Meet the Counseling Staff
Eileen Thompson, LICSW, Director of the Counseling Center, received her MSW degree from the Smith College School for Social Work. Eileen has been a clinical practitioner in a variety of settings, working particularly with children, adolescents, young adults and their families around issues related to adoption, culture and other aspects of identity development. Prior to coming to Wheelock, Eileen was a staff member at The Family Center in Somerville. She has worked in college counseling since 1993 and has been at the Wheelock College Counseling Center for eleven years.
Eileen has been involved in several community organizations as a member of the Community Crisis Response Team (CCRT), run by Cambridge Hospital’s Victim’s of Violence (VOV) program, and as the advisor to the Tufts University Korean Students Association, Big Sister/Big Brother program for adopted children from 1993 through 2006. She is an establishing member of BKA, Boston Korean Adoptees, Inc. and remains on its executive board. In addition, she maintains a commitment to programs supporting women in their communities.
Dr. Ellen Dolnansky is a board-certified psychiatrist who completed her residency at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She has held a consulting position with the Wheelock College Counseling Center for the past nine years. In this capacity, Dr. Dolnansky offers psychopharmacological consultation to students who are currently being seen at the Counseling Center.
Christine Oliver, Ed.M., LICSW, holds a Masters in Education as an early childhood Risk and Prevention Specialist from Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Masters in Social Work from Smith College School for Social Work. Christine completed a postgraduate fellowship at the Program for Psychotherapy at the Cambridge Health Alliance, where she remains on a part time basis. Prior to returning to graduate school, Christine spent several years managing a small organic farm program which provided therapeutic and vocational rehabilitation services to homeless adults in early recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Among other things, her clinical interests include cross cultural issues, identity development, trauma, depression, and integrating psychodynamic, existential, and mind-body perspectives. In her free time, she enjoys community work in urban greenspace renovation, gardening, cycling, hiking, and playing fetch with her lab/shepard mix.
Lea W. Lortie, LICSW received her degree from Smith College School of Social Work. As an MSW student Lea interned at Lesley College in the Counseling Center where she worked with undergrad and graduate students. Lea likes to integrate thinking from various approaches in her work and she finds self psychology, feminist, and strengths based approaches particularly useful. She is interested in the role of exercise in mental health, HIV/AIDS, substance use/abuse, and identity issues including culture, race, class, time of life, professional, and sexual identity.
Kevan Anthony Barton, LCSW is a 1997 graduate of the Boston University School of Social Work. Currently, Kevan is affiliated with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston where he provides clinical services to multi-system involved adolescents. Kevan uses a strengths based approach, a positive youth development model and humor to frame his work.
Enzo Finore is an intern at the Wheelock College Counseling Center. He is a Doctoral Student at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP). He has worked 5 years with hospitalized patients of all ages reporting health psychology and psychosomatic issues. During the same period he was also a teaching assistant at the University of Rome, involved in psychotherapy research and students' training and tutoring. He has a particular interest in the therapeutic relationship, and cross-cultural issues.
Sarah Frenette is an intern at the counseling center this year. She is currently in her second year at Suffolk University pursuing a masters degree in clinical mental health counseling and will graduate in May 2008. Her interests include: trauma and recovery, womens issues, addiction, anxiety disorders and late adolescent development. She has additional experience working with victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.
Meredith Kuczik is an intern at the Wheelock College Counseling Center. She is in her final year at Boston College’s Mental Health Counseling Program, and will graduate with her Masters Degree in May 2008. Meredith has experience working with adolescent populations, and has developed a particular interest in the areas of identity development, eating disorders, and women’s issues. Meredith is interested in incorporating feminist and relational theories into practice, while maintaining a focus on issues of social justice.
