Faculty
Core Faculty
Gabrielle Gebel, PhD, LMFT
Senior Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Major Interests: Feminist Family Therapy, Couples Therapy, Queer Couples, Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare & Medical Family Therapy, Reproductive Justice, Sexual Trauma, Trauma-Informed Care.
Jessica Goodman, PhD, LMFT
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Major Interests: Medical Family Therapy, Integrated Behavioral Healthcare, Narrative- Informed Medical Family Therapy, Social and Political Advocacy in Family Therapy, Emergency Department Utilization, Relational Healthcare Utilization Decision – Making, Translational Research using Machine Learning, Healthcare Provider Burnout Prevention, Medical Residency Education and Coaching.
Kristin Koberstein, PhD, LMFT
Associate Director, MS MFT Program
Senior Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Major Interests: Medical Family Therapy, Clinical Supervision, Collaboration between primary care and Mental health, Refugee Care, and Postpartum adjustment for families
Jessica Moore, PhD
Clinical Director, Strong Family Therapy Services
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Major Interests: Pediatric Family Psychology, Medical Family Therapy, Chronic Illness, Developmental and Behavioral Needs, Parenting, and Advocacy, Teaching, Clinical Work, and Research Interests focused on Collaboration and Integrated Care.
Jenny Speice, PhD, LMFT
Director, MS MFT Program
Co-Director: Family Therapy Training Program,
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Major Interests: Families and Health, particularly related to genetic concerns and infertility/fertility treatments; grief and loss; and ethics and professional Practice
Michelle Swanger-Gagne, PhD, NCSP
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Major Interests: Family engagement and children’s education and health care, family- school-community partnerships, pediatric collaborative and integrative care, specific clinical interests include pediatric pain, chronic pediatric health conditions, medical family therapy, school consultation, children/youth, with neurodivergence behavioral concerns and school challenges
Additional Institute for the Family Faculty
Susan H. McDaniel, PhD, LMFT
Dr. Laurie Sands Distinguished Professor of Families & Health
Director, Institute for the Family, Department of Psychiatry
Vice Chair, Department of Family Medicine
Major Interests: Medical Family Therapy, Integrated Primary and Specialty Care, Healthcare Teams and Collaboration, Inter- Professional Education, Reproductive Technologies, Genetic Testing, Unexplained Medical Symptoms, Physician- Patient Communication, and Communication Coaching for Physicians and other Health Professionals
Carol Podgorski, PhD, MPH, LMFT
Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Chair of Faculty Affairs, Department of Psychiatry
Major Interests: Family Therapy in Dementia and Long- Term Care, Academic Community.
Tziporah Rosenberg, PhD, LMFT
Associate Chair of Education, Department of Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Major Interests: Medical Family Therapy, Models of collaborative and integrative healthcare, Couple and family therapy training education assessment, effects of illness and health on family relationships
MS MFT Supervisors
Shanice Aluko, MS, MFT
Marriage and Family Therapist
AAMFT Supervisor in Training
Major Interests: couple/marital and family therapy, faith/spirituality and psychotherapy, medical family therapy, Black/African American family issues and parenting, children/youth with behavioral concerns, and collaboration between primary care, mental health, and faith-based organizations.
Alex Brumfield, MS, LMFT-DP
Marriage and Family Therapist
AAMFT Supervisor in Training
Major Interests: Narrative therapy, integrated behavioral healthcare, neurodiversity, structural and intergenerational inequity, exposure response prevention and inference based treatments for anxiety/OCD, collaboration with family systems throughout treatment, serious and persistent mental illness
Tonya Girard, MS, LMFT
Senior Marriage and Family Therapist
AMFT Approved Supervisor
Course Instructor, MS MFT Program
Major Interests: medical family therapy, collaborative/integrated health practice, trauma informed care and treatment, mind-body integration, women’s and LGBTQIA+ health.
BriAnna Hovey, MS, LMFT-DP ;
Marriage and Family Therapist
AAMFT Supervisor in Training
Major Interests: family relationships and couples therapy, parenting and parent- child relationships.
Benjamin Schwabe, M.S. LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist
AAMFT Supervisor in Training
Major interests: intimate partner violence, intergenerational trauma and abuse, self-of-the-therapist, diverse and inclusive workplace.
Rachael Zoller, MS, LMFT
Associate Director of Mental Health and Gender Wellness at URMC Gender Wellness
Obstetrics and Gynecology AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Major interests: Integrated mental health care in OB/GYN, couple/relational/family therapy, adolescent mental health, clinical supervision, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Health at Every Size (HAES), body image and body diversity.