Our Staff

Emergency Contacts

GMU Crisis Service:
703-993-2380, option 1
or
GMU Police: 703-993-2810
or
911
@caps_gmu
  • April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  Speak up, stand together, and support each other in creating spaces where everyone feels safe and valued. 🩵

#sexualassaultawarenessmonth #sexualassaultawareness #mentalhealth
  • When the college stress is hitting you harder than your coffee, we got you! 📚 Let Mel tell you about some simple yet effective tips to ease the stress and make your stress a bit lighter!
  • Join CAPS, @cwb_mason , and other campus partners for refreshing treats, games, resources, giveaways, and more! This event is perfect for students looking to recharge and have some fun! #SIWB24

If ADA accommodations are needed, please contact CAPS at least 24 hours prior to the event.

Interested in volunteering for this event? DM us to find out how.
  • Unlocking motivation and tackling procrastination with Lilia from PEP - every day is a step closer to our best selves!

Join our PEP team! Applications are now open. Simply visit cglink.me/2d7/s95009 or the link in our bio to apply on Mason360!
  • Exciting Announcement! 🌟 This is your opportunity to join CAPS's PEP team for the 2024-2025 academic year!! 

Our PEP members destigmatize mental health and create fun and meaningful initiatives for the Mason community! Who's ready to make a positive impact? Let's make it happen!

 
Apply on Mason360. To learn more, visit our website at https://caps.gmu.edu/trainees/peer-educator-program/.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  Speak up, stand together, and support each other in creating spaces where everyone feels safe and valued. 🩵

#sexualassaultawarenessmonth #sexualassaultawareness #mentalhealth
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  Speak up, stand together, and support each other in creating spaces where everyone feels safe and valued. 🩵

#sexualassaultawarenessmonth #sexualassaultawareness #mentalhealth
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  Speak up, stand together, and support each other in creating spaces where everyone feels safe and valued. 🩵

#sexualassaultawarenessmonth #sexualassaultawareness #mentalhealth
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  Speak up, stand together, and support each other in creating spaces where everyone feels safe and valued. 🩵

#sexualassaultawarenessmonth #sexualassaultawareness #mentalhealth
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  Speak up, stand together, and support each other in creating spaces where everyone feels safe and valued. 🩵

#sexualassaultawarenessmonth #sexualassaultawareness #mentalhealth
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Speak up, stand together, and support each other in creating spaces where everyone feels safe and valued. 🩵 #sexualassaultawarenessmonth #sexualassaultawareness #mentalhealth
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When the college stress is hitting you harder than your coffee, we got you! 📚 Let Mel tell you about some simple yet effective tips to ease the stress and make your stress a bit lighter!
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Join CAPS, @cwb_mason , and other campus partners for refreshing treats, games, resources, giveaways, and more! This event is perfect for students looking to recharge and have some fun! #SIWB24

If ADA accommodations are needed, please contact CAPS at least 24 hours prior to the event.

Interested in volunteering for this event? DM us to find out how.
Join CAPS, @cwb_mason , and other campus partners for refreshing treats, games, resources, giveaways, and more! This event is perfect for students looking to recharge and have some fun! #SIWB24 If ADA accommodations are needed, please contact CAPS at least 24 hours prior to the event. Interested in volunteering for this event? DM us to find out how.
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Unlocking motivation and tackling procrastination with Lilia from PEP - every day is a step closer to our best selves! Join our PEP team! Applications are now open. Simply visit cglink.me/2d7/s95009 or the link in our bio to apply on Mason360!
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Exciting Announcement! 🌟 This is your opportunity to join CAPS's PEP team for the 2024-2025 academic year!! 

Our PEP members destigmatize mental health and create fun and meaningful initiatives for the Mason community! Who's ready to make a positive impact? Let's make it happen!

 
Apply on Mason360. To learn more, visit our website at https://caps.gmu.edu/trainees/peer-educator-program/.
Exciting Announcement! 🌟 This is your opportunity to join CAPS's PEP team for the 2024-2025 academic year!! 

Our PEP members destigmatize mental health and create fun and meaningful initiatives for the Mason community! Who's ready to make a positive impact? Let's make it happen!

 
Apply on Mason360. To learn more, visit our website at https://caps.gmu.edu/trainees/peer-educator-program/.
Exciting Announcement! 🌟 This is your opportunity to join CAPS's PEP team for the 2024-2025 academic year!! Our PEP members destigmatize mental health and create fun and meaningful initiatives for the Mason community! Who's ready to make a positive impact? Let's make it happen! Apply on Mason360. To learn more, visit our website at https://caps.gmu.edu/trainees/peer-educator-program/.
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OUR DIVERSITY…

Our diversity represents various countries, territories, and states, including Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Peru, India, and England; California, Georgia, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New England, New Jersey, Illinois, and the DMV (DC/Maryland/Virginia).

