CaPS Staff

CaPS counselors have earned Master’s or Doctoral degrees in counseling or clinical psychology. Pre-licensed staff, many of whom have years of experience in providing counseling, are supervised by licensed professionals. A full-time licensed Ph.D. psychologist is the Director of CaPS.

Counselors:

Alan T. Maeda, M.A., MFT,
Associate Director, Counseling and Psychological Services Alan Maeda earned his M.A. in Professional Psychology from John F. Kennedy University in Orinda and his B.A. in Psychology from University of Hawaii at the Manoa Campus. He is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has worked with a diverse population in community mental health and private outpatient clinics around issues related to relationships, stress, transitions, substance abuse, and grief. He has facilitated various co-ed groups and truly believes in the usefulness of a group context for growth through support.

Brian Reinhardt, Ph.D.
Director, Counseling and Psychological Services Brian Reinhardt received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Texas A&M University. He holds a Master’s degree in School Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His professional interests include multi-cultural counseling, interpersonal group counseling, couples counseling, gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender issues, grief/loss concerns, outreach and consultation, and clinical supervision and training. He has worked at counseling centers at three universities and enjoys working with students dealing with a wide range of issues.

Ting Cheung, M.A.
Ting Cheung earned an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Notre Dame de Namur University. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin. She has worked with children, adolescents and families from a diverse cultural background in school and community mental health clinics. Ting enjoys working with students on wide range of issues. Her professional interests include relationships, cross-cultural issues, depression, grief and loss, anxiety, school issues, stress management, and parenting issues. Ting is bilingual and can offer counseling services in Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese).

Ryan Guetersloh, M.A., MFT
Ryan Guetersloh received an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University in Orinda and a B.A. in Psychology from San Francisco State University. He is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has worked with children, families, couples, teens and individual adults with issues including family and peer relationships, depression, anxiety, suicide, abuse, grief, anger, and self esteem. Ryan’s areas of special interest are couples counseling, group work, and brief therapy. Ryan also provides all counseling services at the Concord Campus.

Rachel Su Su Maung, M.A.
Rachel Su Su Maung earned an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from University of San Francisco, and holds a B.A. in Psychology from San Francisco State University. She has worked with at-risk adolescents and their families with issues relating to acculturation, family conflict, severe emotional disturbances, substance abuse, and childhood trauma, in many community-based agencies. She enjoys working with students with a range of issues. Her professional interests are in trauma, life transitions, grief and loss, immigration and cross-cultural issues, identity development, and relationships. She is trilingual in English, Burmese, and Chinese (Mandarin).

Sand Chang Ph.D.
Sand Chang received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) at Alliant International University in San Francisco. Sand also completed a B.A. in Psychology and minor in Music at UC Berkeley. Sand's specialties include anxiety, life transitions, relationships, addictions and codependency, food and body image issues, immigration and acculturation, and issues of trans/gender identity and sexual orientation. Sand approaches counseling work from a multicultural, social-justice, health-oriented perspective and has a special interest in working with people of color or mixed race backgrounds and LGBTQ couples and individuals.

Nicholle E. Lovely, M.A.
Nicholle Lovely received her M.A in Counseling Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, CA. She holds her B.A. in Psychology from UC Berkeley. She enjoys working with diverse populations including foster children, inter-racial couples, LBGT groups, and people of color on matters regarding self-empowerment, personal identity, sexuality, and multicultural issues. She believes that increasing mindfulness can help in coping with interpersonal relationships, anger, anxiety, and depression. Nicholle specializes in Creative Expression and utilizes art, music, journaling, and movement in both her personal and professional life.

Shelby Chandler, M.A.
Shelby Chandler earned an MA from San Francisco State University, and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Shelby has experience working with diverse populations of: university students, individuals with substance abuse issues, sexual assault survivors, and adolescents. Shelby's professional interests include: multi-cultural influences, substance use, identity issues, and mindfulness training. She also enjoys leading groups and doing outreach.

Yolanda V. Martins, Ph.D.
Yolanda V. Martins earned a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Alliant International University in San Francisco and her B.A. in psychology from Hunter College in New York City. She has worked with diverse/multicultural populations in community mental health. She enjoys working with students on a variety of issues including: depression anxiety, phobias, PTSD, stress-management, relationship issues, self-esteem, trauma, abuse, life transitions, career issues, grief and loss, self development, diversity/multicultural and cross-cultural issues. Yolanda is bilingual and offers counseling in Spanish.

Janet Elliott, Psy.D.
Janet Elliott earned a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at The Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. Janet has considerable experience working within a university setting, providing counseling services to a diverse student population. Janet’s areas of interest and expertise include, issues of diversity, including social class, sexual preference, issues of race and racism, non-traditional aged students, as well as first generation college students. Additionally, Janet is also keenly interested in issues of non-traditional families, including the adoption triad.

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF:

Jody Good, Administrative Assistant, CaPS
Jody Good has a B.A. from Webster College in St. Louis, Missouri and a degree in special education from Ohio Wesleyan University. She has a background in student services as well as elementary and high school teaching, publishing, and library work. Before coming to CSUEB she directed student services at Syracuse University in Florence, Italy and was Study Abroad Director at John Cabot University in Rome.

Cecilia K.H. LaVu, Administrative Assistant, CaPS
Cecilia LaVu migrated from Vietnam and has lived in the Bay Area since 1975. She is an alumnae of Presentation High School in Berkeley, CA. After many years in a very technical Telecommunications field, Cecilia has decided to return to school with a desire of obtaining a degree in Psychology. In her spare time, Cecilia enjoys coaching and being the “team mom” - providing guidance, counseling and tutoring for the Lady Wildcats’ Softball Program as well as the Wildcats’ Bowling Program at Oakland High School.

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