UHS - Counseling Services Staff

Counseling Services' Staff

Counseling Service's staff is helpful, open, and experienced. In addition to our professional staff, graduate students from the departments of Psychology and Leadership and Counseling are also available to work with clients. The staff includes:

Lisa Lauterbach, Ph.D., Director:
Lisa is a licensed clinical psychologist. She has returned to working with university students after having worked at veteran's hospitals and mental health clinics for 10 years. She has experience in working with clients with sexual trauma, eating disorders, substance abuse, depression, and anxiety. She joined our team in 2002.

Oscar Alcaine, Ph.D., Staff Psychologist:
Oscar is a licensed clinical psychologist who started working at EMU in 2006 after moving from New York where he worked at SUNY Purchase’s Counseling Center and previous to that, completed a clinical fellowship at Columbia University Counseling and Psychological Services. His interests include working with students who present with anxiety and depression, multicultural issues in therapy, interpersonal processes in treatment, and the integration of eclectic perspectives in psychotherapy.

Lourdes Mir-Orrange, LMSW, Clinical Social Worker:
Lourdes is a licensed clinical social worker who joined the EMU Counseling Services team in 2007. She comes to EMU with 18 years of clinical experience after having worked in several outpatient mental health clinics, public health clinics, and at Cornell Counseling and Psychological Services. Her experience includes working with clients with depression and anxiety, intimate relationship conflict, domestic violence, grief/loss issues, chronic illness, and phase of life problems. Lourdes is especially interested in working with international students around acculturation issues and working with multicultural issues in therapy.

Stephanie Tandy, Secretary:
Stephanie has worked at Eastern Michigan University since 1999 and worked in the Department of Social Work before coming to Counseling Services 2001.

Graduate Student Counselors

Mary Gillis, M.S., Psychology Trainee
Mary has been with Counseling Services since 2006, when she was a student therapist. She is currently working towards licensure. Her training is in cognitive-behavioral interventions for depression and anxiety, and she has a special interest in interpersonal and social influences on mood. She has presented workshops on self-esteem and body image, and trust and communication in relationships.

Valentina Ivezaj, B.A., Student Therapist
Valentina is a second year master's student in the General Clinical Psychology Program at Eastern Michigan University. Her clinical interests include eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and relationship problems. Her research primarily focuses on binge eating and body image concerns across gender and ethnic groups.

Ashley Lyon, B.A., Student Therapist
Ashley is a master’s candidate in the General Clinical Psychology program at EMU. She has a special interest in working with adolescents within juvenile justice, residential treatment programs, and foster care settings. She presently serves as a direct care staff at Oakland County Children’s Village and as a graduate assistant within the Institute for the Study of Children, Families, and Communities at EMU."

Eric Miller, B.S., Student Therapist
Eric is a third year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology Program at Eastern Michigan University. Having recently been accepted into the Ph.D. program, this will be his first year as a Doctoral Fellow in the Clinical Psychology Program. Eric has previously worked as a student therapist at the EMU Psychology Clinic and has experience working with relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, and long term substance abuse. His research and clinical interest are in the area of Mindfulness- and Acceptance-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies.

Jacqueline M. Titus, M.S., T.L.L.P:
Jackie is a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology program at EMU. In addition to Counseling Services, Jackie sees clients at the EMU Psychology Clinic and has worked as a therapist in an inpatient child and adolescent psychiatric hospital. Her clinical interests include eating disorders, depression, domestic abuse, and relationship problems. Her research is on the acceptability of treatments for childhood disorders and parenting styles among different populations.

Katie Woods, B.A., Student Therapist
Katie is a second year master’s student in the General Clinical Psychology program at EMU. Her prior experience includes working with adults in an outpatient setting with various chronic mental illnesses. Her research interests include adolescent and young adult mental health and gender role beliefs.

Counselors In Residence

Andy Cameron, M.S.
Andy is a fourth-year Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology and currently serves as the Counselor-in-Residence in the first-year center. He has presented workshops on migraine headaches, relationship issues, and pathological gambling and co-led a social anxiety group. Andy also works at the EMU Psychology Clinic and has experience with depression, grief, anxiety, anger management, substance abuse, eating disorders, and relationship issues. His research interests include treatment of pathological gambling, especially internet-based applications.

Graduate Assistants

Katie Thomas, M.S.Ed.
Katie is a master’s candidate in the General Clinical Psychology program at EMU. Her prior experience includes school counseling and working with children with learning difficulties. Her clinical and research interests include neuropsychological assessment of learning disabilities, Autism and ADHD.