Amie Alley-Pollack Ph.D.

Dr. Pollack received her Ph.D. in Clinical Developmental Psychology from Bryn Mawr College and completed a Predoctoral Fellowship at the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her Clinical Psychology Internship at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Trauma Center. At the Trauma Center, Dr. Pollack works clinically with traumatized children, adults and families, and she is the Project Coordinator of a project working with traumatized children to prevent youth violence. She provides trainings and consultation on issues related to complex trauma. Dr. Pollack has authored numerous publications and scholarly conference presentations in the areas of trauma, anxiety disorders and language development.  She has been trained in Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC) treatment framework, mind-body techniques for the treatment of Complex PTSD, and cognitive-behavioral therapies for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Social Phobia, Generalized Anxiety and Trichotillomania.

Merry Arnold, Psy.D

Merry Arnold, Psy.D., a Supervising Psychologist at the Trauma Center, received her Psy.D. in clinical psychology from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP) in 1994. Following her graduation, she joined the Brookline Community Mental Health Center (CMHC), where she developed and ran the psychological testing program. Dr. Arnold is now in private practice in Brookline, where she specializes in working with adults and older adolescents with trauma histories. She is an EMDR approved consultant, and is trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, Sensorimotor Pyschotherapy for trauma, Positive Psychology, and hypnosis.  She was an adjunct clinical faculty member at MSPP, and has consulted to The Brookline CMHC, The September 11th Response Project, South Shore Mental Health Center, and clinicians in the community.  Dr. Arnold is on the Board of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation (NESTTD), serves on the Ethics Committee of the Massachusetts Psychological Association, and is a member of the Brookline Medical Reserve Corps.

Jean Bellows, Psy.D

Valerie Blanc, LMHC, ADTR

Children's Trauma Recovery Foundation: Valerie is the Assistant Director of the Children's Trauma Recovery Foundation and the Rainbow Dance program.  Receiving her master's from Lesley University, Valerie is a registered dance therapist who specializes in work with at-risk infants, children and children with special needs.  Along with the Rainbow Dance team, she trains and supervises early childhood teachers and clinicians in this expressive therapy intervention to build resiliency and healthy attachment in young children.

Margaret Blaustein, Ph.D

The Director of Training and Education at The Trauma Center at JRI in Brookline, MA.  Dr. Blaustein is a practicing clinical psychologist who specializes in the assessment and treatment of complex childhood trauma.  She is co-developer of the Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC©; Kinniburgh & Blaustein, 2005) treatment framework, designated a promising practice for treatment of childhood trauma by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and has provided extensive didactic and interactive training to clinicians, educators, professionals, and consumers regarding the impact of and intervention for childhood-onset trauma.   In addition to clinical practice, Dr. Blaustein is involved in research on the impact of trauma on both children and adults, is a member of the Complex Trauma Taskforce of the NCTSN, and is past Chair of the Child Trauma Special Interest Group within the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS)

Jodina Carey

Marta Casas, Ph.D.

Marta Casas graduated from Javeriana University in Bogota, Columbia, as a Clinical Psychologist in 1981. Initially, she created and implemented a mental health program for disenfranchised populations in Bogota. In 2000, she was contracted to work with survivors of Colombia's political war. The impact of this experience motivated her to move to Boston to become part of the Trauma Center's team, as a VOCA clinician working with complexly traumatized adults. Currently, she is the clinical liaison between the Trauma Center and the Latino Health Institute in Boston, where she also coordinates a SAMHSA-funded program to provide trauma-informed services for Latino children and their families. The growing Colombian war has furthered her interest in the aftermath of political violence and is the reason why she also trained at the Harvard Refugee Program in Global Mental Health.

Serena Chaudhry, MSW, MPH

Serena Chaudhry is a public health social worker who has supported and engaged with displaced communities and trauma survivors both domestically and abroad for more than ten years. She has worked in various settings from New York City to Northern Pakistan, West Africa to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Serena is also a yoga instructor and has begun to explore the interconnectedness between the eight-limb path of ashtanga yoga philosophy and public health social work. Formerly the Executive Director of the Peace and Justice Center in Burlington, Vermont, she now works as a Clinical Social Worker with the Community Counseling Center in Portland, Maine, serves as a Technical Advisor to African Refuge, a program of the International Trauma Studies Program at the Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University in New York City and teaches and conducts trainings for the Trauma Center at JRI.

