Counseling and Mental Health Services Team
Counselors
Sheri Broussard, LCSW
Clinical Counselor
Professional Areas of Interest: social justice issues, cultural identity and humility, the african diaspora, community mental health, alcohol and other drug treatment and recovery, and healthy lifestyle support.
Personal Interests: Travel, writing, cooking and eating, science fiction and Disneyland.
Motto: "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." ~ Maya Angelou
Karla Castillo, LMFT, LPCC*
Clinical Counselor
Professional Areas of Interest: Substance use disorders, EMDR, trauma, mindfulness, multicultural issues, issues affecting undocumented students, harm reduction, and crisis counseling.
Personal Interests: Swimming, biking, jogging, dancing, music, and travel.
Motto: "I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival." ~ Audre Lourde
Laurene Dominguez, LCSW
Clinical Counselor
Professional Areas of Interest: cultural identity/multicultural issues, Chicanx/Latinx support, first-generation students, crisis/trauma especially sexual violence support, EMDR, somatic healing methods, anxiety, healthy relationships, and social justice issues and the integration of western and indigenous ways of healing.
Personal Interests: music, dancing, travel, watching b films on Netflix, and my puppy Maya.
Motto: "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare." ~ Audre Lorde
Yolanda Gamboa, PhD*
Clinical Counselor
Professional Areas of Interest: Multicultural issues, first-generation college students, AB 540 undocumented students, women of color, Chicano/a and Latino/a population, LGBTQ, and underserved and underrepresented students. Training and supervision of graduate and postgraduates.
Personal Interests: Spending time with family, walking my dog, cooking/baking, hiking, and meditation.
Motto: "Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow'." ~ Mary Ann Radmacher
Megan Gredesky, LMFT
Clinical Counselor
Professional Areas of Interest: Somatic therapy, Brainspotting and Mindfulness. PTSD, complex trauma, developmental trauma, grief and loss. Social justice issues.
Personal Interests: Movies, Buddhism, and spending time in nature.
Motto: “We can’t be brave in the big world without at least one small safe space to work through our fears and falls.” Brene Brown
Rick Nizzardini, LCSW
Clinical Counselor
Professional Areas of Interest: Interpersonal processes, trauma, relationships, LGBTQIIA+ issues, and University Residential Life.
Motto: “I am not what happened to me; I am what I choose to become.” ~ Carl Jung
Rachel Ongpin, LCSW
Clinical Counselor
Professional Areas of Interest: first generation students, PTSD/complex trauma, anxiety, grief and loss, social justice, mindfulness, women of color, healthy relationships + attachment styles, filipino diaspora, and therapeutic arts.
Personal Interests: traveling, spirituality, being in nature, collecting trinkets/art, yoga, reading, spending time with my loved ones and being a cat mama
Motto: “In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.” -Thurgood Marshall
Bita Shooshani, LMFT
Clinical Counselor
Professional Areas of Interest: Healthy identity development for marginalized communities; harm reduction as a philosophy for relating to ourselves and others; overcoming perfectionism and impostor phenomenon; mindfulness and meditation; healing from spiritual trauma.
Personal Interests: music, books, playing games, spirituality and magic, being a mom
Motto:
“When we can see ourselves as we truly are and accept ourselves, we build the necessary foundation for self-love.” - bell hooks
"It is strangely liberating to realize your true status as a node in a single network." - Tyson Yunkaporta