Meet Our Leadership
ELIZABETH HABERER, LCSW
presidenT
Elizabeth maintains a private practice in Houston and Austin, TX and is the Clinic Director in Texas for Depth Counseling, a group psychotherapy practice offering accessible psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Texas and Illinois. She is an advanced candidate in Adult Psychoanalysis at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies Houston and holds a certificate from the James T. McLaughlin Training Program in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Institute. Prior to establishing her private practice, Elizabeth worked in various community mental health settings as a bilingual therapist and subsequently as a clinician on the Compass unit for young adults at the Menninger Clinic, where she also supervised clinical interns and fellows. She has presented widely about trauma-informed care and served as adjunct faculty at the University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work. Elizabeth is interested in the intersection of somatic and community-based clinical modalities with psychoanalytic approaches and holds a certificate from the Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research Certificate Program at the Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research (CPTR).
Yvonne champion, LCSW, CGP
President elect & marketing chair
Yvonne Champion, LCSW, CGP, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Houston, Texas, and earned her Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Houston in 1997. Yvonne provides counseling to individuals, couples and groups, with a focus on relationships and couples. Yvonne’s diverse practice includes providing Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy, organizational change management, and mental anguish/legal consultations and mediations. Yvonne serves as the Mental Health Director for I’ll Have What She’s Having, an organization that provides mental health and medical care for Houston’s food and beverage industry. She is licensed in Texas and Oklahoma.
Leticia Fallick, lpc
immediate past President
Leticia Fallick, LPC is a bilingual Psychotherapist currently in private practice in Houston, Texas. She was born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology at the University of Monterrey (UDEM), Mexico, in 1978. In 1981, she completed the two-year Child Analytic Study Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. This is a training program that specializes in the study of psychological development from childhood to maturity, and training in psychodynamic psychotherapy. In 1982 she earned a Master of Psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She relocated to Texas and while raising 4 children she earned a Master’s of Educational Psychology at the University of Houston in 2001 and obtained her Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC license, to work as a Psychotherapist. In 1997, she co-founded Latin Women’s Initiative LWI (formerly known as Mexican Women’s Initiative), a non-profit organization focused on improving the health and education of Latin women and their families. In 2000, she co-founded the "Center for the Development of Women" CDM, an educational forum offering self-improvement conferences addressing psychological and emotional issues for Latin woman and their families. She is a consultant on Mental Health issues to the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce making several television appearances. In 2012 she completed the Psychodynamic Psychotherapy training program at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston where she is co-founder and past President of the Alumni Group.
cynthia mulder, lcsw-s
advisory chair
Cynthia Mulder, LCSW-S, is a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst in private practice in Houston, Texas. She is an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine, faculty and secretary of the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, and past-president of the Houston Psychoanalytic Society. She earned a master’s degree from Smith College of Social Work in Northampton, Massachusetts. In 2005, she worked as a family therapist at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. In 2010 she joined the Menninger Clinic as an individual, group and family therapist. Ms. Mulder began facilitating Brené Brown’s curriculum on shame, vulnerability and authenticity - The Daring WayTM to patients at Menninger and training clinicians across the country. In 2013 she was appointed Menninger’s Director of Education and Training where she oversaw clinical training programs, directed the Social Work Fellowship, coordinated Family Education Day, and organized the clinic’s local and national continuing education activities. Ms. Mulder has presented nationally about shame resilience and suicide and has been an invited presenter at APsA. She was the recipient of two awards at Menninger: The Arthur Mandlebaum Award for Excellence in Social Work Education and the Jon G. Allen Distinguished Educator Award.
joann ponder, phd
Program Committee Chair
JoAnn Ponder, PhD is a psychologist-psychoanalyst who has a private practice in Austin providing psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, family/couples therapy, consultation, and study groups. She was trained in adult psychoanalysis and child psychotherapy at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston, where she previously served on the faculty. She also completed postgraduate programs in infant-parent mental health intervention, object relational family and couples therapy, and psychoanalytic writing. Over the years, JoAnn has presented papers on a variety of clinical and applied psychoanalytic topics at national and international conferences. In 2004, she was awarded the David A. Freedman Candidate Paper’s Prize by HPS. Her publications include a co-edited book about women’s issues, book chapters about adoptive motherhood and the childhood loss of a parent, and journal articles about narcissism in psychoanalysis, collective trauma following the Tower shootings in Austin, psychological defenses against climate change, the influence of childhood trauma on subsequent career choice, and patients’ identifications and projections onto dogs.
