Psychiatrist Consultant of Holy Alliance Support Ministry

Dr Bissonnette-Pitre is a psychiatrist who received her MD from University of California, Irvine and a PhD in neurophysiology from Johns Hopkins University. She also took a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Oregon Health Sciences University.

She has been a member of the National Catholic Medical Association since 1997 and has functioned as Regional Director and Member of the Board of Directors of the CMA. She was on the CMA Task Force on Child Protection and lead author of “To Protect and to Prevent the Abuse of Children”. With Bishop Vasa she coauthored the educational series “Healthy Family, Safe Children”.

Dr Bissonnette-Pitre has served as a psychiatric consultant for the archdioceses of Seattle, Portland, and the diocese of Baker. She has been a consultant to the Tribunal, evaluator of diaconate and seminary candidates, and psychotherapist for seminarians, religious, and priests. She has given lectures nationally on trauma and its effects on the child and human person. She currently serves on the Mt Angel Seminary Board of Directors.

Dr Bissonnette-Pitre is a Dame Grand Cross of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and serves as Councilor in the Northwestern Lieutenancy.

Psychiatrist Consultant of Holy Alliance Support Ministry

Dr. Donna Dobrowolsky is a psychiatrist who earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in 1989, where she also completed her Psychiatry Residency in 1993. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Dobrowolsky has a psychopharmacology certification from the Neuroscience Education Institute. She is a member of the Catholic Medical Association, Catholic Psychotherapy Association, Neuroscience Education Institute, and the American Academy of Pain Management. Dr. Dobrowolsky is licensed to practice medicine in the state of Illinois. She maintains an active psychiatric practice in the Chicago area, where she is also the Medical Director of Adult Services at her group practice. Dr. Donna enjoys teaching and is an experienced presenter.

Dr. Dobrowolsky treats numerous psychiatric disorders, as well as clinical issues that intersect medicine, neurology and psychiatry. Her practice also consists of treating chronic pain patients in collaboration with other health care providers. Dr. Dobrowolsky provides psychiatric care for seminarians, clergy and religious. She also serves as a consultant to bishops and priests.

Dr. Dobrowolsky believes that being a physician is not a career, but a vocation. A Byzantine-rite Catholic, Dr. Donna embraces a sacramental, liturgical world-view and understands the whole person from a Christian anthropology perspective. As such, she values the inter-relationship between medicine, psychology and religion toward personal healing.

Psychologist Consultant of Holy Alliance Support Ministry

Dr. Timothy Lock is a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton. His career began working as the Coordinator of an Adult Sexual Offender Treatment Program providing psychotherapy to convicted sexual offenders through the Department of Probation in a large urban area outside of New York City. Then, for almost 20 years, Dr. Lock worked in full-time clinical private practice, founding and directing the Goretti Center for Healing and Forgiveness. During some of this time, he was also an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the on-line graduate program at Divine Mercy University.

Most recently, Dr. Lock has transitioned to working full-time with seminarians as the Director of Psychological Services at St. Joseph’s Seminary of the Archdiocese of New York (Dunwoodie). To address the needs of seminarians through the COVID crisis, Dr. Lock has been involved in efforts to collaborate with other mental health professionals working in seminaries in the United States and Europe.

Dr. Lock serves on the Boards of Directors of Courage International and of the Christian Counseling Center of Greater Danbury, where he also is the Clinical Supervisor. At the request of his Bishop, he serves on the Diocese of Bridgeport Ministerial Misconduct Advisory Board. Dr. Lock has published professional articles and book chapters in the area of clergy sexual misconduct, same-sex attractions, psychological trauma, and traumatic memory. He has lectured nationally and internationally to seminarians, clergy, mental health practitioners, and the general public on issues including the treatment of anxiety, Catholic psychology, Catholic psychotherapy, clergy sexual misconduct, and the psychology of same-sex attractions. Dr. Lock lives with his wife of 27 years and their eight children in northwestern Connecticut and is a member of the Franciscan Third Order.

Psychologist Consultant of Holy Alliance Support Ministry

Dr. Frank Moncher received his Ph.D. in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of South Carolina in 1992, following which he spent several years on faculty of the Medical College of Georgia. In 2000 he moved to the Washington, DC area to teach at a graduate school of psychology which had a mission of integrating the science of psychology in the context of the Catholic Christian view of the human person. Over the past 20 years he has consulted with dozens of religious orders and dioceses to provide psychological evaluations of aspirants and candidates to the priesthood, diaconate, and religious life, as well as consulting with multiple diocesan marriage tribunals. Since 2010, Dr. Moncher has worked for the Diocese of Arlington and Catholic Charities as a psychologist and consultant to various diocesan ministries. He is licensed as a clinical psychologist in Virginia and Washington, D.C. His research interests include the integration of Catholic thought into psychotherapy, child and family development issues, and integrated models of assessment of candidates for the priesthood and religious life. Frank is published in Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services, Adolescence, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Edification, and the Journal of Psychology and Christianity, as well as contributing to several book chapters on children, families, and religious issues. Frank and his wife Elizabeth live in Alexandria, VA with their three children: Charlotte (2006), Joseph (2008) and Catherine (2010).

Psychologist Consultant of Holy Alliance Support Ministry

Dr. Shannon Mullen completed her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from The University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2008. She is a licensed psychologist in the states of Georgia and Florida and a PSYPACT clinician. Before her doctoral studies, Dr. Mullen completed a Master of Arts in Counseling at the University of New Orleans. Dr. Mullen established Mosaic Psychological Services in 2010, where she provides clinical and forensic services. Clinical areas of specialty include trauma, attachment, sexual health/addictions, and psychological evaluation. Additionally, as a Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist, she provides targeted interventions for individuals struggling with sexual infidelity and addiction to sexual material and behaviors. Patients are guided through the recovery process through specialized interventions to initiate and sustain long-term recovery and restore relationships broken by betrayal trauma. Dr. Mullen has nearly 20 years of treatment and assessment experience in sexual disorders and addiction. Treating the whole person is a hallmark of her work, and she approaches each person with attention to the physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of their personhood. Dr. Mullen is trained in psychodynamic theory and currently practices through a trauma model utilizing Internal Family Systems. She is also EMDR trained. Finally, as a Catholic Christian, theology is a welcomed addition to this clinical work and forms the psychodynamic lens through which the whole person is restored to dignity and health. Dr. Mullen is also a regular speaker and consultant for religious organizations. She designs and hosts training seminars for clinicians in psychosexual assessment and treatment of clergy and clergy applicants. When not engaged in direct patient care and training, Dr. Mullen enjoys supervising emerging new mental health professionals