Annecy Baez, Phd, Director

Dr. Baez obtained her Master’s degree from Hunter School of Social Work and her doctorate from New York University School of Social Work. She has been a clinical social worker for the past twenty four years providing individual, family and group psychotherapy at such agencies as the Madeline Borg clinic of the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services in the Bronx, the Hispanic Clinic at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, and the Western Queens Consultation Center. She was formerly the Director of the Diagnostic Center at Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial, where she worked with traumatized children and their families. Prior to joining Lehman College, she was an Assistant Professor at New York University School of Social Work where she taught clinical practice. Professional interests include brief counseling in college settings, clinical supervision, psychological trauma and its consequences and the use of arts for healing and wellness, college adjustment, as well as the use of mindfulness for stress management.

annecy.baez@lehman.cuny.edu

Ingrid Hiraldo, BA, Office Assistant

When you call the Counseling Center you will most often be greeted by Ingrid Hiraldo. Ingrid Hiraldo is our Office Assistance. Ingrid Hiraldo acquired her Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems at Lehman College. She started as a College Assistant at the Payroll & Budget Department. Later on she worked at the Purchasing Department and soon after obtained a full time position at the Counseling Center as a CUNY Office Assistant. Ingrid is always happy to assist faculty and students.

ingrid.hiraldo@lehman.cuny.edu

Carmen Diaz

Carmen Diaz, LCSW, has been a counselor at Lehman College since February 2007. She obtained her bachelors degree in psychology from New York University and her Master’s degree from Columbia University School of Social Work. She has been a clinical social worker for the past ten years providing individual, family, and group psychotherapy to diverse, multicultural urban communities in New York and Rhode Island mental health settings. She was formerly the Unit Administrator for the Children and Adolescent Unit at Soundview-Throgs Neck CMHC/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical background includes individual psychotherapy, family therapy, parent training, stress management, supportive and psycho-education groups. She has an interest in spiritual counseling.

carmen.diaz@lehman.cuny.edu

Nicole Madonna

Nicole Madonna, LCSW, started working at Lehman College in January 2008. She received her Bachelors in Social Work from Dominican College of Blauvelt in 2000. She obtained her Masters in Social Work from Fordham University in 2005. She has provided crisis counseling and emergency services to a varied population. Prior to joining us at Lehman College, she was the Clinical Director at a sexual assault crisis center in Stamford, Connecticut.
Her clinical interest are related to building self-esteem and empowerment to psychological trauma and it’s consequences. She has been trained as a group counselor in the Trauma, Recovery and Empowerment Model (TREM). Her research interest are related to trauma and its consequences, stress management, supportive and psycho-educational groups.

nicole.madonna@lehman.cuny.edu

Valerie Baker

Valerie Baker, LMHC, RYT is a licensed mental health counselor and a registered yoga teacher. She holds a Master’s degree in Psychological Counseling from Teachers College of Columbia University. Valerie has been a full-time counselor at Lehman College since February 2009. She sees students for individual sessions and also runs groups and workshops. Her approach to counseling is holistic, fostering an individual’s growth and healthy development in the mental, physical, emotional, spiritual and social areas. Her interests include yoga, meditation, poetry and other creative arts which she draws from in her work as a counselor.

valerie.baker@lehman.cuny.edu

Jasmine Jusino

Jasmine Jusino McGilchrist, M.S.Ed., is a part-time mental health counselor who works primarily on the Freshmen Year Initiative (FYI) program. Jasmine conducts outreach on campus via in-class presentations and hosts information tables to build awareness of psychological services. She facilitates weekly study skills counseling workshops that are geared at assisting students in their transition to college. Jasmine administers assessments that identify both scholastic and personal strengths, and; provides individual counseling sessions to promote self development. Jasmine received a BBA in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Baruch College and recently received a M.S.Ed. in Counseling from Fordham University.

Bridget Hughes

Bridget Hughes, M.A. is a consultant providing organizations and institutions with expertise in the areas of sexual orientation, gender identity and adolescent development, as well as school safety, reducing bias violence, and HIV-prevention. Hughes spent eighteen years working at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in Manhattan, where she developed and directed the Youth Enrichment Services (Y.E.S.) Program for LGBT youth, and spearheaded the creation of the first and only free summer-camp program for LGBT youth in the country. Under Bridget’s direction, the Y.E.S. program received The Mental Hygiene Award from the City of New York in 2000 in recognition of service excellence and exceptional program performance, and was cited as a model substance abuse prevention program by the Division of Consumer Health Education of the University of Medicine & Dentistry/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1995. Before leaving the Y.E.S. program and the Center, Bridget received a PASEsetter Award for outstanding contributions to the field of after school education. She has provided professional development training on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth issues for a wide array of audiences in the field of social services and education including the New York City Administration for Children’s Services, the New York City Department of Education, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc., the New York State Division of AIDS Services, the Covenant House Training Institute, and New York University Silver School of Social Work. In 2007, Hughes was awarded a Charles H. Revson Fellowship for the Future of the City of New York, a year of self-directed study for civic leaders at Columbia University.