Together, we speak several languages and dialectsArabic, American Sign Language, Mandarin, Spanish, Sinhala, Telugu, and English.

We share diversity in regard to race and ethnicity, including African American, Arab American, Asian American, Asian, Biracial, Black, Black-American descendant of enslaved persons, Chinese, Latinx, Multiracial, South Asian, Sri Lankan, Peruvian, Welsh-Irish, and White. 

We self-identify with diverse affectional orientations and gender identities, such as bisexual, gay, heterosexual, and lesbian; cisgender female, cisgender male, gender queer and non-binary. We welcome people from all orientations and genders.

We come from different social class backgrounds, such as poor, lower middle class, working class, middle class, and upper-middle.

We also share diverse ability status, including visible and invisible mental and physical disabilities, such as ADHD, anxiety disorders, and chronic health concerns, and infertility/IVF challenges.

We have different worldviews, like Agnostic, Atheist, Buddhist, Catholic, Christian, Ecumenical, Hindu, Interfaith, Jewish, Muslim and Spiritual. 

We have bodies with many different sizes, shapes, and skin tones

Among our staff some are first generation and/or international college students, former college and professional athletes, military family members, veterans, and additional invisible identities may also be represented.

 

CAPS is dedicated to scheduling students with the first available clinician. We understand that some students may have specific identity requests, and we make efforts to honor them. However, please note that our ability to fulfill these requests depends on our clinicians’ caseloads and availability. 

Administrative Support Staff

Staci E. Grogan (she/her)
Administrative Assistant
Idris O’Connor (he/him/his)
Administrative Assistant
Beth Rivelis, B.A. (she/her)
Administrative Assistant

Leadership Team

Jennifer A. Kahler, Psy.D. (she/her)
Director
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Calena Creft, MS, LPC, NCC (she/her)
Assistant Director, Outreach Services
Licensed Professional Counselor
Alexander Harrison, MA, LPC (he/him)
Associate Director, Clinical Services
Licensed Professional Counselor
Kavita Jagarlamudi, M.D. (she/her)
Assistant Director, Psychiatric Services
Board Certified Psychiatrist
Robin Joseph-Quigley, LPC, NCC (she/her)
Assistant Director, Clinical Services
Licensed Professional Counselor
Nina Joshi, MA (she/her)
Operations Manager
Alexandra (Allie) Minieri, Ph.D. (she/her)
Associate Director, Training
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Derek Vigon, Psy.D. (he/him)
Assistant Director, Sport Psychology
Licensed Clinical and Sport Psychologist

Full Time Clinicians

Andrew Anderson, LPC (he/him/his)
Licensed Professional Counselor
Law School and Fairfax Campuses
Shereen Ayoubi, Psy.D. (she/her)
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Coordinator of Outreach Services
Shannon Bellflower, MA, LPC (she/her)
Licensed Professional Counselor
Matthew R. Benic, LPC, NCC
Licensed Professional Counselor
Jocelyn Cooper, LPC (she/her)
Licensed Professional Counselor
Clinician, Inclusive Community Building
Diana Davis, Psy.D. (she/her)
Senior Psychologist
Phil Eiseman, Ph.D. (they/them)
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Clinician, Inclusive Community Building
Allison Funk, L.P.C.(she/her/hers)
Licensed Professional Counselor
Jessica M. Hively, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC (she/her)
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Adam H. Moore, LCSW (he/they)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Keshani Perera, Psy.D. (she/her/hers)
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Coordinator of Outreach Services
Mandi Quay, Psy.D. (she/her/hers)
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Coordinator of Group Therapy Services
Melanie Ramirez-Carpio, LCSW (she/her/ella)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Kevin Tabb, Ph.D. (he,him,his)
Senior Psychologist
Externship Coordinator

Part Time Clinicians and Administrative Staff

Chloe Connell, LCSW (she/her)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Ann Penick, LPC, LCPC, NCC (she/her)
Licensed Professional Counselor
Itzel Reyes (she/her)
Outreach and Media Specialist
Marlena Wu, Psy.D. (she/hers)
Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Trainees

Psychology Interns

Noor Alwani, M.Ed. (she/her)
Psychology Intern
Danielle Inés Ledesma, M.A. (she/her)
Psychology Intern
Jayoti Soor, M.A., M. Psy. (she/her)
Psychology Intern

Psychology Externs

Yifei Du, M.Psy. (she/her/hers)
Psychology Extern
Isaiah Lamb, M.Psy. (he/him)
Psychology Extern
Daniel Vo, M.Psy. (he/his)
Psychology Extern