College of Education and Professional Studies

Dr. Janelle Grellner, Ph.D., Clinic Director and Student Clinician Supervisor

Education Bldg. Room 307D

Janelle Grellner is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) and the UCO Psychology Clinic Director. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma Counseling Psychology program and is a licensed psychologist.  She is the assistant director of the American Democracy Program at UCO. She is also the faculty liaison to the UCO Volunteer and Service Learning Center. She was trained in Deliberative Polling as a research method and conducted a deliberative poll at UCO in 2009.  She was part of the research team and co-author of Oklahoma's first Civic Health Index in 2010.  Her primary responsibility at UCO is in training master's level counselors in the use of empirically validated treatments through didactic instruction and supervised counseling experiences in the clinic. She has training in psychological and cognitive assessment and treatment of rehabilitation issues such as traumatic brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, behavioral pain management, and other cognitive issues.  She and her students developed a curriculum for UCO undergraduate groups which run each fall and spring that provide psycho-education and interpersonal skills training to enhance success both personally and professionally.   She also has expertise in treating couples, children, and adults for issues ranging from communication problems to depression and anxiety.  Her research interests include cognitive dysfunction related to mild traumatic brain injury and determinants of positive counseling outcomes.

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Dr. Robert Doan, Ph.D., Professor and Student Clinician Supervisor

Education Bldg. 307F

My education includes a B.S. in physical education from Oklahoma State, and M.S. in exercise physiology from Washington State, an M.Ed. in counseling psychology from Central State University (UCO), and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Oklahoma. You've heard of houses divided between OSU and OU, well, I'm a divided person, orange on one side, crimson on the other. As part of the Ph.D. experience I did a year of internship at the Family Therapy Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. That year was more formative than any other professional/educational experience I've had. It involved intense training in the family systems approach to clinical work. That, along with narrative therapy and psychology, form the basis for my theoretical orientation and approach to therapy cases. I would classify myself as falling outside of the dominant medical model being applied to mental health, and believe that psychology would be better served by a more holistic, ecological, and interactive model. In my view, a lineal/cause and effect model is a poor fit for psychology and has outlived its usefulness in our domain. I also believe there is very little probability that such a change will transpire. My current specialty is encouraging students to think outside of the box so they can become as confused as I am.

Dr. Caleb Lack, Practicum Coordinator and Student Clinician Supervisor

Education Bldg. Room 307D

Dr. Lack is a  clinical psychologist licensed to practice in the states of both Oklahoma and Arkansas (07-37P). His primary clinical interest is in the application of evidence-based cognitive and behavioral methods to the treatment of severe anxiety disorders across the life span, such as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder or phobias, and Tourette's Disorder or chronic tics. In addition, Dr. Lack is also interested in the assessment of psychological, learning, and developmental difficulties in children and adults. Information on his clinical experience and training can be found below.