Ingrid Grieger, EdD, Director

Ismini Georgiades, PhD, Associate Director/Coordinator of Training

Christina McQuade, PhD, Counselor/Coordinator of Outreach Services

Robert Henderson, PsyD, Counselor/Coordinator Alcohol & Other Drugs (AOD) Services

Br. Timothy D. Bray, MA, MS, part-time Alcohol and Other Drug Counselor

Paul A. Greene, PhD, Consulting Psychologist

Margaret Bohan, Office Manager

Externs

Staff

Dr. Ingrid Grieger has been the Director of the Counseling Center at Iona College since 1989 and the Chair of the Student Development Diversity Committee since January, 2006. She is also an adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at Iona College and an adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University. Dr. Grieger received her doctorate in counseling from the University of Virginia. Since that time she has worked in a number of college and university counseling centers, in community mental health clinics and in private clinical practice. Dr. Grieger has been a frequent presenter at professional conferences, and she has published extensively in the areas of women's issues in psychotherapy, multicultural concerns, organizational development, innovative programming and systemic interventions in student affairs. In 2000, Dr. Grieger was the recipient of the Hugh McCabe Humanitarian Award at Iona College and in 2006, she was the recipient of the Woman of Achievement Award at Iona College. Most recently, Dr. Grieger has co-authored articles on qualitative research and has published a chapter on cultural assessment in the Handbook of Multicultural Assessment (3rd Ed.). Dr. Grieger also presented two papers at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA) in August, 2007.

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Dr. Ismini Georgiades, Associate Director/Coordinator of Training, joined the Iona College Counseling Center in the summer of 2000. She is also an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University and at the Department of Psychology at Iona College. Dr. Georgiades received her doctorate in counseling psychology from Fordham University and has worked in medical and psychiatric hospitals, and in community mental health clinics. She has also worked as a research psychologist on various funded projects related to medical illness, psychological interventions and mental health. Dr. Georgiades has presented and published in the areas of health, stress and anger management, grief and loss, multicultural and mental health issues.

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Dr. Christina McQuade, Counselor/Coordinator of Outreach Services, worked at the Iona College Counseling Center from 2006-2008 and has returned to her full-time position at the center. She is also an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University. Dr. McQuade received her doctorate in counseling psychology from Fordham University and was trained in a variety of settings including elementary and middle schools, the Iona College Counseling Center, St. Vincent's Psychiatric Hospital in Westchester, and the Clifford Beers Clinic. Her professional interests include the impact of post traumatic stress disorder on children, adolescents, and young adults, trauma-focused therapy, situational types of anxiety such as test anxiety and public-speaking anxiety, and self-care among people in care-giving roles.

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Dr. Robert Henderson, Counselor/Coordinator of Alcohol and other Drug (AOD) Services, joined the Iona College Counseling Center in fall of 2007. Dr. Henderson received his doctorate in School Clinical-Child Psychology from Pace University. His Professional interest include the assessment and treatment of all types of psychopathology with a specialized interest in the area of trauma. Other professional interest include the role of early parent, child and familial relationship in the formation of personality and character structure, attachment theory, psychodynamic theory, and multiculturalism in psychology.

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Brother Timothy D. Bray, Alcohol and other Drug Counselor, was a member of the Iona College Counseling Center from July of 1996 through June, 2003. He returned in 2008 as Coordinator of Iona College's Alcohol and Other Drug prevention and education efforts. Brother Bray is currently at the Counseling Center on a part-time basis providing counseling for issues related to alcohol and other substances. He is a member of the Westchester Colleges Alcohol and Other Drug Consortium, and a member of the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services Steering Committee for Colleges. Brother received Masters Degrees in Pastoral Counseling from Iona College; in Theology from Seton Hall University; and in Mathematics from Manhattan College. He is also an adjunct instructor for the Iona College Mathematics Department.

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Dr. Paul Greene, Consulting Psychologist, joined the Counseling Center in 1990. Since that time, he has provided clinical consultation to senior staff, facilitated the Extern Seminar and Support Group, and is a resource for the Critical Incident Review team. Dr. Greene is Professor of Psychology in the Iona College Department of Psychology.

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Margaret Bohan, Office Manager, joined the staff of the Iona College Counseling Center in 1989, following a seven-year tenure in the Counseling Center at the College of New Rochelle. In addition to providing administrative and technical support to Center staff, Ms. Bohan supervises all student workers and participates in special events and projects such as the Honors Convocation and the Middle States Accreditation Process. Ms. Bohan has also served as a member of the Iona College Sexual Harassment Task Force, which promulgated the College's policies and procedures on sexual harassment. She has also served as a member of the Human Resource & Compensation Committee and the Information Technology Committee of the Staff and Administrative Council (SAC). In March, 2007, Ms. Bohan was the recipient of the Woman of Achievement Award at Iona College.

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Brad Jerson has joined the Counseling Center for academic year 2009-2010. Brad is currently a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at Fordham University, and is working toward specializations in child and family therapy and health psychology. Brad has previously worked as a Certified Child Life Specialist at Stony Brook University Hospital, where he developed therapeutic interventions to alleviate the anxiety and trauma often associated with hospitalization for children and their families. His research and clinical interests include coping with traumatic life events, children and families, chronic illness, grief and bereavement support, and holistic approaches to stress management.

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Susan London has joined the Counseling Center for academic year 2009-2010. Susan has a Masters degree in social work from Columbia University and a Masters degree in psychology from Yeshiva University. Susan is currently a doctoral student in the Clinical-School Psychology Program at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Most recently, Susan externed at the Children's Day Hospital (Bard House) at New York Presbyterian Hospital where she provided individual, family and group therapy as well as conducted psychological assessments. Her clinical and research interests include obesity, weight stigma and women's health related issues. Susan's theoretical orientation is eclectic as she draws on relational, family systems and object-relations theories.

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Lia N. Rohlehr has joined the Counseling Center for academic year 2009-2010. Lia is a doctoral student in clinical psychology at Fordham University. She is working on a specialization in forensics. Lia's clinical experience includes advocacy work and counseling with the DC Rape Crisis Center and assessment of criminal populations at Kirby Psychiatric Forensic Center. She is currently involved in research on competency to stand trial and malingered psychopathology. Her long-term clinical and research interests include issues of psychology and law, in particular, the relationship between child maltreatment and criminality.

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