Michelle Contreras, M.A.

Michelle Contreras, M.A., is the Program Coordinator of Project REACH and a Clinical Intern at the Trauma Center. Ms. Contreras has a Licensure in Clinical Psychology granted by Universidad Rafael Landívar in Guatemala City, Guatemala (1999), and received her Master's Degree from the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. She is currently pursuing a Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology in Boston, MA. Ms. Contreras was granted a certification in traumatic stress studies by the Trauma Center, where she currently works as a bilingual clinician. She has a special interest in the diagnosis and treatment of people who have experienced various forms of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse, and war-related trauma, including the particular ways in which such stressors affect new immigrants in the U.S

Alexandra Cook, Ph.D.

Alexandra Cook, Ph.D., the Director of Development, has been at the Trauma Center since 1995. Dr. Cook graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Psychology and then obtained her M.A. and Ph.D. at Boston University. After completing her post-doctoral fellowship at the Trauma Center, she went on to become the Director of Children's Services from 1997 until 2004. Dr. Cook has a special interest in trauma evaluations and psychological testing. She has co-authored a book, With the Phoenix Rising: Lessons form Ten Resilient Women Who Overcame the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse, and been the lead author on a White Paper, Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents.

Wendy D'Andrea, Ph.D.

A Postdoctoral Fellow at the Trauma Center, Dr. D'Andrea received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Michigan. Dr. D'Andrea has worked clinically with child and adult survivors of complex trauma in individual, group and family therapy. Her research has focused on understanding how therapy aids in physiological and emotional recovery from trauma, drawing from psychological, feminist and biological perspectives.

David Emerson, E-RYT.

Coordinator of Yoga Services Program, is an accomplished yoga instructor and founder of the Black Lotus Yoga Project, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to the teaching of yoga to individuals with PTSD. Mr. Emerson was responsible for the implementation, supervision and oversight of the yoga intervention component of the two recent pilot studies conducted by Dr. van der Kolk to assess the utility and feasibility of yoga instruction with traumatized adults with PTSD. Mr. Emerson has extensive experience in the instruction of yoga with PTSD and mental illness populations, and has developed and conducted yoga groups for several rape crisis, domestic violence, mental health and veterans administration centers and clinics throughout Greater Boston.

Lee Fallontowne, B.A.

Lee serves as the Trauma Center’s Office Manager. She graduated from Lesley University with a B.A. in Liberal Arts. Before coming to the Trauma Center, Lee worked for many years at Harvard University.

Janina Fischer, Ph.D

Received her Ph.D. from Boston College and completed her Clinical Psychology internship at Cambridge Hospital, as well as a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in trauma treatment at the Victims of Violence Program, Cambridge Hospital. Since completing her post-doctoral training, she has been in full-time private practice at the Center for integrative Healing in Watertown and has been an Instructor at both the Trauma Center and Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Hospital. In addition, Dr. Fisher is an EMDR Approved Consultant, a trainer in Sersorimotor Psychotherapy, and Past President of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation. Dr. Fisher lectures nationally and internationally on topics related to trauma, dissociation, and the implications of the neurobiological research for treatment.

Julie Foss, MBA, MSW

Dawna Gabowitz, Ph.D.

Associate Director of Clinical Services at the Trauma Center, Dr. Gabowitz received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology, with a focus in neuropsychology, from Suffolk University, and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at The Trauma Center. Since completing her training, Dr. Gabowitz has participated in research and clinical work primarily focused on chronic/complex childhood trauma and neuropsychological assessment, and has provided trainings on this subject.

Frances Grossman, Ph.D.

Frances K. Grossman, Ph.D., ABPP, has been a supervisor and faculty member at the Trauma Center since spring of 2002. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Yale University in 1965, was on the faculty at Yale from 1965-1969 and has taught at Boston University since 1969. Currently she teaches Ethics in Psychology in the graduate program in Psychology at Boston University and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Assessment and Treatment in the Masters in Counseling Psychology at Lesley University. She and some colleagues wrote With the Phoenix Rising: Stories from 10 Resilient Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual abuse (Jossey Bass, 1999) as well as more recent journal articles on resilient men abuse survivors

Frank Guastella-Anderson, M.D.

