Counseling Center Hours
Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 7:00 pm & Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
(Closed 12:00 - 1:00 for lunch)

The services of the Center are open to regularly enrolled (matriculated) undergraduate and graduate students.

Services Provided

Personal Counseling & Psychotherapy

Counselors offer help to individual students with personal concerns.

Group Counseling & Psychotherapy

Personal development groups are available for students which focus on specific problem areas such as shyness, procrastination, assertiveness, and family concerns. Other groups discuss broader life issues such as interpersonal relationships.

SPRING 2008 Groups Forming

Marital & Couples Counseling

Counselors work with couples to help them with problems arising from the relationship.

Consultation & Outreach Services

The Center provides programming on a wide range of mental health issues for the University community. Projects in the past have included workshops on stress, coping with depression and relationships. The Center also offers consultation to individuals and groups. The consultations may relate to concerns about others rather than self.

Referral Services for Students

The Center provides referral assistance to students who may be in need of mental health services unavailable on campus.

Counseling Clinic: Graduate Training Clinic

The Counseling Clinic provides individual, couples, and group counseling to  San Francisco State registered students and is a sponsored graduate training program of Counseling and Psychological Services and the Department of Counseling. There are no fees for services.

Prevention Programs/CEASE

A part of the Center providing substance abuse resources including assessment, referrals and counseling. Prevention Programs/CEASE develops and sponsors on-campus programming.

Interim Director: Guadalupe Avila, LCSW

Associate Director: Derethia DuVal, PhD., LMFT

Clinical Counselors
Taghi Amjadi, Ph.D., LMFT

Mary Cavagnaro, LMFT
Coordinator of Graduate Training

Patricia Davis, LMFT
Coordinator of Faculty and Staff Services

Curtis Mabry, LMFT

Rick Nizzardini, LCSW

Tato Torres, PhD., LMFT

Shannon Ulrike, Psy.D.

Pauline Wan, LCSW
Liason to International Students

Lightfoot Wilhite, LCSW

Prevention Education Programs:
Michael Ritter, CRC, Coordinator
Bita Shooshani, LMFT, Clinical Counselor
Karla Castillo, MFTI, Prevention Education Specialist

Counseling available in the following languages: 
American Sign Language (ASL), Cantonese, Farsi, Spanish

Administrative Assistants:
Katharine Tsang
Emily Wong-Yan
Bilingual in Mandarin and Cantonese