Eliza McArdle, Ph.D.
Director of Counseling Services

Eliza McArdle has been at HCHS since 2003. She received her degree in clinical psychology from the University of Massachusetts and completed her training through Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Mental Health Institute. She has been working in college mental health settings since 1996, and has additionally worked with the homeless and chronically mentally ill population in Boston. Eliza’s clinical and research interests include the treatment of self-injurious behavior, eating disorders, and depression. She has a special interest in college student identity development and has extensive experience working with the LGBT community.  

Stephen M. Klein, Ph.D.
Senior Psychologist

Stephen Klein has been with the College since 1972 and, until 2008, served as the director of mental health. Dr. Klein was trained at the University of Massachusetts and the University of California Medical School, San Francisco. He has a special interest in psychoanalytic theory and its application to clinical practice. He is also very involved in developing the counseling service’s group therapy program.

Corey Albert Griffin, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist

Corey Albert Griffin is a psychologist who has worked in college mental health since 2003. She did graduate-level research studying online support groups. Corey uses an eclectic approach to therapy, integrating cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic techniques and always trying to match her style to the needs of each individual client.

 
Angela Bardawil, LICSW
Staff Psycholtherapist

Angela Bardawil has been an individual psychotherapist for over 20 years. She received her master's at Smith College School for Social Work and has continued to practice psycho-dynamic, psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy with a variety of diverse populations.Angela is especially committed to issues of personal and cultural identity and to maintaining gains made in psychotherapy over time. She has experience in treating substance abuse and addiction, eating disorders, stress, depression, anxiety, and trauma as well as a wide variety of other issues, and is especially interested  in the academic, social and emotional issues that face college aged individuals.

Renee Desmarais, LMHC

Renee Desmarais is currently a doctoral student of clinical psychology at Union Institute & University in Brattleboro, VT. Her past clinical experience involves applying trauma-informed treatment approaches with children, adolescents, emerging adults, and their families. She has provided services in outpatient community mental health clinics, residential treatment centers, as well as public and private academic settings. Her dissertation seeks to evaluate the effects of utilizing reiki for reducing burnout among community mental health clinicians. With a humanistic approach, Renee is dedicated to helping individuals move toward growth through increased awareness in a way that meets each person’s needs.

Rachel Epstein, Psy.D.

Rachel Epstein is a psychologist who received her Psy.D. from The Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA in 2008. She has worked in both college mental health and community mental settings treating adolescents, adults and couples. She considers her style to be integrative, using psychodynamic and mindfulness-based approaches to address issues of depression, anxiety, addiction, and trauma, among others. Most of all, she views understanding relationships--from childhood, from the present, with oneself, with others--to be key in helping her clients move ahead in their lives with a sense of empowerment and contentment.

Quade Yoo Song French, M.A.
Quade French is currently a clinical psychology doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In working primarily with adolescents, emerging adults, and families, his clinical perspective is grounded in systems theories, which he believes allows clients to consider their own development and functioning in the context of both their past and current environments. His current research efforts center on the influence of one's social environments of the formation of self-concept, multiple dimensions of identity, and self-esteem in adopted individuals and emerging adult populations.

Lori Kinkler, M.A.
Lori Kinkler is currently a doctoral student in a clinical psychology program at Clark University in Worcester. Her previous clinical experience has included working with children, adolescents, college students, adults, and couples. She has prior experience in assessment, crisis management, social skills education, LGBTQ advocacy, and gender studies. Her dissertation is an exploration of the ways in which single adoptive parents cope with the multiple stigmas they may face. Lori uses an integrative approach to therapy, combining psychodynamic theories with a focus on mindfulness and acceptance.

Erik Zimmerman, M.D.
Consulting Psychiatrist