Meet the Staff

 

Welcome to the Counseling Center at Cleveland State University. Our staff provides a wide range of services to CSU students, faculty and staff. We offer academic, career and personal counseling, consultation and outreach programming, training, group facilitation, and other services aimed at helping individuals and groups who are members of the campus community meet their respective personal and professional goals. The Counseling Center is accredited by the International Accreditation of Counseling Services Incorporated (IACS). The CSU Counseling Center is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) and offers a Doctoral Internship in Health Service Psychology that is Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association (APA). 

Licensed staff

Dr. Alex Wang

Dr. Alex Wang 
Psychiatrist
M.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2014 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Dr. Brittany Sommers

Dr. Brittany Sommers 
Counseling Center Director and Psychologist
Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Andrews University, 2017
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Dorothy Costakis

Dorothy Costakis
Counselor / Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor - Preliminary Gambling / Licensed Independent Social Worker Supervisor
Master’s in Social Work, Emphasis on Addiction, from University of Akron, 2017 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Kathy Taylor

Kathy Taylor 
Administrative Coordinator
M.A. in Nonprofit Administrative Leadership from Cleveland State University, 2020
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Lena Harris

Lena Harris
Athletics Counselor / Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor / National Certified Counselor
M. Ed. in School and Guidance Counseling from Cleveland State University, 2016
CSU Clinical Mental Health Counseling coursework completed 2018 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Supervised by Sharisse Edwards

Sharisse Edwards

Sharisse Edwards 
Counselor, Coordinator of Counselor Training / LPCC-S / LICDC
M.A. in Community Counseling from John Carroll University, 2006 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers 

Clinical Trainees

Aubrey Powell

Aubrey Powell, M.A.
Psychology Trainee
University of Akron PhD in Counseling Psychology
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Supervised by Dr. Bruce Menapace

Beena Haque

Beena Haque, MD
Psychiatry Resident
Case Western Reserve University 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Supervised by Alex Wang, M.D.

Grace Meyer

Grace Meyer , SWT
Social Work Trainee
CSU Master's in Social Work
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Supervised by Dorothy Costakis

Ishara Jean-Francois

Ishara Jean-Francois, M.A.
Psychology Trainee (graduate assistant)
CSU Urban Education Ph.D. Program Specializing in Counseling Psychology 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Supervised by Dr. Brittany Sommers

Jeannea Cobb

Jeannea Cobb, M.Ed.
Psychology Trainee (graduate assistant)
CSU Urban Education Ph.D. Program Specializing in Counseling Psychology 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Supervised by Dr. Brittany Sommers
 

Jisu Kim

Jisu Kim, M.A.
Psychology Trainee
CSU Urban Education Ph.D. Program Specializing in Counseling Psychology
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Supervised by Dr. Brittany Sommers

Jahnae Matlock

Jahnae Matlock, SWT
Social Work Trainee
CSU Master's in Social Work
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Supervised by Dorothy Costakis

Kristen Palmer, MD

Kristen Palmer, MD
Psychiatry Resident
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Supervised by Alex Wang, M.D.

Marissa Dongarra

Marissa Dongarra, M.A.
Psychology Trainee
CSU Urban Education Ph.D. Program Specializing in Counseling Psychology
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Supervised by Dr. Brittany Sommers

Rachel Hong

Rachel Hong, SWT
Social Work Trainee
Case Western Reserve University, MSW at the Jack, Joseph, and Morton School of Applied Social Sciences
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Supervised by Dorothy Costakis

Sarah Stroinski

Sarah Stroinski, MD
Psychiatry Resident
West Virginia University
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Supervised by Alex Wang, M.D.

Sophia Osilaja

Sophia Osilaja, SWT
Social Work Trainee
Case Western Reserve University, MSW at the Jack, Joseph, and Morton School of Applied Social Sciences
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Supervised by Dorothy Costakis

Location and Contact Info

CSU Counseling Center

Moved to:
1860 E 22nd Street
RT1235
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Email: counselingcenter@csuohio.edu 
Phone: (216) 687-2277
Fax: (216) 523-7219

Office Hours
Mon. - Fri. 9am to 5pm