflict, grief & loss, and BIPOC experiences. I am currently the liaison for the Office of Black Student Affairs.

Senior Staff Therapist | Email
I come from a person-centered therapy approach and incorporate various other theoretical orientations and interventions to best create a treatment plan that fits each individual that I meet with. I understand that each student is living their own individual and unique life, so I try my best to cultivate a plan for therapy that will meet each student’s needs. Coming from a person-centered approach, I provide empathy, non-judgment, honesty, and transparency with my clients regardless of whatever other interventions are incorporated in our session. My areas of interest include anxiety, learning differences, interpersonal relationships, and academic challenges.

Senior Staff Psychologist | Email
I have been a member of the Monsour Counseling and Psychological Services staff since 2008. I am licensed as a psychologist in the state of CA and have trained and worked at a number of college counseling centers. In my counseling center experience, I’ve enjoyed working with students from diverse cultural backgrounds, focusing on the individual’s unique experience while challenging those thoughts and behaviors which may be maladaptive. My theoretical orientation draws largely from humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, and feminist therapy. My areas of special interest include adjustment issues, depression, anxiety, women’s issues, identity development, and GLBTQIA concerns. I am currently the MCAPS liason to Scripps College and serve as the MCAPS outreach coordinator.

Senior Staff Psychologist | Email
My approach to therapy is strengths based, drawing from Interpersonal Process Therapy, Humanistic Therapy, and Family Systems. I work collaboratively with students to increase self-awareness of themselves and their relational patterns taking into consideration cultural, social, and systemic factors. My goal is to help students feel empowered and emotionally safe to explore challenging experiences. I believe that the mind and body are intimately connected. As a trauma informed yoga therapist (TIYT) I work to educate students how to understand their bodies and their responses from a clinical and somatic perspective. I have had specialty supervision in Understanding Latinx Cultural Dynamics and Behavioral Medicine and am certified in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).

Crisis Therapist and Care Manager | Email
As one of the crisis therapists at MCAPS, I bring an extensive background in trauma informed crisis care including behavioral intervention and threat assessment within the adolescent and college student population. I have also worked with transitional age youth in the community mental health setting. Previously, I spent 15 years in Student Affairs, supporting, advocating, and working alongside students with learning differences, learning disorders, disabilities, chronic illness, substance use disorders and crisis intervention.

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Board Certified Psychiatrist

Director of Operations, Student Health & Wellness | Email
I was born and raised in Oxford, England but have called California my home for almost thirty years. Prior to joining the Claremont Colleges Services I worked in the medical field for over twenty-five years and have had experience in a variety of different roles. I am a proud “mum” to two daughters who are both college students themselves. My time away from work is spent with my family; we love to camp at the beach and explore the outdoors.

Senior Office Assistant
Lorrie, the familiar face and voice of Monsour Counseling Services, was born and raised in southern California. She is now in her 20th year at the Claremont Colleges. Previously, Lorrie worked in a Pediatric Neurologist’s office for five years and states she “learned many things.” This proud mother of two sons, and four grandchildren is happily married. She enjoys interacting with people, working in her yard gardening and love sports.