The Counseling Team

In addition to the several student clinicians and student interpreters in training, MHDP has a core group of supervisors and instructors which conduct live, through the mirror or live video, supervision of all clinical work.  These individuals include:

Clinical supervisors:

Robert Basil, Psy.D., Program Director/MHDP

Dr. Basil is a clinical psychologist licensed by the state of Ohio. He has been working to provide services to the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities since 1986. He is a graduate of the School of Professional Psychology at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. In addition to administrating the Mental Health and Deafness Program, Dr. Basil also provides psychological services at the Comprehensive Counseling Service in Middletown, where he works with his sister-in-law, Nancy Basil, a comprehensively certified interpreter, to provide services to the deaf community.

Darlene Goncz Zangara, M.A., Clinical Supervisor/MHDP

Ms. Goncz Zangara obtained her Bachelor of Science in deaf education at Bowling Green State University. She obtained her teaching certification K–12 in deaf education and later obtained her Master of Arts degree in counseling for the deaf at Gallaudet University.   As well as being the clinical supervisor for the Mental Health and Deafness program, she directs the Ohio Resource Center on Deafness located at the Ohio School for the Deaf in Columbus.  Ms. Goncz Zangara is also an instructor in the Psychology Department at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. She serves as a consultant and a member of the advisory board to Substance Abuse Resource with Disability Issues (SARDI) Program in the Wright State University School of Medicine. Additionally, Ms. Goncz Zangara also serves on the National Training Team for AIDS Prevention with Westover Consultants, Inc., in Washington, D.C.

Mark Zangara, M.A., Assistant Clinical Supervisor/MHDP

Mr. Zangara provides clinical supervision as well as lectures for the Mental Health and Deafness Program.  He is also the full time mental health counselor for the Ohio School for the Deaf.  He graduated from the Mental Health Counseling program at Gallaudet University.