Meet the Team

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Leadership

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.

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.

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

Vanessa A. Arthur, 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.

Christine Castles, RN, MHP

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

Jennifer Ellyson, MA, R-DMT

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.

Toni Evans, LMSW

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

Simone Hopwood, MSW

Professional interests include trauma centered psychotherapy, grief and loss, intimate partner violence, and domestic violence. Enjoys working with adolescents and adults.

Emily Kneis, MA, LPCA, ATR-P, NCC

Professional interests include trauma-centered psychotherapy and creative arts therapy with adolescents and adults.

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.

Briana Shea, BS, BA, RYT-200

MA Candidate

Personal interests include working with adolescents and young adults with marginalized identities who have experienced sexual violence or intimate partner violence. Passionate about bodywork and mindfulness as they relate to trauma-centered psychotherapy.

Katrina Sanyal,

MA Candidate

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.

Alicia Stephen, MA

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.

Nicole Ventura, MA, LPCA, RDT

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

Erinn Webb, MA, RDT

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