Psychology Staff
Laura Bauhof, Ph.D. (Loyola University of Chicago, 2002) is a Post-Doctoral Fellow. She is involved in psychological assessments. She has experience in community mental health and university counseling center settings. Her theoretical orientation is based in interpersonal and systems theory with an emphasis on cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused interventions. Dr. Bauhof’s interests include cultural diversity, psychological assessment, and identity development.
Robert Brian Denton, Psy.D. (Wright State University - School of Professional Psychology, 2007) is a Supervising Psychologist. He is responsible for conducting psychological assessments for children and adolescents, group intervention, and consults with other departments of the agency. His theoretical orientation is integrative with a foundation in contemporary psychodynamic theories. Dr. Denton’s interests include working with children and adolescents, trauma, multicultural awareness, personal empowerment, and incorporation of mindfulness-based principles in clinical work. He provides supervision for psychological assessment and leads the Professional Conduct and Ethics Didactic.
Julie Janco-Gidley, Ph.D. (The University of Akron, 2006) is a Post-Doctoral Fellow and may be involved in supervising under umbrella supervision. She is involved in psychological assessments. She also serves as adjunct faculty at Lakeland Community College and conducts psychology assessments in private practice. Her theoretical orientation is primarily cognitive-behavioral. Dr. Janco-Gidley’s professional interests include working with children and families, parenting, women’s issues, brief therapy, nontraditional therapy, stress and coping, and social support and other protective factors.
Benjamin W. Kearney, Ph.D. (Cleveland State University, 2000) is the Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Cleveland State and has a private practice. His theoretical orientation is primarily cognitive behavioral influenced by attachment theory, family systems theory, and neurodevelopmental information. Dr. Kearney’s areas of interest include program evaluation, mental health system development, mental health organization management, and early childhood mental health.
Rosemary Ludway, Ph.D. (Kent State University, 1987) is a Psychologist. She is involved in psychological assessments. Dr. Ludway has over thirty years of experience in public and private schools. Her theoretical orientation is based on brief solution focused theory with an emphasis on reality based interventions. She has worked in assessment, diagnosis, and consultation for children ages 5 to 18 with a wide variety of learning, physical, and emotional problems. Her interests include assessment of children who have experienced trauma, the effects of illness on emotional development in children, and assessment of children on the autism spectrum.
Laura Moncrief, Psy.D. (Illinois School of Professional Psychology, 2002) is a Supervising Psychologist. She is involved in psychological assessments, in-service training, and coordinates and leads therapy groups. Her theoretical orientation is integrative with an emphasis on cognitive and interpersonal theory. Dr. Moncrief’s main interests are in the area of trauma, particularly sexual abuse from both the perspective of the victim and the aggressor. She is also interested in working with youth in out-of-home placements, transitions from youth to young adulthood, relationship issues, and women’s issues. She provides supervision for the groups and school services programs.
Kathleen M. Payne, Ph.D. (St. John’s University, 2001) is the Agency Psychologist and Training Director. She coordinates the agency psychological testing service, coordinates the pre-doctoral internship, provides clinical trainings to various departments, and consults with other departments. Her theoretical orientation is a combination of attachment, interpersonal, and family systems theory. Dr. Payne’s current interests include psychological assessment, trauma, parenting interventions, family therapy, and working with youth in out-of-home placements. She provides supervision for the outpatient counseling and early childhood mental health portion of the internship.
Kathleen Quintus, Ph.D. (Fielding Graduate University, 2004) is a Supervising Psychologist. She is involved in psychological assessments, school based mental health services, and in-service training. Dr. Quintus has over thirty years of experience in the schools. Her theoretical orientation is a combination of Gestalt and cognitive-behavioral with additional training in Redecision therapy. Her interests include psychological assessment, individual and group therapy, and school consultation. She provides supervision for the school services program.
Courtney A. Townsend, M.A. (Illinois School of Professional Psychology) is an Early Childhood Mental Health Psychology Fellow. She is involved in providing services to children and their families ages birth to six to help promote healthy development and mental health. Her theoretical orientation is integrative with an emphasis on family systems theory. Ms. Townsend’s professional interests are in the area of trauma, attachment, and play therapy techniques. She serves as a mentor for interns.
Martha A. Webb, Ph.D. (Fielding Graduate University, 2003) is a Supervising Psychologist and works primarily in private practice. Dr. Webb is also a Licensed Independent Chemical Dependent Counselor and has worked in the addictions and mental health fields for over thirty years in a variety of prevention and treatment settings with both adolescents and adults. Her theoretical orientation is humanistic with Gestalt training. Her areas of interest include cultural diversity, sexual identity development, and relationship issues. She leads the Diversity Didactic.
