Gweneth M. Lloyd, D.S.W.
Director, Psychological Counseling Center

Dr. Lloyd received her doctoral degree in Social Welfare from the Graduate University Center, Hunter College School of Social Work. She specializes in cross-cultural and alcohol/substance abuse counseling. She is founder and director of the Peer Mentorship Program of the Scholar's Mentorship Program, which is a retention enhancement program targeting students of color. Dr. Lloyd has presented her mentoring model nationally with acclaim. Dr. Lloyd also works closely with the Office of International Students by providing outreach services to enhance International students' assimilation and acculturation to New Paltz. Dr. Lloyd teaches the undergraduate course, Counseling Underrepresented Students and a graduate course, Psychology Fieldwork. She is primarily responsible for developing strategies to increase utilization of the Counseling Center Services to student groups that are less likely to seek psychological services.

Dr. Candice Pennella, Psy. D.
Psychologist

Dr. Pennella is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in the state of NY. She received her doctor degree from Spalding University in Louisville, KY. She completed her predoctoral internship at Indiana University's Counseling and Psychological Services. Her undergraduate degree in psychology comes from Seton Hall University. In addition to working in the counseling center, Dr. Pennella teaches the graduate psychology course in Counseling Skills. In the past, she has been involved with various national crisis hotlines, taught an undergraduate psychology course, and volunteered at a self-help center. She has a strong clinical interest in group psychotherapy.

Jessica Hebrank, M.D.
Consulting Psychiatrist

Dr. Hebrank is a consulting psychiatrist working only with students who are in short term therapy at the SUNY New Paltz Psychological Counseling Center (PCC) and referred to her by the PCC staff. Dr. Hebrank received her medical degree from the School of Medicine and Biomedical Science at the State University of New York at Buffalo and is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Adult, Adolescent and Child Psychiatry. Dr. Hebrank's residency in Adult Psychiatry and fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry was at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Hebrank is currently affiliated with the Hudson Valley Psychiatric Associates.

Yolanda Martins, Ph.D.
Psychologist

Dr. Martins is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of New York. She received her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Alliant International University in San Francisco, California. Her areas of work experience and clinical expertise focus on the treatment of trauma, PTSD, grief and loss, anxiety and depression. Dr. Martins has also engaged in specific training and has acquired work experience in diversity/multicultural and cross-cultural psychology; she is a bilingual/bicultural provider who conducts sessions in both Spanish and English. Dr. Martins applies a holistic approach, integrating the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual aspects of the person’s life, in her clinical practice.

Anna Bartlett
Office Secretary, Psychological Counseling Center

Anna Bartlett has been working for the State University of New York system since 1980. She began her employment at the State University of New York at Albany, Student Activities Office in 1980 where she worked until 1986. In 1986 she relocated to New Paltz, New York and began working for the Office of Admissions at SUNY New Paltz. After a short stead working in the Admissions Office she began working for the Office of the President where she remained for nearly 13 years until she transferred to the Psychological Counseling Center. She has devoted more than 20 years of her adult life to serving the SUNY University system's students, faculty and staff with over half of those years providing service under the Student Affairs Division.

Nicole "Gigi" Giordano
Coordinator of OASIS/HAVEN