Sarah Mikesell-Johnson, LICSW
Sarah (she/her) studied psychology at Hampshire College and received her Master of Social Work from Westfield State University in 2022. She also completed a postgraduate fellowship with the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis in 2023. Sarah provides psychotherapy to people of all ages from a relational, attachment-based, and psychoanalytic perspective. She has experience working in a variety of settings, including outpatient community mental health, residential addiction treatment, community crisis stabilization programs, sexual and domestic violence agencies, and school settings.
Sarah Towers, LICSW
Sarah (she/her) received her bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College and obtained her Master of Social Work degree from Smith College School for Social Work in 2016. Since then, Sarah has practiced in community mental health in Northampton, working with adults of varying ages and backgrounds, with a particular focus on complex trauma and anxiety. Sarah also holds a Master of Arts in Fiction from Boston University, and before becoming a psychotherapist, taught creative writing and literature at the Bard Prison Initiative, Colgate University, and Boston University.
Ryan McArdle, MA
Ryan (he/him) earned his Master of Mental Health Counseling degree from Westfield State University and has a BA in Transpersonal Psychology. Ryan has worked and trained in various therapeutic settings for over 10 years. He draws inspiration for his counseling approach from his longstanding mindfulness meditation practice, Polyvagal Theory, and from his own experience as a client. He is interested in the healing potential of transformative practices such as breath work, meditation, movement, and music.
Nick Duska, MA
Nick (he/him) earned his Master of Mental Health Counseling degree from Westfield State University and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In addition to his advanced degrees, Nick is a Certified Life Coach. He also worked and received training at the Alchemy Healing Center, informed by the healing traditions of holistic Chinese medicine, and he is a Certified Neurolinguistic Practitioner (NLP). While Nick practices primarily from an insight-oriented approach, his background in life coaching offers a practical, solution-focused skill set from which he is also able to draw.
Gianna DeFelice, MSW
Gianna DeFelice (she/they) earned her Master of Social Work degree at Smith College School for Social Work and her Bachelor's degrees in Sociology and Community Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. They are experienced working with adults, children and adolescents in various therapeutic settings, including schools, outpatient mental health clinics, and outdoor/nature environments. Gianna primarily works from a psychodynamic perspective, with play-therapy and art therapy as foundations of her child work.
Mark Ryan, LICSW
Mark (he/him) earned his Master of Social Work degree at Simmons College in 1998, and a Bachelor's from Brandeis University. He trained in The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program at the Institute of Psychoanalytic Training and Research in New York City. Mark has had a thriving private practice in Brooklyn, NY for more than fifteen years, seeing children, adolescents, adults, and parents. He has also worked extensively in acute crisis care while at Boston Children’s Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric Service, in foster care settings, and in long-term residential treatment centers for adolescents with addictions.
Deborah Berkman, PhD, MAT
Deborah received her Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst in 1991. Previous to that, she earned her Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) from the University of Iowa. Deborah taught at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA for 17 years, where she also developed and directed the Writing Center. The Writing Center's mission to address writing blocks and other forms of academic performance anxiety led Deborah to her Ph.D. specialization in psychotherapy with college students.
Jessica Poser, EdD, MFA
Jessica (she/her) obtained her Master of Counseling Psychology degree from State University of New York at Albany. She also holds both Doctorate and Master’s degrees in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Rachel Dress Snider, LICSW
Rachel (she/her) earned her Master of Social Work degree from New York University, and completed postgraduate certification in Adult Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy at Adelphi University. Rachel started her private practice in New York City in 2007, and has extensive experience working with older adolescents and adults of all ages. She is licensed in both NY and MA.
Tara Goodrich, Ph.D.
Tara (she/her) received her bachelor’s degree from Smith College, and obtained her Doctorate in Psychology from the Derner Institute of Adelphi University in 2002. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Columbia University’s Counseling and Psychological Services. She has worked extensively with children, adolescents, adults and parents full-time in private practice in New York City since 2007, and she currently lives and works in Northampton, MA.