Myrosha Dziuk, LMHC, ATR is a Staff Clinician and Registered Art Therapist at the Metrowest Behavioral Health Center in Acton. She received her Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling and Art Therapy from Lesley University, and has extensive previous experience in the Arts. Ms Dziuk’s professional experience includes work in partial and inpatient hospital settings providing individual and group therapy. Most recently she worked for several years providing trauma informed in home therapy to children and families. She is skilled with providing individual therapy, facilitating caregiver/parent consultations and support and crisis management. Of particular clinical interest is the intersection between movement and the creative process. Ms Dziuk is committed to supporting transformation and healing through play and the creative process and has worked with clients of all ages.

Katie McCarthy, Ph.D., is a clinician, project coordinator, consultant, trainer, and researcher at the Trauma Center. Dr. McCarthy specializes in the assessment and treatment of complex trauma, PTSD, and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. Her research focuses on evaluating evidence-based treatments and clinical treatment outcomes for children and families impacted by complex trauma. She currently works as Project Coordinator for the first effectiveness trial of the Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC) framework and as both Project Coordinator and Clinician for the Metropolitan Boston Complex Trauma Treatment Initiative, an NCTSI Category III grant funded by SAMHSA. Dr. McCarthy earned her doctoral degree from the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) at Alliant International University in San Francisco, CA after completing an APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship at Community Healthlink Youth and Family Services in Worcester, MA. She completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship and an advanced training certificate program in traumatic stress studies at the Trauma Center. She has worked in community mental health centers, schools, residential programs, and a juvenile justice center. She is trained in trauma-informed treatment models including ARC, Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), neurofeedback, and biofeedback.

Specialized Services Provided at the Trauma Center:  ARC, SMART, TF-CBT, EMDR (Level II), Neurofeedback, CBT, DBT, Trauma/Sexual Abuse Evaluation, Psychological/Neuropsychological Assessment, Expressive Arts Therapy, Treatment of Dissociation

Shirley Poyau, Ph.D. is a postdoctoral fellow at the Trauma Center. Dr. Poyau received her doctorate from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital. She has worked with children and adults with complex trauma in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Her interests are in the roles of narrative skill in helping youth cope in the aftermath of trauma exposure and in early attachment relationships.