Meet Our Staff
Tara Hart, Ph.D. (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Provisionally Licensed Psychologist. Therapeutic approach includes an integration of humanistic, interpersonal, and cognitive counseling theories. Professional interests include trauma recovery, group therapy, couples therapy, relational issues, disordered eating patterns, body image, women’s issues, and exploring concerns such as religious/spiritual identity and sexual identity development.
Kristie LeClair Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. (The University of Texas
at Austin)
Licensed Psychologist. Integration of humanistic and interpersonal theory
with experiential and cognitive interventions. Professional interests include
disordered eating attitudes, especially binge/compulsive eating; grief and
loss; early childhood trauma; family of origin and relationship issues. I
focus on strengths and empowerment of individuals to create the lives they
want to live.
B. Thomas Longwell, Psy.D. (Pacific University)
Licensed Psychologist. Provides cognitive and behavioral, empirically
supported interventions that focus on creating positive therapeutic
gains in current functioning. Professional interests include anxiety,
depression, stress management, psychological assessment and research,
success in college, and individual therapy.
Charles H. Morgan, Jr. Ph.D. (University of Florida)
Licensed Psychologist. Therapeutic orientation includes elements of
psychodynamic, humanistic, interpersonal, and cognitive elements with
a strong interest in hypnosis and other experiential techniques. Professional
interests include individual psychotherapy, survivorship of trauma,
stress management, personality disorders, and legal and ethical issues
in the practice of psychology.
Donald E. Ralph, Ph.D. (The Catholic University of
America)
Licensed Psychologist. Dr. Ralph is a clinical professor on faculty
at the University of Kentucky Department of Psychiatry and a part-time
staff member at the EKU Counseling Center. Professional interests include
individual therapy, anxiety, and depression.
Michalle S. Rice, M.S. (Eastern Kentucky University)
Licensed Psychological Practitioner. Integration of cognitive-behavioral
therapy and interpersonal theories of counseling. Professional interests
include grief counseling, career counseling, stress management, and
college student success.
Kevin Stanley, Ph.D. (University of Florida)
Licensed Psychologist. Eclectic use of different therapeutic theories
and techniques, including experiential, existential, interpersonal,
cognitive, psychodynamic, and developmental approaches. Professional
interests include mens issues, identity concerns, anxiety, depression,
substance abuse, and couples counseling.
Missy Taylor, Ph.D. (University of Kentucky)
Licensed Psychologist. Integration of cognitive therapy, mindfulness,
interpersonal theory, and motivational interviewing. Professional interests
include coordination of substance abuse services, recovery from childhood
and adult trauma, individual and group counseling, and mindfulness-based
interventions.
Jen Colvin Walker, Ed.D (East Texas State
University)
Director, Licensed Psychologist. Professional interests include career
counseling, individual counseling, stress management, college student
success, referral, and test anxiety.


