Faculty

Gabrielle Gebel, PhD, LMFT
Senior Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
AAMFT Approved Supervisor

Major Interests: Feminist Family Therapy, Couples Therapy, Queer Couples, Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare & Medical Family Therapy, Reproductive Justice, Sexual Trauma, Trauma-Informed Care.

Jessica Goodman, PhD, LMFT
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
AAMFT Approved Supervisor

Major Interests: Medical Family Therapy, Integrated Behavioral Healthcare, Narrative- Informed Medical Family Therapy, Social and Political Advocacy in Family Therapy, Emergency Department Utilization, Relational Healthcare Utilization Decision – Making, Translational Research using Machine Learning, Healthcare Provider Burnout Prevention, Medical Residency Education and Coaching.

Kristin Koberstein, PhD, LMFT
Senior Instructor, Department of Psychiatry 
AAMFT Approved Supervisor

Major Interests: Medical Family Therapy, Clinical Supervision, Collaboration between primary care and Mental health, Refugee Care, and Postpartum adjustment for families

Jessica Moore, PhD
Clinical Director, Strong Family Therapy Services
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics

Major Interests: Pediatric Family Psychology, Medical Family Therapy, Chronic Illness, Developmental and Behavioral Needs, Parenting, and Advocacy, Teaching, Clinical Work, and Research Interests focused on Collaboration and Integrated Care.

Jenny Speice, PhD, LMFT
Director, MS MFT Program
Co-Director: Family Therapy Training Program,
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
AAMFT Approved Supervisor

Major Interests: Families and Health, particularly related to genetic concerns and infertility/fertility treatments; grief and loss; and ethics and professional Practice     

Michelle Swanger-Gagne, PhD, NCSP
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Pediatrics

Major Interests: Family engagement and children’s education and health Care, Family- school- community partnerships, pediatric collaborative and integrative care, school, and healthcare consultation, specific clinical interests include pediatric pain, chronic health conditions, and children / youth, children/ youth with behavioral concerns and school challenges.  

Susan H. McDaniel, PhD, LMFT
Dr. Laurie Sands Distinguished Professor of Families & Health
Director, Institute for the Family, Department of Psychiatry
Vice Chair, Department of Family Medicine

Major Interests: Medical Family Therapy, Integrated Primary and Specialty Care, Healthcare Teams and Collaboration, Inter- Professional Education, Reproductive Technologies, Genetic Testing, Unexplained Medical Symptoms, Physician- Patient Communication, and Communication Coaching for Physicians and other Health Professionals

Carol Podgorski, PhD, MPH, LMFT
Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Chair of Faculty Affairs, Department of Psychiatry

Major Interests: Family Therapy in Dementia and Long- Term Care, Academic Community.

Tziporah Rosenberg, PhD, LMFT
​Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Chair of Education, Department of Psychiatry

Major Interests: Medical Family Therapy, Models of collaborative and integrative healthcare, Couple and family therapy training education assessment, effects of illness and health on family relationships

Maisha Enaharo, MPH, MS
Clinical Associate in Psychiatry
Co-instructor, MS MFT Program

Major Interests: Trainings/group facilitation: Internalized racism; Structural/systemic racism; Intersectionality of Identities, Leadership coaching, Effective black parenting

Traci Terrance, PhD, LCSW
Senior Instructor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine
Co-Instructor, MS MFT Program

Major Interests: Cultural humility; Development in graduate clinical training; Integrated care and Community engagement; Dismantling structural racism and oppression; Narrative therapy

Shanice Aluko, MS, MFT
Marriage and Family Therapist
AAMFT Supervisor in Training

Major Interests: couple/marital and family therapy, faith/spirituality and psychotherapy, medical family therapy, Black/African American family issues and parenting, children/youth with behavioral concerns, and collaboration between primary care, mental health, and faith-based organizations.

Alex Brumfield, MS, LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist
AAMFT Supervisor in Training

Major Interests: Narrative therapy, integrated behavioral healthcare, neurodiversity, structural and intergenerational inequity, exposure response prevention and inference based treatments for anxiety/OCD, collaboration with family systems throughout treatment, serious and persistent mental illness

BriAnna DiLuigi, MS, LMFT ;
Marriage and Family Therapist
AAMFT Supervisor in Training

Major Interests: family relationships and couples therapy, parenting and parent- child relationships.

Tonya Girard, MS, LMFT
Senior Marriage and Family Therapist
AMFT Approved Supervisor 
Course Instructor, MS MFT Program 

Major Interests: medical family therapy, collaborative/integrated health practice, trauma informed care and treatment, mind-body integration, women’s and LGBTQIA+ health.

Chinh Huynh, MS, LMFT 
Marriage and Family Therapist 
AAMFT Supervisor in Training in Family Therapy Services 

Major interests: intimate partner violence, intergenerational trauma and abuse, self-of-the-therapist, diverse and inclusive workplace 

Benjamin Schwabe, M.S. LMFT 
Marriage and Family Therapist
AAMFT Supervisor in Training

Major interests: Narrative, postmodern and psychodynamic therapies, anti-racist and equitable clinical practice, prison abolition and decarceration, religious and spiritual concerns in psychotherapy.

Rachael Zoller, MS, LMFT
Associate Director of Mental Health and Gender Wellness at URMC Gender Wellness
Obstetrics and Gynecology AAMFT Approved Supervisor

Major interests: Integrated mental health care in OB/GYN, couple/relational/family therapy, adolescent mental health, clinical supervision, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Health at Every Size (HAES), body image and body diversity.