Student Counseling Staff
Douglas Flemons, Ph.D., Director
Douglas earned an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada. He pursued a Ph.D. in Family Therapy at Texas Tech University, completing his degree at Nova (as NSU was then known), after his dissertation chair moved here. In addition to directing Student Counseling, Douglas is Professor of Family Therapy in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. A Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), he is co-editor of a handbook on brief sex therapy (entitled, of course, Quickies) and the author of books on Eastern philosophy and therapy (Completing Distinctions), hypnosis and therapy (Of One Mind), and academic composition (Writing Between the Lines).
Roxanne Bamond, Ph.D., Assistant Director
Roxanne earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in Family Therapy from NSU and has been the Assistant Director of Student Counseling since 2004 and has been an Adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences teaching marriage and family therapy courses for five years. Dr. Bamond specializes in couples’ therapy in her private practice and has written professional articles on couples and divorce. Having served as past president of the Broward Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Dr. Bamond currently serves on the board. She is also a Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and is an AAMFT and Florida State Approved Supervisor.
Leonard Gralnik, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Director and Staff Psychiatrist
Dr. Gralnik received his Ph.D. in Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Miami in 1985 and his M.D. at the University of Miami School of Medicine in 1988. His internship in Internal Medicine was completed at East Tennessee State University, Quillen-Dishner College of Medicine in 1988-89, and his residency in Psychiatry was at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital from 1989 to 1991. Dr. Gralnik is board certified in Psychiatry and in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He completed a Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital before joining NSU’s Community Mental Health Center in 1993 as a staff psychiatrist. In 1998, he became the medical director there, a post he retained until joining Student Counseling in 2004.
Mirna E. Gonzalez, Operations Manager
Mirna has been helping to manage counseling centers for over 20 years. After working with the student population at Pace University’s Counseling Center for six years, she moved to Columbia University’s Teachers College Center for Educational and Psychological Services, where she helped them with their community services. As the Operations Manager for Student Counseling, Mirna guides students (over the phone or in person) through a very short phone screening process and schedules first appointments. She also can answer any questions about our operation. NSU department heads can contact Mirna to schedule various Student Counseling presentations for their students.
Andrea Gonzalez, Ph.D., Staff Counselor
Andrea earned her Ph.D. in Clinical and Community Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She completed her clinical internship at the University of Miami Counseling Center, and her postdoctoral residency at NSU. She has published work on the topic of ethnic socialization within biethnic and biracial families. Her clinical interests include women's issues, diversity, identity development, recovery from sexual victimization, couples' and group counseling, and overcoming anxiety.
Danielle R. Hadeed, Ph.D., Staff Counselor
Originally from the island of Trinidad & Tobago, Danielle earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Miami (UM), where she also completed her internship and postdoctoral psychology fellowship. While at UM, she served for a year as Assistant Director of Multicultural Student Affairs and, later, as a staff counselor in the Student Counseling Center. Danielle has lectured at La Universidad del Norte (in Barranquilla, Columbia), Florida International University, and UM, teaching courses on program evaluation and multiculturalism. Her counseling interests include working with international students, alleviating anxiety and depression, and helping victims of assault and other traumas.
Marcela Polanco, M.S.,LMHC., Staff Counselor
Marcela is a bilingual Licensed Mental Health Counselor originally from Colombia, where she studied psychology and community psychology. With a strong background in narrative therapy, she is interested in exploring the particularities of each client’s stories, along with their social, family, and historical contexts. Currently Marcela is working towards her Ph.D. in Family Therapy at NSU.
Michael S. Rhodes, M.S., M.Div., LMFT Staff Counselor
Mike earned his M.S. in marriage and family therapy at Nova Southeastern University and is currently working on his Ph.D. He works with individuals and couples dealing with a wide range of concerns. For clients who are interested, he teaches self-hypnosis and uses hypnotherapy to help them reduce stress, insomnia, fears, and phobias, as well as to help enhance concentration and athletic performance. Mike is an Associate Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and board member of the Broward Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. He has presented on hypnosis and other therapeutic topics at various annual conferences.