barton jones, lcsw
secretary
Barton Jones, a licensed clinical social worker, transitioned from a twenty-year career in information technology to pursue his passion for mental health. After earning his MSW from the University of Houston, he spent four years working in community health before joining the Menninger Clinic. At Menninger, Barton served as a senior social worker at the Compass Program for Young Adults and the Intensive Outpatient Assessment program. Simultaneously, he completed six years of training in psychodynamic therapy and adult psychoanalytic thinking at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston. Since 2016, Barton has maintained a private practice, providing counseling services to individuals, couples, and groups. He enjoys mentoring early career therapists through process groups and consultations.
lindsey hogan, phd
treasurer
Lindsey Hogan, PhD is a licensed psychologist in private practice and an advanced candidate in Adult Psychoanalysis at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston. She earned her PhD at the University of North Texas and completed her predoctoral internship at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, before returning to Texas for a postdoctoral fellowship at The Menninger Clinic. She joined the staff at Menninger and faculty at Baylor College of Medicine in 2016, where she worked for nearly 7 years on the Compass program for young adults. She continues to enjoy working with emerging adults in her practice, where she provides individual therapy and therapeutic, psychoanalytically informed psychological assessments.
Taylor roe, lcsw
Marketing and membership Chair
Taylor Roe, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Jackson, Mississippi and received his MSW from the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Taylor trained in psychodynamic therapy as a social work fellow for two years at the Menninger Clinic on the young adult and adolescent units and then worked as a staff social worker on the HOPE adult unit. A native Houstonian and recent Mississippi transplant, Taylor maintains an office in Jackson and a virtual practice in Texas. In his practice, Taylor sees older adolescents and adults for individual, couples, and family therapy.
Kervil Durand, PhD, LCSW, LCDC
CFPS liaison
Kervil Durand is a psychotherapist in Houston, TX. He received his PhD in Policy Practice from Walden University, and MSW from University of Texas in Arlington. Kervil is credentialed as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor and has over 14 years of experience as a behavioral health clinician. Kervil is a certified Grief Support Specialist, Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor, and Certified Anger Resolution Therapist. He received his clinical supervision training in Psychodynamic Therapy. Within his practice, Kervil provides grief and bereavement therapy, individual therapy, couples and family therapy.
Kacie Liput, PhD
councilor
Felecia Powell-Williams, EdD, LPC-S, RPT/S
alternate Councilor
Dr. Powell-Williams provides clinical supervision for the State of Texas licensing board, as well as supervision as a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor with the Association for Play Therapy. She teaches on a collegiate level and provides clinical consultation and professional training with many local, state and national organizations on recognizing the need of mental health services for children & adolescents, adults, and families.
summer danner, lpc
film series co-chair
Summer Danner, LPC, is a psychotherapist based in Houston, Texas. She received a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Summer then completed a 2-year training program in Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies. She has experience in residential, intensive outpatient, and outpatient programs, as well as group and private practice settings. Currently, Summer provides psychodynamic psychotherapy for adults in her private practice.
Adam Brownstein, LPC
film series co-chair
Adam Brownstein, LPC is a psychotherapist currently in private practice in Houston, TX. He trained in the Child Trauma Program at Depelchin Children’s Center and completed additional training in trauma-informed therapy through the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD). Adam is currently an Advanced Candidate at the Houston Center for Psychoanalytic Studies. He is a frequent lecturer at the Houston Jung Center. He sees adolescents and adults in his private practice for individual and family therapy.
saba masood, phd
scholarship chair
Saba Masood, PhD (she/her) is a licensed psychologist in Houston, TX. Dr. Masood earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. She completed a predoctoral internship at Children's Health specializing in eating disorders and complex medical populations. She relocated to Houston for her postdoctoral fellowship at the Menninger Clinic where she worked with young adults. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and provides psychological assessments to children, adolescents, and adults at Ben Taub Hospital/Harris Health. She also provides individual psychotherapy and collaborative/therapeutic psychological assessments in private practice to young adults and individuals struggling with life transitions, identity concerns, disordered eating, trauma, and relationship difficulties.