Faculty

Nichola Ribadu, DMFT, MS, LMFT

Nichola Ribadu, DMFT, MS, LMFT

Chair, Counseling and Family Sciences
Assistant Professor, Counseling and Family Sciences

Areas: at-risk youth; group homes for at-risk youth; program development; staff development and trainings (group home, managed care, community mental health); community mental health; professional mentoring; narrative therapy; diversity; self-of-therapist
Email: nribadu@llu.edu
Phone: 909-558-4547, ext. 47005

Michelle A. Minyard-Widmann, MS, CCLS

Michelle A. Minyard-Widmann, MS, CCLS

Associate Chair, Department of Counseling and Family Sciences
Assistant Professor, Counseling and Family Sciences
Director, Child Life Specialist MS Program

Areas: child development; stress and coping in the hospital environment; grief and loss; program development
Email: maminyard@llu.edu
Phone: 909-558-4547, ext. 47072

Heather Beeson, DMFT, MA, LMFT

Heather Beeson, DMFT, MA, LMFT

Assistant Professor, Counseling and Family Sciences
Director, Doctor of Marital and Family Therapy (DMFT) Program

Areas: program evaluation research; program design and development; community mental health; clinical work with sexual and gender minority populations; prevention and early intervention programs; professional mentoring; self-of-the-therapist
Email: hbeeson@llu.edu
Phone: 909-558-4547, ext. 47018

Chyrene Cutting, DMFT, MA, LMFT, LMHC

Chyrene Cutting, DMFT, MA, LMFT, LMHC

Assistant Professor, Counseling and Family Sciences

Areas: couples therapy, distress, and prevention; emotionally focused therapy; spirituality and whole person health; self of the therapist and clinical supervision; organizational development and change; sociocultural inequities; policy, advocacy, and global mental health; cultural considerations, ethics, and practices (with emphasis on MENA populations, PHP, IOP, and inpatient hospitalization); positive discipline parenting; behavior modification training; social constructivism and gender expression; reproductive health and sexual functioning; ethics and practice in sexual minority mental healthcare
Email: tccutting@llu.edu
Phone: 909-558-4953

Elizabeth J. James, DMFT, MA, LMFT, LPCC

Elizabeth J. James, DMFT, MA, LMFT, LPCC

Assistant Professor, Counseling and Family Sciences
Coordinator, Marital and Family Therapy MS Online Program

Areas: child and adolescent; pregnancy, prenatal, and postpartum depression; attachment and bonding; family systems; relationship issues; trauma and EMDR; neurodevelopmental disorders (ASD, ADHD); behavioral issues; DIR/Floortime and ABA; clinical supervision and mentorship; advancement of marriage and family therapy; person of the therapist
Email: ejames@llu.edu
Phone: 909-558-4547, ext. 47009

Zephon D. Lister, PhD, MS, MA, LMFT

Zephon D. Lister, PhD, MS, MA, LMFT

Professor, Counseling and Family Sciences
Director, Systems, Families, and Couples PhD Program

Areas: couples and chronic illness; medical family therapy/integrated behavioral health; religion and family functioning; global mental health; low dose interventions for acute and low resource settings
Email: zlister@llu.edu
Phone: 909-558-4547, ext. 47009

Lena Lopez Bradley, PhD, MS, LMFT

Lena Lopez Bradley, PhD, MS, LMFT

Assistant Professor, Counseling and Family Sciences
Director, Marital and Family Therapy MS Program

Areas: couples therapy; at-risk youth; anger management; crisis intervention and trauma; clinical training and supervision; school-based programs; mandated clients; program development
Email: llopezbradley@llu.edu
Phone: 909-558-4547, ext. 47010

Winetta A. Oloo, PhD, MS, LMFT

Winetta A. Oloo, PhD, MS, LMFT

Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, School of Behavioral Health
Professor, Counseling and Family Sciences

Areas: recovery-oriented care; clinical supervision; adolescent and transitional-aged youth development; treating severe mental illness
Email: woloo@llu.edu
Phone: 909-558-4547, ext. 42099

Alisha Saavedra, MA, CCLS

Alisha Saavedra, MA, CCLS

Assistant Professor, Counseling and Family Sciences
Director of Clinical Training, Child Life Specialist MS Program

Areas: child development; stress and coping in the hospital environment; grief and loss; clinical training and supervision; promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in child life
Email: asaavedra@llu.edu
Phone: 909-558-4547, ext. 47225

Monique E. Willis, PhD, MS, LMFT

Monique E. Willis, PhD, MS, LMFT

Assistant Professor, Counseling and Family Sciences
Director of Clinical Training, Marital and Family Therapy Programs

Areas: caregivers and chronic illness; intersectional justice, health equity, and wellness; person of the therapist and self-care; black and brown women's leadership in academia; qualitative research
Email: mwillis@llu.edu
Phone: 909-558-4547, ext. 81211

Administrative Staff

Veronica Link

Veronica Link

Administrative Assistant

Email: vlink@llu.edu
Phone: 909-558-4547, ext. 47003
Office: Griggs Hall, Room 202