Psychiatrist and supervisor at the Trauma Center. Private practice in Concord, MA. Specializing in medication management, EMDR and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.

Michelle Harris, LMHC

Michelle Harris, MA, ATR-BC, LMHC is an art therapist working with children, adolescents, and adults. She is leader of the Positive Sensory Group, a structured skills-building group focusing on self-care and safe alternatives to numbing, avoidance, and shut-down responses in daily life. Ms. Harris also specializes in collaborative community art projects such as the Incest Survivor Quilt at the Cambridge Women’s Center and the Coast Miwok /Southern Pomo tribe’s quilt on faith and tribal identity. Ms. Harris is an art tutor at Harvard University and teaches at Lesley University in the Expressive Therapy Department.

Michele Henderson, LICSW

Elizabeth K. Hopper, Ph.D

Program Director of Project REACH, Dr. Hopper received her Ph.D. from Saint Louis University and completed her Clinical Psychology internship at the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Hopper is the Director of Project REACH, a program that serves victims of human trafficking throughout the United States. Dr. Hopper has conducted national outreach on traumatic stress and complex trauma, focusing on cross-discipline training. She provides trauma-informed consultation in homeless shelters and to community-based clinicians. Dr. Hopper is currently a staff psychologist and supervisor at the Trauma Center.

Richard L. Jacobs, Psy.D.

Dr. Jacobs has been with the Trauma Center since 1999, providing supervision, teaching a course on Mind/Body/Spirit, and helping to keep the Center at the cutting edge of treatment. In addition to private practice, he has been on staff at McLean Hospital, Cambridge Hospital Behavioral Medicine, and Somerville Hospital. HIs study of Eastern Psychology dates back to 1970, and he has pursued and intergration of Eastern and Western approaches since then

Dicki Johnson Macy, ADTR, M.Ed, LMHC

Children's Trauma Recovery Foundation: Dicki Johnson Macy is the Creative Director for the Center for Trauma Psychology, the Director of the Children’s Trauma Recovery Foundation, and the Founder of “Rainbowdance Attunement Intervention”, which targets children with severed attachment, as well as developmental and neurological disorders.  Dicki is a tireless pioneer in the field of dance-movement and music therapy and has adapted a unique set of protocols based upon the Art & Technique of Isadora Duncan as well as archetypal healing circles to provide non-verbal stress reduction interventions for children and their mothers exposed to armed conflict and community violence. Dicki has implemented psychosocial intervention projects with the Center for Trauma Psychology in the United States, Turkey, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq and Nepal, and is developing similar projects for Indonesia and Guinea. Rainbowdance has been implemented in Mississippi for post Katrina surviving children.

Kristine Kinniburgh, LICSW

Kristine Kinniburgh has worked with complexly traumatized children in a range of settings, including state funded residential & after school programs, hospital settings, alternative educational settings, transitional living programs and in the Boston Public Schools. She is the originator and co-developer of the Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC) treatment framework, and has consulted on this framework with agencies across the U.S.

Kristina Konnath, LICSW

Kristina Konnath, MSW, LICSW, is a Staff Clinician at the Trauma Center, where she works with children and families providing a variety of clinical services including individual and family therapy, trauma and sexual abuse evaluations, and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). Additionally, she co-coordinates the Pathways to Permanency Program, providing specialized services for foster, kinship, and adoptive families. She also trains community-based providers in the implementation of PCIT and Child Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE). Ms. Konnath’s previous experience includes working at the National Center on Family Homelessness, where she assisted in developing curricula and presentations, as well as local and national training and consultation on the effects of violence and trauma in the lives of children and families experiencing homelessness. Additionally, Ms. Konnath worked in a residential treatment facility providing individual, group and family therapy with children and their families. She received her Master’s degree in Social Work from Boston College in 2001 and continued her clinical training by completing the Trauma Certificate Program with the Trauma Center in 2003. 

