Faculty and Staff
Faculty Biographies
Gwen White, Psy.D. (610) 341-1596
gwhite@eastern.edu
Dr. White serves as Chair of the Graduate Counseling Department and directs Circle Counseling, a nonprofit agency providing low-cost therapy for those unable to afford it, through the Circle of Hope Church Network. She has served on neuropsychological assessment teams in hospital settings and in clinical settings with college populations. Her research interests focus on training therapists, depression, and spiritual formation in therapeutic practice.
Walter Chung, Rh.D., CRC, NCP, LPC(215) 769-3107
wchung@eastern.edu
Dr. Chung has served in various clinical positions as a family counselor, behavioral therapist, pastoral counselor, supervising social worker, and psychologist. His passion is mentoring students to conduct empirical research and contribute to the field of counseling via professional presentation and publication. His current research interests include men and women issues, parenthood, family dynamics, multicultural counseling, and disability issues. Dr. Chung enjoys writing and has over 20 publications in magazines, books, and refereed journals. He also conducts frequent presentations in national and international professional conferences.
Susan Edgar-Smith, Ph.D.(610)-341-4379
sedgarsm@eastern.edu
Susan Edgar-Smith, Ph.D. (B.A. Connecticut College, 1984; M.A & Ph.D. Bryn Mawr College, 1998). She is a licensed and school certified psychologist. She serves as the Degree Coordinator for the School Counseling and School Psychology programs and is an assistant professor at Eastern University. She specializes in school consultation for elementary, secondary and post-secondary school students who are coping with learning and social/emotional issues. Her consultations involve short to long term psychotherapeutic interventions and psychoeducational assessments. Her clinical areas of interest include Aspergers Disorder, ADHD, anxiety and depressive disorders, eating disorders, childhood abuse and its impact on emotional, social and academic progress. Research areas of interest include childhood abuse, family relational values and their relationship to adolescent family processes, and educational psychology. She teaches graduate courses in child and adolescent counseling, school consultation, behavioral support strategies, school law, ethics and pupil service delivery systems and she supervises school counseling practicum experiences.
Michael R. McFee, Psy.D.(610) 225-5693
mmcfee@eastern.edu
Michael R. McFee, Psy. D. (B.A. Wheaton College, 1984; M.A. 1991 and Psy.D. Forest Institute of Professional Psychology, 1993) is a Licensed Psychologist in the State of Pennsylvania. He is an Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology at Eastern University, and has taught at Reformed Episcopal Seminary and Biblical Theological Seminary as Adjunct Faculty. Dr. McFee has worked in inpatient psychiatry, intensive outpatient settings, as well as, private practice setting. He maintains his own private practice and stays involved in a local group practice outside of Philadelphia.
Dr. McFee has extensive experience in the treatment of Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Major Depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Sex Addiction, and Food Addiction. He teaches graduate courses in theories of counseling, psychopathology, psychological assessment, personality theory, and psychopharmacology. His current clinical and research interests are in understanding processes of counseling and psychotherapy, exploring experiential process therapies such as emotion focused therapies, and working towards the development of a Christian Psychology. He currently works with late adolescents and adults through individual and marital psychotherapy.
Ruth Baugher Palmer, Ph.D.(610) 341-5921
rpalmer@eastern.edu
Dr. Palmer is a licensed psychologist and certified secondary school counselor. She serves as Internship Coordinator and applies her clinical skills to curriculum design in many of the Graduate Counseling Department's therapeutic technique courses. She has worked in two urban psychiatric hospitals, conducting diagnostic testing and psychotherapy. She has served as a school counselor and assistant clinical director in an alternative school for adjudicated and dependent youth and in private outpatient practice.
Randolph Walters, Psy.D., LPC(215) 769-3117
rwalters@eastern.edu
Dr. Walters has worked as a family therapist, educator, pastor, administrator, and consultant. He is deeply committed to the integration of faith and the therapy process and is part of Pastoral Counseling Network. His research interests include attachment theory, the father/daughter relationship, trauma, multicultural counseling, men's issues, personality development, and the psychotherapy process.
Associate and Adjunct Professors
Tina Brunner, Psy.D.(610)341-1487
tbrunner@eastern.edu
Tina Brunner, Psy.D. (M.S.Villanova University, 1992; Psy.D. Immaculata University, 2006). Tina is an experienced teacher, guidance counselor and certified school psychologist who received her doctorate in School Psychology. She is a part-time professor serving as the Training Director for the School Psychology program. She teaches graduate classes in assessment to intervention, school psychology practicum and school psychology internship classes. She has published math books for teachers with McGraw-Hill and has presented on topics such as “Using Games to Assess IQ” and “Improving Parenting Skills”. Her clinical areas of interest include obesity prevention programs for young children, the impact of sensory processing issues on academic success and encouraging healthy, active lifestyles in school-aged children.
Kathy Van Horn, M.Ed.Professor Van Horn is a Licensed Psychologist, is Certified in Secondary Guidance and is a Certified Mathematics Teacher. She is currently the Vice President of Programs at Lakeside Educational Network.
Staff
Paula Padget, M.A., NCP, LPC, CPC
Graduate Student Advisor
(610) 341-1467
ppadget@eastern.edu
Wendy Smith
Administrative Assistant
(610) 341-1595
wsmith3@eastern.edu
