Counseling and Psychological Services at UC Santa Cruz is a decentralized service with professionally trained counseling psychologists located in each college and in our central counseling office in the Cowell Student Health Center Building. The staff members come from a variety of backgrounds and have special interests and experiences in helping students explore various issues. The following is a list of counseling psychologists and their locations.

Please keep in mind that although some of us have a particular interest in some areas, all of us on staff are aware of the social pressures and cultural characteristics which affect particular groups in different ways. Therefore, we have been trained in aspects of multicultural counseling; gay, lesbian, and bisexual counseling; rape and sexual abuse counseling; and in counseling students with disabilities. The CPS staff engage in mandatory and elective continuing education for mental health professionals.

Robert L. Bartee, Ph.D.
Oakes College, Room 225
(831) 459-2220

Robert has experience and training in individual, couples and group therapy. He has a background in community psychology and has worked in a variety of mental health and educational settings. He is interested in the treatment of anxiety disorders, depression and substance abuse issues. Additional interests are bi-cultural/multicultural students, gay/bi/lesbian issues, ethnic, and spiritual concerns.

Mary M. Clarke, Ph.D.
Porter College, D229 (a.m.)
Student Health Center, Rm 105 (p.m.)
(831) 459-2572

Mary is a Postdoctoral Fellow with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. Her interests include women's issues, emotional eating and other eating concerns, GLBTQ issues, and healing from trauma and abuse. With an overall feminist philosophy, Mary integrates psychodynamic, multicultural and existential approaches to counseling.

Kristyn Fowkes, Ph.D.
Merrill College, Rm 107A
(831) 459-2975

Kristyn is a postdoctoral fellow who has just completed her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at University of Oregon. She has received training in family, couples, and group therapy, and operates from a cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal clinical orientations. Her interests include identity and multiculturalism, college student depression and anxiety, and helping students with developmental transitions.

Lorchen Heft, Ph.D.
Family Student Housing, Apt. 712
(831) 459-2880

Lorchen is a licensed psychologist. She is the counseling psychologist at Family Student Housing. Trained with a family systems orientation, she has extensive experience working with families, couples, individuals, and groups. Additional interests include graduate student, re-entry student, and parenting concerns.

Alexis Karris, M.A.
Kresge Annex B, Room 109
(831) 502-7193

Alexis is a pre-doctoral psychology intern currently completing her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Colorado at Boulder.  She works integratively using cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, acceptance and commitment, and positive psychology interventions.  She has special interests in depression and anxiety, eating issues, identity and multiculturalism, GLBTI issues, and helping students achieve increased happiness and meaning in their lives.

Audrey Kim, Ph.D.
College 9, Soc Sci II, Room 150A
(831) 459-1373

Audrey is a licensed psychologist with experience in individual, couples, and group therapy. Audrey generally approaches counseling from a developmental and growth-oriented perspective, using insight-oriented as well as cognitive behavioral techniques. Her areas of interest include relationship issues, eating concerns, and career counseling. She especially enjoys working with students of color, first generation college students, and graduate students.

Paul Kim, M.A.
Kresge College, Room 200,
(831) 502-7220

Jerry Lee, MFT, Associate Director/Acting Co-director
Crown College, Room 207
(831) 459-2269

Jerry is licensed as a Marriage, Family, and Child Therapist. His background is in Community/Clinical Psychology, having worked in both Community Mental Health and academic settings. Some of his special interests are cross-cultural issues in therapy, particularly with Asian Americans, eating disorders, and ACA issues.

Justin Li, M.A.
Kresge Annex B, Rm 107
(831) 502-7192

Justin is a pre-doctoral intern completing his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at Loyola University Chicago.  His interests include identity development, cross-cultural and multicultural psychology, and college student development. He integrates interpersonal, humanistic, and multicultural approaches to counseling.

A. Patrice Monsour, Ph.D.
College 8, Room 212 Academic Building
(831) 459-2109

Patrice is a licensed psychologist with a background in clinical/community psychology and Zen Buddhism. Her interests include spirituality, GLBT issues, multicultural counseling (especially with Middle Eastern students), healing from child abuse, and working with transfer and reentry students. She integrates developmental, existential, and Buddhist approaches to counseling.

MaryJan Murphy, Ph.D., Training Director / Acting Co-director
Cowell College, Room 206
(831) 459-2120

MaryJan is a licensed psychologist with a Ph.D. in counseling psychology and is the Training Director for our APA-Accredited Predoctoral Internship Program in Professional Psychology. She has experience and training in individual, couples, and group therapy, outreach and consultation, and supervision and training. Her training has included integrative and developmental approaches to psychotherapy. She is interested in training and supervision, women's issues, eating disorders, rape and sexual assault, issues facing reentry students, relationship concerns, and career development.

Peg Shemaria-Hedman, Ph.D.
Kresge College, Room 162
(831) 459-4481

Peg is a licensed psychologist with a PhD in clinical psychology and a background in clinical/community psychology. Her interests include GLBT issues, spirituality , multicultural counseling and recovering from various forms of abuse. She integrates counseling from a developmental, existential and self psychology perspective.

Susan Gulbe Walsh, Ph.D.
Kresge Annex B., Room 105
(831) 502-7190

Susan has training and experience in individual, couples and group therapy, as well as a background working in social service, mental health, and educational settings. She is particularly interested in culture, identity, and eating issues and is passionate about community mental health, social justice, and the interface of psychology and religion. Her therapeutic approach is integrative with an emphasis on Jungian, existential, and psychodynamic perspectives; she also draws on treatment modalities such as art therapy and somatic practices.

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