Faculty and Administration
FACULTY
Deborah Andrews, Ph.D. has a private psychotherapy
practice with a specialty in the area of Health Psychology.
She gives numerous talks and workshops on the psych-
ology of illness and well-being. Much of her attention has
been devoted to the care of the terminally ill and their
families. Debbie is on the Professional Advisory Board
of the Wellness Community. She supervises, trains and
consults for health care professionals and local hospitals.
Debbie can be reached at Deborah@cincinnatigestalt.org or (513)651-5507.
"Our own lives are the instrument |
Paul Diamond, Ph.D., ABPP recently retired as director of Clinical Training in Psychology, as well as director of the EAP, at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center. He also served as director of the VA Drug Dependency Treatment program for over 10 years. In addition to consultation to various mental health agencies in group therapy and staff development, Paul maintains a private psychotherapy practice working with individuals, couples, families and groups. An area of interest is men's developmental issues. Paul can be reached at Paul@cincinnatigestalt.org or (513)421-9739
"If I am not for myself, who am I? |
Madelon Rudman Clark, MSW, is a licensed independent social worker who since 1967 has worked in the mental health field as a therapist, consultant and trainer. Madelon also maintained a private practice specializing in the area of eating disorders. In her work with clients she fosters the gestalt experience that is concerned with discovering, experiencing and learning for oneself rather than incorporating the attitudes, ideas and beliefs of others. She recently relocated to the Asheville, North Carolina area where she is currently working with the Appalachian Gestalt Training Institute.
The discovery of your own reality, your own light, will not fit into anything, But it will affect everything, something happens upon the planet when one man comes to that state. He has nothing to preach for he is a light unto himself. So can you be. - Tara Singh |
August J. Ventura, Ed.D. is a psychologist in private practice with over 25 years of experience. He works with individuals, couples and groups. He is a graduate of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland's Post-Graduate Intensive Training Program of 1979. He has worked extensively with persons with cancer, their families and caregivers. Gus is interested in working with resistance as a block to creativity and connection in personal growth. Gus can be reached at August@cincinnatigestalt.org or (513)381-0471.
"But little by little, |
Carol A. Walk, L.I.S.W., Ph.D. (emeritus).
After a full career as an LISW Social Worker and a Ph.D. psychologist, Carol is presently enjoying semi-retirement. She maintains a small private practice with clients who can tolerate her two month stays in Mexico and Europe.
Jayne M. Treinen Yager, Ed.D. (emeritus)
Jayne maintains a private practice with Geoffrey Yager, Ph.D. at the Holistic Counseling Care of Cincinnati in Clifton. The practice serves individuals, couples and groups. Spirituality and the grief process of healing form a foundation of Jayne's theoretical perspective. Jayne is most interested in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the journey of recovery from traumas. Jayne can be reached at Jayne@cincinntigestalt.org or (513)665-4444
"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. . . Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer." |
Board of Directors:
Bob Sutton - Chair
Sarah Lanman, PCC, NCC - Secretary
Paul Diamond, Ph.D., ABPP - Treasurer
Janet Castellini, Psy.D.
Madelon Rudman Clark, L.I.S.W,
Elizabeth Kuresman
Janine Melink Hueber
Helen Magers, L.P.C.C.
Joan Murray
Gus Ventura, Ed.D.