Counseling Center

Meet the Staff

Eve Adams, Ph.D., Adjunct Staff Psychologist

Eve received her PhD in Counseling Psychology at the Ohio State University and completed her internship there also. She worked for 6 years at the University of Akron’s Counseling Center and served as the Training Director of the pre-doctoral internship program there. She is currently is an Associate Professor and the Training Director of the APA-accredited Doctoral Program in Counseling Psychology at New Mexico State University. Eve's professional interests include supervision, multicultural identity development, gender role beliefs, LGBT psychology, culturally-competent counseling competencies, and mindfulness-based interventions.

Angella Anderson, M.A., LPC, Doctoral Psychology Intern

Angella is a doctoral psychology intern from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology. She began working with college students at Northern Illinois University and greatly enjoys the opportunities for personal and professional growth that working with students allows. She has a strong interest in supervision of trainees in psychology and research in Emotion Focused Therapy. Her clniical interests including eating disorder/body image concerns, trauma and abuse/neglect recovery, non-suicidal self-injury, crisis intervention, and working with veterans and their families.

María P. Arizaga, Ph.D., Associate Training Director

María received her Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from New Mexico State University. Her major interests are in counselor training and supervision; working with clients with issues related to domestic violence, sexual abuse and other forms of trauma, acculturation, and grief and loss. Working with LGBTQ clients is another area of strong interest.

Justin Boland, M.A., Graduate Assistant

Justin is a 3rd year doctoral student in the Counseling and Education program at NMSU. He received his master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Boston College. His clinical interests include using mindfulness based intervention to not only treat mental health concerns such as anxiety and depression but also to promote psychological well being.

Debra Darmata, WAVE Program Coordinator

Debra is originally from Chicago and has a Master's Degree in Psychology. Her life work and passion has been in the field of Psychology with extensive experience working with women who suffer from eating disorders, substance abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Theresa Demock, Administrative Assistant, Associate

Theresa has worked in the Counseling Center since 1999. She was the Records Tech I until May 2007, and then she was promoted to the Administrative Assistant, Associate.

Carol Fonseca, M.S., Psychology Resident, Outreach Coordinator

Carol attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Counseling Psychology program and completed her doctoral internship at the College of William & Mary Counseling Center in Williamsburg, VA. Her interests include sexuality and gender diversity issues, multicultural concerns/issues, trauma and intimate partner violence, relationship issues, and adjustment to college issues in particular involving first generation college students.

Angelina Frias, Administrative Assistant

Angelina has been working at NMSU for 10 years and has been at the Counseling Center for 2 years. She received her Bachelor's degree from NMSU and is now in the process of earning her Master's degree also from NMSU.

Elizabeth Gosset-Swan, B.A., Doctoral Psychology Intern

Elizabeth is a doctoral psychology intern from the University of Utah. Her areas of clinical interests include working with first-generation college students, students of color, addressing concerns with differing acculturation levels between ethnic minority students and their parents, and students struggling with emotional difficulties (depression and anxiety) and developmental issues (relationship problems and identity concerns). She is also fluent in both Spanish and English, and enjoys working with Spanish-speaking students.

Joey Hannah, Ph.D., Suicide Prevention Programming

Joey received his doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Florida, and completed his doctoral internship at the Georgia State University Counseling & Testing Center in Atlanta, GA. His interests include suicide prevention/intervention, crisis intervention, sexual and gender diversity issues, trauma recovery, grief and loss, interpersonal relationships, college student development, teaching and training/supervision.

Daubney Harper, M.A., LMHC, Psychology Resident

Daubney completed all of the requirements for her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at New Mexico State University and completed her internship at Denver Health, a large medical center in downtown Denver, CO. Her clinical interests include adjustment and management of medical conditions, treatment of anxiety disorders, trauma, grief and loss, religious and spiritual issues, and identity development. Her research interests have been in areas of behavioral health care in medical settings and building multicultural competence in the areas of religion and spirituality.