Deborah Korn, Psy.D

Melinda Kulish, Ph.D

Neuropsychological Testing Supervisory Consultant

Erika Lally, LMHC, ATR-BC

Erika is a clinician, supervisor and trainer at the Trauma Center. She coordinates the Trauma Center's Child Evaluation Services and consults on the Multidisciplinary Assessment Team at the Cambridge Department of Social Services.

Erika holds a Masters in Art Therapy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Massachusetts and a Registered, Board Certified Art Therapist as recognized by the American Art Therapy Association. She has provided trauma treatment for both children and adults for fifteen years. Erika specializes in treating complex trauma and she is EMDR level two certified.

Erika also is a adjunct faculty member at Lesley College, teaching in their Master's Level Expressive Therapies Division.

Leslie Lebowitz, Ph.D.

Robert Macy, Ph.D.

Robert Macy, Ph.D. is the Founder and Executive Director of the Boston Center for Trauma Psychology, the Co-Director of a Category III National Center for Child Traumatic Stress Network site at the Trauma Center/JRI in Boston, and the Founder and Executive Director of The Children’s Trauma Recovery Foundation, also in Boston. Macy is a pioneer in the field of Traumatic Incident Stress Interventions and violence prevention initiatives for children, youth, their families and their communities exposed to traumatic events including large-scale disasters, terrorist events, and political, community and armed conflict violence. Macy is a Research Associate in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Macy designs, implements and evaluates traumatic stress reduction programs, and psychosocial assessment and intervention projects in the United States, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine and Israel, Jordan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Burundi, Eritrea and South Africa.

Dana Moore, M.A.R., M.A.

Dana Moore,M.A.R., M.A. is a staff member of the Trauma Center Yoga Program and is directing a clinical mindfulness program for The Meadows. Dana also leads trauma and mindfulness retreats with Bessel van der Kolk. Dana studied theology at Yale University Divinity School and counseling psychology at Boston College. He received his yoga teacher training at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health and completed the advanced level of training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare and Society founded by John Kabat-Zinn. Dana first began doing psychotherapy at the Boston Veterans Center in Boston, MA where he used a mindfulness-based psychotherapy approach to treat combat veterans with PTSD. Dana is an oblate of the Pecos Benedictine Monastery.

Sharman Nathanson, LICSW

Received her M.S.W. from Simmons School of Social Work. She is a Clinical Supervisor at the Trauma Center and is currently the Mental Health Coordinator at the Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolf County.

Marilyn Ortega, Psy.D.

Marilyn Ortega, Psy.D. received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Antioch University New England in Keene, New Hampshire. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Robert J. Murney Clinic of the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, Missouri. Dr. Ortega is a postdoctoral fellow at The Trauma Center, providing psychotherapy and assessment services to children, adolescents, and adults. She has received training and supervision in marriage and family therapy, multicultural counseling, intergenerational trauma, racial trauma, and therapy with GLBTQ individuals. She has a special interest in cross-cultural/international trauma studies and working with trauma exposed Veterans.

Merle Perkins

Merle Perkins has played a variety of roles at regional theatres in New England. TV and video credits include HBO’s Six Feet Under the films Mermaids and All the Rage, and many commercials, industrials and museum exhibits. Merle has often been requested to sing at city and state events by Mayor Menino of Boston and the Boston Red Sox organization. She received training at Boston University and Walnut Hill School of Performing Arts. Merle has been a member of Urban Improv since the program began in 1992

Kelly Pratt

Kelly Pratt, LCSW, graduated from Cornell University with a BA in Biology and then obtained her MSW from Boston University.  Since completing her training, Ms. Pratt was part of the Child Protective Team at Children's Hospital, Boston completing forensically focused sexual abuse and trauma evaluations.  She has worked with complexly traumatized youth and adolescents in residential facilities, public schools, after-school programs, and Child Advocacy Centers.

Rona Sandberg, LICSW

Rona Sandberg is a Supervisor, Staff Clinician, Coordinator of the Sexual Abuse Program, and Co-Coordinator of the Pathways to Permanency Program at the Trauma Center. Rona has been a staff member of The Trauma Center since 1999 and she has over ten years of specialized experience working with traumatized children and their families. Rona provides individual, family and group therapy as well as conducts trauma/sexual abuse evaluations. Additionally, Rona provides consultation and parent education/support to foster, kinship and adoptive families. Rona also has experience working with complexly traumatized children and families in a range of settings including domestic violence shelters, schools, and social service agencies. She received her Master's degree in Social Work from New York University in 1997.

