Daniel Morehead, MD, is Director of the General Psychiatry Residency Program at Tufts Medical Center. He speaks regularly for mental health advocacy and teaches psychiatry at Tufts University Medical Center. He is also a former Assistant Residency Director at the Menninger Clinic, where he received the William C. Menninger Teaching Award. He is board certified in General Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry, and maintains interests in brain science, psychotherapy, and spirituality. 

In his leisure time, he is a student of kung fu, and has managed to attain black belt level without seriously injuring himself. He and his wife Carol are parents of three sons, and Carol serves as priest and rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Medford, Massachusetts.

Greg Bodine, LICSW (he/him), is a licensed clinical social worker and narrative therapist who works with individuals and families in independent practice. He was first introduced to Narrative ideas and practices while earning his MSW at the Boston College School of Social Work. He was drawn to Narrative Therapy as an approach to helping that did not view people as “disordered” but instead sought to honor each person's inherent dignity, uniqueness, and profound knowledge of their own life and preferred ways of being. 

Greg has worked with adults, adolescents, and families in high school, residential, and community mental health settings. Greg has served as Director of Community Relations for the Narrative Therapy Initiative since 2016, and is a graduate of NTI's first Narrative Certificate Program in 2018.

Mary Chao, LMHC, is a Substance Use Treatment Specialist for Youth & Young Adults at Justice Resource Institute (JRI). Her work includes training, consultation, and coaching for staff who provide substance use services. Mary also instructs Doctorate- and Masters-level Substance Use courses at William James College and Boston College, respectively. 

She is a consultant to the Office of Youth & Young Adult Services (OYYAS) at the Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS), a statewide trainer of Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA), and a facilitator of the Substance Use module for the Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI) Assessment & Clinical Understanding (ACU) training for UMass Medical School. Mary has 15 years of experience. She earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Counseling at the University of Northern Colorado in 2013.

Kimberly Knowles, LMHC, ATR, is a Boston-based art therapist and mental health counselor, working with clients across the lifespan. She is trained in EMDR, and experienced as a clinician and supervisor working in school, outpatient, and community mental health settings. Kimberly has the privilege to witness, and collaborate with, clients who are coping with and growing through their lived experiences, and her work focuses on the importance of containment and self-compassion for clients and clinicians alike. 

She is passionate about utilizing creative expression as a tool to deepen the therapeutic process, build resilience, and combat burn-out. In addition to her private practice, Kimberly teaches at Endicott College and Emmanuel College. 

Matt Mooney, PhD, LICSW, is a graduate of the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work with over 15 years of experience working as a narrative therapist to young people and their families in Boston, MA and Hartford, CT. He has worked as a family therapist, clinical supervisor, and consultant for community-based, in-home therapy agencies in Boston and has additional experience maintaining a full-time private therapy practice. 

Currently, Matt lives in Connecticut and is working in an independent practice after three years working as a high school social worker in Hartford. Matt enjoys speaking about narrative ideas in any context, has been on the faculty of the Narrative Therapy Initiative for the past seven years, and is a part time faculty member of the Boston College School of Social Work.

Jennifer Roman-Martin (she, her, hers), LICSW, is a clinical social worker with expertise in the treatment of complex trauma across the lifespan and a 2013 graduate of the BCSSW. Jennifer integrates her specialized training in EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, TF-CBT, ARC, and PCIT into her clinical practice. She enjoys working with BCSSW MSW students as adjunct faculty through trauma treatment and clinical practice courses, as well as the Trauma Integration Initiative. 

She currently provides program coordination for The National Center on Child Trafficking through Georgia State University, clinical services for the Massachusetts Justice and Equity for Child Trauma Project at JRI, and consultation for the US DOS TIP Office's Expert Network.

Nicki Roth, LICSW, is an Adolescent DBT Specialist at Birch Hill Behavioral Health. She earned her master’s degree in social work from Boston College’s Graduate School of Social Work in 2021, specializing in Children, Youth, and Families. Nicki works with adolescents, families, adults, and couples, utilizing an integrated approach with a focus on DBT to help clients create a life worth living. She has led trainings and workshops on DBT, self-care for clinicians, and Narrative Therapy. 

Before joining BHBH, Nicki worked in various settings, including a DBT-focused group practice, Brandeis University’s Counseling Center, and the Boston Public School system.

Susan Lee Tohn, MSW, LICSW, is the Co-Director of Solutions in Behavioral Healthcare, LLC. Ms. Tohn has worked with couples, adolescents, and families using the Solution-Focused model. She has provided training for and consulted with management teams, mental health organizations, hospitals, state child welfare organizations, managed care organizations, and has presented to professional audiences both nationally and internationally.

