Experts Directory: Mental Health: Counseling and Therapy
Alejandra Acuña
Department of Social Work
work: (818) 677-7798
email: aacuna@csun.edu or aacunalcsw@gmail.com
Also speaks: Spanish
- Urban youth and families
- Traumatic stress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Resilience
- Mental health in schools
- School social work
- Family communication
- Family engagement in children’s mental health
- Evidence-based mental health practices
- Cognitive behavioral intervention for trauma in schools
- Parenting and family therapy
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Child welfare
- Program evaluation
- Cultural/traditional mental health practices
- Social marketing campaigns for mental health
Learn more about Alejandra Acuña:
- CSUN Professor’s Testimony Helps Reunite Mother and Daughter, and Win Class-Action Lawsuit for Families Separated at the Border
- Bilingual YouTube Channel Promotes Mental Health in Latinx Communities Through CSUN MSW Program
Wendy Ashley
Department of Social Work
work: (818) 677-7630
email: wendy.ashley@csun.edu
- Individual, couples and family therapy, specifically identity, trauma and relational issues
- Autism
- Veterans
- African Americans
- Transgender individuals
- Intersectionality, power and privilege
Ronald M. Borczon
Department of Music
Director, Music Therapy Clinic
work: (818) 677-3174 / 3184
email: rborczon@csun.edu
- Music therapy
- Music therapy with adult and adolescent psychiatric clients
- Music therapy with developmentally disabled clients
- Music therapy with various populations
- Music therapy for victims of disasters
Learn more about Ronald M. Borczon:
- CSUN Music Therapy Graduate Rekindles Hope for Grieving Children at the Dee Dee Jackson Foundation
- Music Therapy Student Hits All the Right Notes
Stan Charnofsky
Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling
work: (818) 677-2548 / 2601
email: stan.charnofsky@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish
- Marriage and divorce issues
- Relationships
- Cross-cultural issues
- Men’s issues
- Fidelity/infidelity
- Therapy issues
Learn more about Stan Charnofsky:
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Diane R. Gehart
Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling
work: (818) 677-7468
email: dgehart@csun.edu
Also speaks: German
- Marriage and family therapy
- Child abuse
- Couples issues
- Communication
- Mindfulness
- Buddhist psychology
- Positive psychology
Amy Levin
Department of Social Work
work: (818) 677-4994
email: amy.levin@csun.edu
- At-risk youth
- Veterans’ mental health
- 2011 National Association of Social Workers’ “Social Worker of the Year”
Learn more about Amy Levin:
- From Soldier to Civilian (video)
- From Avian-Inspired Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Pandemic Health Care, Students Showcase Research at Virtual CSUNposium
Allen Lipscomb
Department of Social Work
work: (818) 677-7630
email: allen.lipscomb@csun.edu
- Trauma
- Mental health treatment with communities of color
- Author, "Black Male Grief Reaction to Trauma: A Clinical Case Study of One Man's Mental Health Treatment"
Learn more about Allen Lipscomb:
Mark Sergi
Department of Psychology
work: (818) 677-7352
email: mark.sergi@csun.edu
- Clinical psychology
- Counseling
- Schizophrenia and related disorders
- Depression
- Bipolar disorder
Steven Sherry
Department of Social Work
work: (818) 677-6421
email: steven.sherry@csun.edu
- Child and adolescent psychotherapy
- Trauma-based therapy
- Emotional disturbance in children
- School-based mental health
- Child welfare and mental health
Scott M. Williams
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
work: (818) 701-6898
email:
- Family, marital/couple and individual therapy
- Families
- Adolescent males
- Parent/adolescent relationships
- Parenting children with special needs
- Premarital issues
- Aging
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Gender differences in communication
- Co-creator of “The Discovery Tool,” a screening instrument to detect age 0 to 5 development and delays
- Co-author: “My Family: Past, Present and Future”