Brightside for Families & Children

 

Key Staff

Elaine Campbell Psy.D. - Clinical Director

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, M.Ed., Education Administrator for Brightside Campus School

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.

Louis Velazquez, M.D., Medical Director

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 Gallagher Jarry, M.Ed., M.S., L.M.F.T., Manager of Spiritual Development

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, M.Ed., Director of Training and Evaluation

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.