Institute Therapists


F. Michler Bishop, Jr., Ph.D., CAS
Director of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services and staff psychologist, Albert Ellis Institute; Associate Professor, State University of New York; author of Managing Addictions: Cognitive, Emotive & Behavioral Techniques.

Delores Blackwell, MSW
Doctoral Candidate Yeshiva University; Fellow, Albert Ellis Institute; Director of Community Mental Health Institute for Family Health.

Raymond DiGiuseppe, Ph.D., Sc.D.
Director of Professional Education and Staff psychologist, Albert Ellis Institute; Professor and Chairman of the Psychology Department at St. John’s University; co-author of A Practitioner’s Guide to RET; RET with Alcoholics and Substance Abusers; and Understanding Anger Disorders.

Kristene A. Doyle, Ph.D., Sc.D.
Associate Executive Director, Director of Clinical Services, and Staff Psychologist, Albert Ellis Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, St. John’s University.

Michael Hickey, Ph.D.
Staff Therapist, Albert Ellis Institute; Adjunct Instructor, Hofstra University.

Amy Horowitz, MS
Intern, Albert Ellis Institute; Post-Doctural Candidate, St. John's University

Oksana Huk, M.S.
Doctoral Candidate, St. John’s University; Fellow, Albert Ellis Institute.

Kimberly Kassay, MS
Intern, Albert Ellis Institute; Post-Doctural Candidate, St. John's University

Grace Kong, Ph.D.
Fellow, Albert Ellis Institute; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Yale University.

Melanie Levine, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Montclair State University, Staff Therapist, Albert Ellis Institute.

Siobhan O’Leary Evarts, Ph.D.
Staff Therapist, Albert Ellis Institute.

Richard Peccoroni, MA, LPC, LMHC
Staff Therapist, Albert Ellis Institute; Private Practice "Pathways To Potential, LLC," in Stratford Connecticut.

Steven H. Schwartz, MA
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Staff Therapist, Albert Ellis Institute.

Christopher Smith, MA
Intern, Albert Ellis Institute; Post-Doctural Candidate, Yeshiva University.

James Strckland, Ph.D.
Fellow, Albert Ellis Institute; Private Practice, Long Island, NY

Marcos Quinones, L.M.S.W.
Staff Therapist, Albert Ellis Institute; Adjunct Professor, New York University; Licensed in New York and Puerto Rico.