Dr. Elaine Campbell received her master's degree in Counseling Psychology from Boston College and earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Antioch New England Graduate School in 1999. She completed her pre-doctoral internship through Harvard Medical School at the Brockton/ West Roxbury Veteran's Administration providing psychological services to combat veterans struggling with posttraumatic stress disorder and their families. Dr. Campbell's postdoctoral fellowship included work on a federally funded research project through SAMSHA, which addressed the psychological needs of rural women who had experienced trauma in their lives, as well as the needs of their children. Dr. Campbell has a commitment to public mental health and has spent the last 7 years providing training, supervision, school consultation, as well as direct care in a non-profit, public mental health clinic in Springfield, Massachusetts. In addition, she is an Associate faculty member at Antioch New England graduate school in Keene, New Hampshire.
Dr. Campbell is a licensed clinical psychologist in Massachusetts. Her interests
include developing innovative and strength-based treatment models for children,
and their families, who have experienced traumatic events. She is a member of
the American Psychological Association and the International Critical Incident
Stress Foundation. Dr. Campbell has also received training through the Red Cross
in Mental Health Disaster response.
Vinnie Regan has been working in the field of Behavioral Healthcare and Residential
Treatment for over 5 years in various roles, including Counselor, SPED Teacher
and Vice-Principal. Vinnie co-developed the first Therapeutic Day School in the
Berkshires, and has provided service to many students with a variety of social,
emotional, behavioral and developmental special needs. Vinnie is a licensed SPED
Administrator and Teacher of students with Moderate Disabilities in grades 5-12,
as well as History 8-12. Vinnie holds a Master's Degree in Urban Education from
the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and is currently completing a CAGS from
Westfield State College in Educational Administrator. Vinnie also attended McGill
University in Montreal, Quebec and earned his Bachelor's Degree in History and
Economics.
Dr. Lou Velazquez has been an advocate for psychiatrically and behaviorally disordered
children throughout his career. He holds a BS from Yale College. He received
his MD from the University of Michigan Medical School and a Master's Degree in
Epidemiology from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Dr. Velazquez
did his residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY,
and completed his fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Columbia University/New
York State Psychiatric Institute.
Upon completion of training, Dr. Velazquez spent 6 years in central Maine where
he developed a special purpose school and residential facility for attachment
disordered children. He has also worked at the North Shore Children's Hospital
in Salem, MA, the Brigham and Women's Hospital community health clinics in Boston,
MA, provided school consultation for the city of Lynn, and as the president of
the New Mexico Council of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
An advocate for pharmological prudence and observance of a true bio-psycho-social
model of intervention, he has spoken publicly about the absence of appropriate
services and funding for troubled youth, and the overuse and misuse of psychiatric
medications in children.
Barbara has over 30 years experience as a teacher, director of religious education,
pastoral associate bereavement counselor, health education coordinator, substance
abuse counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist. In 1998, Barbara participated
in intensive training with Dr. Herbert Benson at the Harvard Medical School Mind/Body
Institute. Barbara is a clinical member of the American Association of Marriage
and Family Therapists.
Jana McClure has worked with children and families in several leadership capacities
and has over 15 years of administrative and organizational management experience
in the human service and non-profit industry. Jana has held several leadership
positions in human services, including Residential Manager, Program Director,
and Director of Quality Improvement. As Director of Quality Improvement, she
was committed to researching best practice methodology to ensure quality service
delivery excellence. Jana is highly qualified in training both executive and
front-line staff in organizational change management and operational functioning.
As an assistant research scientist at New York University, Jana co-managed a NIMH
grant funded research laboratory focusing on infant cognitive development, under
the direction of Dr. Catherine Tamis-LeMonda, where she trained graduate and undergraduate
students. Jana received a BA in Psychology from New York University and a M.Ed.
from Antioch New England Graduate School.