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GET TO KNOW US 
Leadership
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David R. Johnson, PhD
Co-Director

 David Read Johnson, Ph.D. (Yale University, 1980) is a licensed clinical psychologist in Connecticut and is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine.  He has written extensively on the treatment of PTSD.

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Hadar Lubin, MD
Co-Director

 Hadar Lubin, MD (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1988) is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a licensed physician in CT.  She is an Asst. Clinical Professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine.  She developed the Women’s Trauma Program and has written extensively on treatment of PTSD.

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Stephanie Kilpatrick, PsyD
Clinical Director

Stephanie Kilpatrick, PsyD. (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles, 2016) is a licensed clinical psychologist in CT. Professional Interests include EMDR, trauma centered psychotherapy,

psychedelic & psychodynamic existential approaches for PTSD, depression & anxiety, and mood disorders.

Clinicians
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Christine Castles, RN, MPH

Jennifer Ellyson, MA,

R-DMT, LPCA

Toni Evans, LMSW

Professional interests include community mental health including violence prevention, children's mental health and mental health policy.   

Professional interests include creative arts therapies, violence prevention, wellness and self-care through movement and somatic practices.  Enjoys working with children and adults of all ages.

Professional interests include trauma-centered psychotherapy, working with inner city youth and young adults who have experienced community violence, emotional and physical trauma. 

Brooke Ferguson

MA Candidate

Professional interests include performance-based drama therapy, trauma-centered psychotherapy through play, and working with children of all ages, including older adults.

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Daphne Goksen

Professional interests include drama therapy and other forms of creative arts therapy, and trauma-centered psychotherapy.

Nicole Hoffman, MS

Professional interests include Military and Veteran mental health, trauma centered psychotherapy, special education, grief,  physical or emotional harm, and loss. Enjoys working with children, adolescents, and adults of all ages. 

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Vanessa A. Jackson, MA, MS.Ed

Professional interests include sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence, childhood attachment, minorities, and underserved populations. Enjoys working with children, teens, and adults of all ages.

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LaToya Robinson,

MA Candidate

Professional interests include trauma centered psychotherapy, drama and expressive arts therapies for minorities and underserved populations. Enjoys working with adolescents and adults who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, gun and community violence, and work place traumas.

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Katrina Sanyal, MA

Professional interests include working with adolescents and adults who have experienced sexual, physical, or emotional trauma, grief, and loss. Passionate about drama therapy and storytelling approaches in trauma-centered psychotherapy.

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Alicia Stephen, MA, RDT

Professional interests

include anti-oppression work, creative arts therapy, queer centered 

psychotherapy  and working with people who have experienced sexual assaults, childhood abuse or gun violence.   

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Nicole Ventura, MA, LPC, RDT 

Professional interests include trauma-centered psychotherapy and drama therapy with children, adolescents and adults who have experienced sexual, physical or emotional trauma.

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Erinn Webb, MA, RDT-BCT

Professional interests include children or adults who have experienced sexual, physical or emotional harm, loss, infertility and LGBTQQIA2++ individuals.  

Business Office
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Debbie  Samuels

Administrative Assistant

Chevonne Rhoden

Operations Manager

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