Lynn Sanford, LICSW

Steven Shapse, Ph.D

Dr. Shapse graduated Syracuse University in 1969. He earned his Masters in 1974 and Doctorate in 1980 from Boston College. Dr. Shapse is in full time private forensic practice in Lincoln, Massachusetts specializing in divorce/custody issues, and psychological assessment. He is one of the four principal founders of the Massachusetts Association of Guardians ad Litem and continues to serve on its Board of Directors. He has been performing Guardian ad Litem investigations for two decades. Dr. Shapse has been qualified as an expert witness in both state and Federal Courts for criminal, civil and child custody matters. Dr. Shapse is a member of numerous other professional societies and organizations including the American Psychological Association and Massachusetts Psychological Association, the American Psychology-Law Society and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. He has been awarded Diplomat status by the American Board of Medical Psychotherapists and Fellow status by the American Orthopsychiatric Association.

Faith Soloway

Faith Soloway fronts The Faith Soloway Trio and can be seen at a variety of Boston clubs and cafes. With her sister Jill, Faith created the musical “The Real Live Brady Bunch,” which toured nationally. In 1997-99, she was nominated for the Boston Musical Awards in the Outstanding New Contemporary Folk Artist category. Her CD, “Training Wheels,” was released in 1997. Faith is currently preparing her show, "Jesus Has Two Mommies," for its New York debut.

Joseph Spinazzola, Ph.D.

Executive Director of the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute. Dr. Spinazzola received his Ph.D. from Duke University and completed his Clinical Psychology Internship at New York University / Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Spinazzola runs the adult clinical program at the Trauma Center, and oversees with Bessel van der Kolk the Trauma Center's Research Department and the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Community Treatment & Services program. Dr. Spinazzola is also the Principal Investigator of a youth violence prevention program working with Urban Improv to develop and evaluate action-oriented programming for traumatized children in the Boston Public Schools. Dr. Spinazzola holds appointments at HRI Hospital and Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Spinazzola specializes in the assessment and treatment of complex adaptation to childhood trauma in children and adults, and has authored of over 30 publications and scholarly conference presentations in this area. He also has professional interests in the areas of forensic evaluation, identity and gender development, adolescent socialization, and giftedness.

Sarah Stewart, Psy.D

Janice Stubblefield-Tave, LICSW

A licensed social worker, Janice has been at the Trauma Center for four years. She has over 15 years of experience with child and adult trauma survivors. In addition to providing therapy to individuals, caregivers and families, Janice coordinates group services and facilitates the women's coping skills groups. Janice attended the University of Chicago.

Rosalie Suescun, Psy.D

Jenn Turner, RYT

A Kripalu certified yoga instructor, Jenn has been teaching yoga in the Boston area for the past six years. In addition to managing several yoga studios, she has taught classes and workshops in a variety of settings including homeless shelters, substance abuse treatment facilities and non-profit organizations.

Jenn is currently completing her Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Lesley University where she is focusing on Holistic and Trauma Studies.

Jenn currently teaches yoga at the Trauma Center and will be leading classes for the upcoming three-year yoga study conducted by the Trauma Center.

Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.

Medical Director, has been active as a clinician, researcher and teacher in the area of posttraumatic stress and related phenomena since the 1970s. His work integrates developmental, biological, psychodynamic and interpersonal aspects of the impact of trauma and its treatment. His book Psychological Trauma was the first integrative text on the subject, painting the far ranging impact of trauma on the entire person and the range of therapeutic issues which need to be addressed for recovery. Dr. van der Kolk and his various collaborators have published extensively on the impact of trauma on development, such as dissociative problems, borderline personality and self-mutilation, cognitive development in traumatized children and adults, and the psychobiology of trauma. He was co-principal investigator of the DSM IV Field Trials for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. His current research is on how trauma affects memory processes and brain imaging studies of PTSD. Dr. van der Kolk is past President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University Medical School, Co-Director of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Community Practice Site and Medical Director of the Trauma Center at HRI Hospital in Brookline, Massachusetts. He has taught at universities and hospitals across the United States and around the world, including Europe, Africa, Russia, Australia, Israel, and China. His latest book, co-edited with Alexander McFarlane and Lars Weisaeth, explores what we have learned in the past twenty years of the re-discovery of the role of trauma in psychiatric illness. Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society was published by Guilford Press in May, 1996.