She is co-author of Crossing the Bridge: Integrating Solution Focused Therapy into Clinical Practice and “Solution-Focused Therapy with Mandated Clients: Cooperating with the Uncooperative”, in S. Miller, M. Hubble, & B. Duncan (Eds.): Handbook of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy.

Working in the Social Work field for over 15 years, Tsana Dimanin, MSW, LICSW, NIC, has been in private practice since 2011 while sharing her time with her other career as a nationally certified American Sign Language Interpreter. Graduating from Boston College in 2009 with her MSW, she went on to be the Assistant Clinical Director for the Freedom Trail Clinic in Boston, MA, while also contracting at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf as an outpatient therapist. Currently, she is an adjunct professor at Boston College, Boston University, and Northeastern University.

Kristan Bagley-Jones, MSW, LICSW, is the Program Director of an agency-school partnership counseling program in the Boston area. Her experience includes providing play therapy in outpatient and school based settings as a clinician, supervisor, and director. Kristan has taught both Play Therapy and Clinical Work in schools and in the Boston College School of Social Work for several years.

Rachel DiBella, PsyD, MSW, LICSW, is a social worker, organizational psychologist, and facilitator whose work focuses on the influence of attachment and gender on leadership development. Drawing from organizational development, social work, and adaptive leadership theories, Rachel has worked with leaders from around the world to promote psychologically safe organizations where members feel they can speak up and make sure their contributions are valued.

Most recently, as a doctoral fellow at William James College, Rachel researched how attachment theory can be utilized to foster more secure and adaptive leaders in an increasingly complex world.

Rachel has previously served on the part-time faculty at Boston College’s School of Social Work, and has served in social work roles spanning community mental health, healthcare, and higher education.

Gregory B. Hallowell is the Director of Motivational Interviewing Implementation for Eliot Community Human Services. He has over a decade of experience in adult mental health services, including overseeing dual-diagnosis residential programs, and as the team manager of a multi-disciplinary clinical outreach team. 

Gregory has certificates in Motivational Interviewing (MI) from the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI). He believes practicing Motivational Interviewing can help one stop engaging in power struggles with others, and reduce feelings of burnout in work and life.

Betsy Harris, LICSW, is the founder of Better Balance Counseling, LLC and a therapist in private practice. She specializes in emotion dysregulation, PTSD, and trauma, with experience across settings including McLean Hospital, The Mindfulness & Change Group, Stanford Hospital, Brandeis University, and various residential and IOP programs. 

Betsy is one of fewer than 20 clinicians in Massachusetts certified by the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification. She is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and EMDR. Betsy holds a BA from Wheaton College and an MSW from Boston University School of Social Work.

Sara Keary, PhD, LICSW (she/her), has been a social worker in the field of gerontology for over 20 years. Her work has been in inpatient geriatric psychiatric hospital settings, hospice, palliative care, and bereavement. Dr. Keary obtained her BASW, MSW, and Certification in Gerontology from the University of Pittsburgh and her PhD in social work from Boston College School of Social Work. 

She also completed fellowships in LGBT Population Health through The Fenway Institute and Boston University School of Public Health and in Palliative and End-of-Life Care through Smith College School for Social Work. Dr. Keary is licensed to practice social work in Massachusetts (LICSW) and Pennsylvania (LCSW). Her private practice, Caregiver Counseling and Consultation, offers support and therapeutic interventions for caregivers of aging people.

Amanda Platner, PsyD, is on faculty at Emory University School of Medicine and is the Director of Adult Behavioral Interventions at the Emory Autism Center. Prior, Dr. Platner was a staff psychologist in the Behavioral Health department at Franciscan Children's in Brighton, MA. She worked primarily in outpatient services. She completed two years of postdoctoral fellowship in autism spectrum disorders and related neurodevelopmental disorders at the Marcus Autism Center/Emory University and at the MGH Lurie Center/Harvard University. 

Dr. Platner specializes in working with individuals and families impacted by neurodevelopmental disorders and is particularly interested in early assessment and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, as well as working with individuals who have comorbid medical and/or mental health conditions.

Helen Stojanov-Acford, CAGS, MA, CADC, LADC-1, is a lead clinician at a group practice. She has many years of experience in the human services, specifically in providing treatment to individuals with serious and persistent mental illness, substance use disorders, trauma, domestic violence, and is experienced in providing sex offender specific treatment. She has worked in a variety of settings from inpatient psychiatric facilities to correctional settings.

She is also co-author of a published study entitled: “Under-diagnosis of Alcohol Dependence in Psychiatric Inpatients.” Helen is a graduate of Boston College with an undergraduate degree in Psychology and graduate degree in Counseling Psychology. Additionally, she has a CAGS from Salem State University. Helen has advanced training in Motivational Interviewing and has been co-facilitating MI trainings since 2014.