Jamie Wood Chiarelli, LICSW is the Clinical Director, supervisor and clinician at MBHC. Prior to earning her Masters Degree in Social Work from Boston College, she worked in Child Protective and Adoption Services in Chicago, IL. Ms. Chiarelli has worked in therapeutic middle and high school, residential, and outpatient mental health settings. Her work and training has focused on providing trauma-informed therapy services to children, adolescents, young adults, and families. Ms. Chiarelli incorporates various evidenced-based and trauma-specific approaches into her work including ARC, CBT, DBT, Collaborative Problem Solving, EMDR, Internal Family Systems, SMART, and PCIT-A. She is also experienced in working with children, adolescents, and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders, anxiety, depression, and substance abuse struggles.

Specialized Services provided at MBHC: ARC, CBT, SMART, EMDR (Level II), ACRA/ACC, DBT, Trauma/Sexual Abuse Evaluation, TF-CBT

Susan Lerner, MSW, LICSW is the Assistant Director at MBHC. She works with children, families, adolescents, and adults whose lives have been impacted by trauma. Ms. Lerner is trained in EMDR, AEDP and Sensory Motor Psychotherapy and integrates these approaches in her work with clients. In addition, Ms. Lerner provides parent consultation, training, and coaching. Using several evidenced-based therapies focusing on increasing attachment through increased attunement in her work with parents, Ms. Lerner's focus is on helping families understand each other and strengthen their ability to connect, accept one another and develop a sense of playfulness. She received her Masters in Social Work from Boston University in 1988 and is committed to ongoing training in trauma, attachment, dissociation and parenting issues.

Specialized Services Provided at MBHC: EMDR (Level II), Treatment of Dissociation, ARC, PCIT, P2P, SMART, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (Level 1)

Jennifer Moore, M.A., LMHC is a staff clinician and supervisor at MBHC who has worked with children, adolescents and families impacted by trauma. She received her Masters of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Saint Michaels College in 2013. Her interests include attachment-based therapies for young children and caregivers, the impact of complex and multigenerational trauma, and differential diagnosis around the impact of chronic interpersonal trauma and other pathologies of childhood.

Specialized Services Provided at MBHC: SMART, ARC, Sand Play, Trauma/sexual abuse evaluations, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (Level 1)

Kara Wetzel, LMHC, MT-BC, REAT is a Staff Clinician, Expressive Arts Therapist, Board-Certified Music Therapist at the Metrowest Behavioral Health Center in Acton. Ms. Wetzel received her Master’s in Mental Health Counseling and Expressive Therapies from Lesley University and has also pursued post-graduate studies at Anna Maria College in their Institute for Music Consciousness. Ms. Wetzel has a great passion for the arts as well as mindfulness and meditation and incorporates this expertise into her work at MBHC. Her professional experience includes work in schools, hospitals, outpatient and residential facilities such as Germaine Lawrence in Arlington and McLean Hospital in Belmont. Ms. Wetzel has worked with clients of all ages, facing a broad spectrum of diagnoses utilizing an eclectic, client-centered approach.

Specialized Services Provided at MBHC: Expressive Arts Therapy, ARC, Pathways to Permanency, Meditation/Mindfulness, Social Skills Training, Music Therapy, EMDR Level II

Andrea Kamins, MSW/LCSW is a Staff Clinician at Metrowest Behavioral Health Center. She works with children, adolescents and adults who have been impacted by trauma. Prior to becoming a clinical social worker, Ms. Kamins worked as an educator and professional development specialist in afterschool programs throughout New York City. She earned her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Michigan, where she later worked in the Department of Psychiatry as a Clinical Social Work Fellow in the Women and Infants Mental Health Clinic and the Anxiety Disorders Clinic. Ms. Kamins uses an attachment-informed approach in her work with both youth and adults. Her clinical interests include complex trauma and dissociation, attachment-based therapies, mindfulness, and body-oriented approaches to the treatment of trauma.

Specialized Services Provided at MBHC: ARC, Meditation/Mindfulness, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 1, DBT/CBT, Performance Enhancement/Life Coaching, SMART

Katherine Hurley, MSW, LCSW, is a Staff Clinician at MBHC. Katherine holds a Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University, where she studied clinical practice and program management. She has experience in providing individual, group, and family therapy for youth and adults from a wide range of backgrounds. Previously, Katherine worked in refugee resettlement; school settings; and counseling programs for immigrant survivors of torture, domestic violence, and human trafficking. Her professional interests include mind-body approaches for healing trauma, relationship-based therapy models, and cross-cultural issues in counseling. 

Specialized Services provided at MBHC: TF-CBT, CBT for pain, Mind-body approaches, Domestic Violence Advocacy, Chronic Pain Treatment, Refugee Popplulation, SMART