David Vendetti

Yoga allows me to relax into who I am with peace and contentment. To notice, breathe, and enjoy this life in this moment now. Classes integrate a clear foundation in anatomy with intelligent alignment and ever evolving flows to heal the body. Students are encouraged to cultivate a deep passion for self-examination and light-hearted exploration.

I have been honored to meet and practice with so many talented and amazing teachers whose work I cherish and share now as I teach. Thank you Patricia Walden, Ana Forrest, Tom Myers, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Lynne Begier, David Magone, Andrew Cohen, Bo Forbes, Sundara, Pamela Wilson, Arthur Kilmurray, Sri Louise, Byron Katie and Glenn Black for reflecting the limitless.

Elizabeth Warner, Psy.D

Dr. Warner has had a psychotherapy practice in Brookline for the last 20 years. Her specialization is in the area of child development, and the treatment of children and families. Special interests include adoption and adoptive families, the special nature of that attachment and implications for development., and the development of new treatments for complex trauma in young children. She spent 15 years working with severely disordered children including traumatized children and their parents, using innovative methodologies and the use of videotape study at the Language & Cognitive Development Center. In addition, she has worked in psychiatric inpatient and outpatient settings at Boston University Medical Center, schools and mental health clinics, providing therapy, teaching and consultation.

Anne Westcott, LICSW

Anne Westcott, LICSW is a psychotherapist and consultant with over 20 years experience working with children, teens and families. She has a special passion for working with trauma and attachment, assisting children and adults in the process of self-discovery and healing. She is trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, ARC, and Attachment Therapy with Daniel Hughes. Ms. Westcott specializes in child-focused relational therapy with families affected by trauma and dissociation. She provides supervision, education and consultation to parents, educators and therapists on trauma, dissociation, attachment, and relationship regulation. Ms. Westcott received her Masters Degree from Columbia University of Social Work.

Daniel Williams, Psy.D

Dr. Williams received his Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology and completed his Clinical Psychology internship at The Trauma Center. Dr. Williams’ clinical work focuses on chronic/complex trauma in children, adults and families that includes a systems approach to the work.  He provides psychological assessments and consultation to families, community agencies, schools and other service providers. He has provided trauma-informed consultation to a juvenile detention facility and is currently providing direct clinical services and consultation to a middle school in the Boston Public School System.

Ilya Yacevich, LAMFT

Ilya Yacevich, LAMFT, specializes in work with children and families with histories of complex and intergenerational trauma. She has a Master’s degree in Marriage & Family Therapy from St. Mary’s University and post-graduate training in International Trauma Studies. Ms. Yacevich has worked with children and families for the last decade, in a variety settings, including residential treatment, shelters, and Head Start. She has also worked with programs in India and Tanzania, and has special interest in international/ cultural issues pertaining to mental health and wellness. She is trained in CISM and is a member of the MRC Mental Health Crisis Response Team. Ms. Yacevich incorporates varies modalities in treatment, including yoga, art, sandtray, DBT, play therapy, and dance. She coordinates the GLBTQ program at the Trauma Center, as well as providing evaluations for child sexual abuse and human trafficking.

Marla Zucker, Ph.D

Director of Clinical Services of the Trauma Center at JRI and Licensed Clinical Psychologist. Dr. Zucker received her Ph.D. from Georgia State University in Atlanta and completed her Clinical Psychology Internship at Duke University Medical Center and Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Trauma Center. Dr. Zucker is a Staff Psychologist and Supervisor at the Trauma Center, working clinically with traumatized children, adolescents, and adults, as well as specializing in psychological and neuropsychological assessment. Dr. Zucker is also the Research Coordinator of a youth violence prevention program collaborating with Urban Improv. Dr. Zucker has authored numerous publications and scholarly conference presentations in the areas of trauma and trauma treatment and developmental learning and attention disorders.