Department of 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

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

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

Areas: meta-analysis; structural equation modeling; qualitative research; Bowen family systems; family violence; military families
Email: bcafferky@llu.edu
Phone: 909-558-4547, ext. 47002

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

Areas: health; chronic illnesses; translational research; family systems; research methodologies; statistics; multivariate analysis
Email: bdistelberg@llu.edu
Phone: 909-558-4547, ext. 47019

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

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

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

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

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

Areas: medical family therapy; adult and pediatric illness; palliative and hospice care; maternal mental health; burnout; grief and loss; qualitative research; women's professional development in academia
Email: jwilliamsreade@llu.edu
Phone: 909-558-4547, ext. 47025

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

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

Email: smonell@llu.edu
Phone: 909-558-4547, ext. 47001
Office: Griggs Hall, Room 209