Kristal Kinzer, M.A., LPCC, Career Exploration Center Coordinator

Kristal received her Masters degree in Counseling Psychology from the New Mexico State University. She spent six years working with at risk children and adolescents in Cincinnati and has a strong interest in developmental assets and resiliency traits. Kristal is the coordinator of the Career Exploration Center and has a passion for helping students find direction and a good fit for their career/life path.

Jessica Magallanes, M.A., Doctoral Psychology Intern

Jessica is a doctoral psychology intern at NMSU. She is completing her doctoral degree at Pepperdine University. Her primary clinical interests are in the areas of cultural, sexual, and gender diversity; including personal and community development, the coming out process, and same-sex relationships. Other areas of interest include depression, anxiety, and crisis intervention in the college student population.

Lori Martinez-Haussamen, LMSW, NMSU Social Work Services

Lori is a Social Worker for the Student Health Center and the Counseling Center. She has a master's degree in Social Work from New Mexico State University. Before coming to NMSU, she worked with children ages birth-3 and individuals with disabilities. Her professional interests include parent-child attachment patterns, social justice, community development, suicide prevention, and working with individuals and families in poverty.

Kristy McPherson, Ph.D., Psychologist

Kristy received her doctorate in counseling psychology from NMSU. She is passionate about couples reconnecting and utilizes the emotionally focused therapy model. Additional clinical interests include faith/spiritual journeys and trauma recovery. Kristy considers it an honor to come alongside people as they walk through times of growth and transformation.

Sandy Newsome, Ph.D., Behavioral Health & Wellness Coordinator

Sandy received her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology at New Mexico State University and her master's degree in Mental Health Counseling from Montana State University. She enjoys working with individuals, couples, and groups of diverse backgrounds. Her areas of interest include stress reduction using mindfulness and biofeedback, self-compassion, depression and anxiety, eating disorders/body image concerns, addictions, sexual and gender diversity, as well as training and supervision.

Claudia Porras, Ph.D., Psychology Resident

Claudia is currently an assistant professor with the Counseling and Educational Psychology Department. Her clinical interests include working with first generation college students, acculturative stress, maintaining a cultural and familial understanding of clinical concerns, attachment and interpersonal difficulties.

Montevis "Tay" Price, LMSW, Counselor

Tay received his BSW and Masters of Social Work from NMSU. While in the advanced MSW program, he completed internships with the Children, Youth and Families Department and in a clinical private practice setting. He enjoys working with a wide range of people who are struggling with various concerns. Additionally, he has special clinical interests in working with veterans and those struggling with family issues.

Kristin Rankin, M.A., LMHC, Graduate Assistant

Information coming soon.

Karen Schaefer, Ph.D., Director

Karen received her Doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has a strong interest in the training and supervision of trainees in counseling; clinical interests in working with individuals who have childhood histories of abuse (physical, emotional, sexual, neglect), other forms of trauma, grief and loss issues, offenders of abuse, animal abuse (offenders and victims who witnessed such abuse), and the provision of animal-assisted therapy.

Nisha Todi, M.S., Doctoral Psychology Intern

Growing up as a South Asian American woman, Nisha developed a strong passion for working with diverse populations, particularly the East and South Asian populations. She primarily incorporates relational, family systems, and culturally sensitive psychotherapeutic approaches to counseling. She also enjoys working with individuals and groups on many different topics such as anxiety, depression, relationship conflicts, and women's issues. Nisha views therapy as a collaborative process to address the unique needs of students.

Corey Vas, Ph.D., Associate Director, Clinical Services

Corey's primary professional interests include biofeedback, hypnosis, LGBT issues, anxiety disorders and early childhood intervention. Much of his practice includes career planning, counselor training and supervision, and group therapy for men and for LGBT individuals.

Mike Waldo, Ph.D., Psychologist

Mike is currently a professor with the Counseling and Educational Psychology Department at New Mexico State University. His practice and research interests include design and evaluation of preventive interventions that employ group work to improve interpersonal relations.