Gabriella Arrien, MA is a staff clinician at the Trauma Center. She completed her masters in clinical mental health counseling with a concentration in health and behavioral medicine at William James College in 2016. She has experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families in outpatient counseling and community based mental health, this includes providing therapy in Spanish for Latino families. Her approach in therapy is person centered with knowledge about the mind and body connection. Her interests include complex trauma, developmental trauma and intergenerational trauma. She is also trained in TF-CBT in English and Spanish. And will soon be trained in Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Therapy (SMART) and Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC) treatment frameworks. 

Specialized Services Provided at MBHC: TF-CBT, DBT, and Health and Behavioral Medicine

Addeline LCSW, is a Staff Clinician at Metrowest Behavioral Health Center who works with individuals in a wide age range who are affected by their experiences in many complex ways.  She is passionate about working alongside people in the therapy space to develop and enhance capacities for recovery, healing, and self-exploration.  She received her undergraduate double major degree in Counseling and Global Studies from Lesley University and Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work from Boston College.  Prior to receiving her graduate degree she worked at a residential program for homeless young adults in Boston.  She also has experience working with youth in community based outpatient treatment in Watertown as well as in an integrated community health center, Fenway Health, gaining specialized experience with clients in the LGBTQIA+ community.  Her interests include relationship and attachment based approaches, parts work, and mind-body techniques used in healing from trauma.

Specialized Services provided at MBHC: ARC, IFS-informed, Mind-body approaches

Dr. Jacquelyn Kraps serves as Clinical Director of Outpatient Services. She specializes in complex trauma as it impacts families and children with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental delays, LGBTQA+ youth, infants and very young children, children and teens in foster care, and individuals who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing. She is certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and she is trained to fidelity in Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), among other evidenced-based practices for the treatment of families with complex emotional and behavioral health needs. Dr. Kraps is a trainer in the CARE Model (Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement) and provides presentations on the neurobiology of the traumatic stress response, crisis de-escalation, trauma and intellectual/developmental disabilities, and non-suicidal self-injury. She is in the process of obtaining certification in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT). She has previously served on the NCTSN Affiliate Advisory Group and as a CASA/Guardian Ad Litem. Dr. Kraps earned her doctorate at The University of Toledo in 2014. 

Specialized Services Provided at the Trauma Center: Trauma Evaluations, CPP, PCIT, TF-CBT and NMT Brain Mapping

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.

Christina Zawalski, Psy.D., is a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Trauma Center. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology with a child and adolescent emphasis from Wright State University’s School of Professional Psychology in Dayton, OH, and completed her internship at the Jefferson County Internship Consortium in Louisville, KY. She has experience providing trauma-informed therapy and assessment services to children and adolescents in a variety of settings, including community-based, forensic, and school settings. Dr. Zawalski has interests in developmental and complex trauma, intergenerational trauma, cultural trauma, and parent-child attachment.