Meet our staff
Chris Marobella, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Director
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Chris Marobella works with children, adolescents, adults, families, and has a special focus in couples therapy.
He specializes in parental coaching, creative play therapy with children dealing with anxiety, ADHD, and executive function issues. He is also adept in dealing with anxiety, depression, OCD, adjustment issues, and trauma with clients of any age. A trained hypnotherapist, Chris works from a strengths-based perspective and draws on a range of modalities including CBT, ACT, hypnotherapy, cognitive and insight-oriented therapies, and play therapy.
Chris accepts Blue Cross, Tufts, United Health, United Behavioral Health, OPTUM, Medicare, Harvard Pilgrim, Mass General/Brigham, and private payment.
Daniel Sanford, Psy. D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Daniel Sanford works with adolescents, couples, and families.
His areas of expertise include the treatment of anxiety, depression, learning challenges, anger management, and attention deficit disorder, as well as transitions within the family system. Using a variety of therapeutic approaches including cognitive-behavioral therapy, he has worked with a broad range of clients with diverse backgrounds.
Dr. Sanford accepts Blue Cross, Tufts, Harvard Pilgrim, OPTUM, United Health, United Behavioral Health, Mass General/Brigham, and private payment.
Rosemarie Wing, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Rosemarie works with teens 15 and older, adults, families and couples and elders. She specializes in helping people deal with grief and bereavement, palliative care, hospice and serious medical issues. She also has extensive experience helping people overcome depression, anxiety, and eating disorders, as well as anger management, trauma, and OCD. She is also able to offer Christian counseling if desired.
Rose works from a strengths-based, person-centered perspective and draws on a range of modalities including CBT and insight-oriented therapy. Rose is trained in EMDR for trauma.
Rose accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield, Tufts, Medicare, OPTUM, Harvard Pilgrim, United Health, UBH, Mass General/Brigham, and private payment.
Rose is not currently accepting new clients
Susan Valente, MSW, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Bicultural and bilingual in Portuguese
Susan Valente works with children, adolescents, and adults using the individual's or family's current strengths to find strategies and solutions to achieve therapeutic goals. The modalities she utilizes include behavior modification, CBT, play therapy, person-centered therapy, and psycho-education. She specializes in treating trauma, PTSD, domestic violence, parenting issues, ADHD, addictions, grief and loss, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and stress management.
Susan accepts Blue Cross, Tufts, United Health, United Behavioral Health, OPTUM, Medicare, Harvard Pilgrim, Mass General/Brigham, and private payment.
Barbara Nash, Ed. D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Barbara Nash has been a licensed psychologist in Massachusetts since 1987. Her background is in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Humanistic Psychology, and she has additional training in ACT and DBT. She has led workshops on stress management, communication for couples, parenting, and listening skills and she has also trained probation officers, hospice workers, managers, and crisis center workers. Using the tenets of positive psychology, Dr. Nash strives to help people become healthier, happier, and more resilient.
She works with older children, adolescents, adults, families, couples, and elders, on issues such as anxiety, depression, OCD, adjustment, and trauma using a variety of therapeutic approaches. She has also been a psychology professor since 1982 and has taught at Bentley University since 2000.
Dr. Nash currently accepts OPTUM, Unitedhealth, United Behavioral Health, Harvard Pilgrim, Mass General/Brigham, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and private payment.
Alexander M. Davis, LICSW, CCM, CDP
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Alexander works with adults, couples, families, and elders. With over a decade of experience in geriatric mental health, he is a Certified Case Manager as well as a Certified Dementia Practitioner. He is well-versed in crisis intervention, palliative and hospice care, as well as complex medical issues. Treating adjustment disorders, phobias, stage of life issues, depression, and anxiety, Alexander works from a strengths-based, person-centered approach. He draws on a number of treatment modalities including solution-focused and insight-oriented therapy. He is also a classically trained violinist who has used music therapy in treatment.
Alexander accepts Medicare, Blue Cross, OPTUM, Harvard Pilgrim, United Health, United Behavioral Health, Mass General/Brigham, Tufts, and private payment.
Daiana da Costa, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Daiana works with children, adults, families and couples She specializes in helping parents to co-parent as well as creative play therapy with children dealing with anxiety, mood disorders, and ADHD. She is also adept in working with children who are high functioning and on the Autism Spectrum. Daiana has extensive experience working with people with suicidal ideations, depression, anxiety, and trauma. She is trained in working with the LGBTQ community. She has experience working with emergency services, substance use disorder programs, and managed care. Daiana works from a strengths-based, person-centered perspective and draws on a range of modalities including CBT and solution-focused therapy.
Daiana accepts Blue Cross, OPTUM, Unitedhealth, Harvard Pilgrim, UBH, and Mass General/Brigham, and private payment
Marvin Lew, Ph.D., ABPP
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Marvin Lew works with adults, adolescents, and their families. He is Board Certified in Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology and his practice is focused on those psychological treatments that have demonstrated success in the professional literature. Dr. Lew has worked as a clinician, supervisor, and clinical director in a variety of medical, educational, and clinical environments. He has practiced mindfulness for 20+ years, has been intensively trained in DBT and integrates components of these approaches along with ACT in his treatments. Dr. Lew specializes in the treatment of anxiety and depressive illnesses for adolescents and adults. Additionally, Dr. Lew will work along with children and their families in developing appropriate behavior
modification and self-management strategies for childhood anxiety and attention problems.
Dr. Lew accepts Blue Cross, OPTUM, Unitedhealth, Harvard Pilgrim, United Behavioral Health, Mass General/Brigham, and private payment
Johanna Spencer, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Johanna Spencer is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 25 years experience working with couples, adults, and families. She has practiced mindfulness for 20 years and has specialized training in stress reduction, anxiety and depression management, relationships, addiction, trauma, food/nutrition, mindfulness of self- compassion and work with highly sensitive empathic individuals.
Her eclectic treatment strategies are holistic, strength-based, person-centered, and are designed with attentive listening to clarify clients' goals and impediments. Tools might include CBT strategies, creative exploration (art, writing, journaling), time in nature, mindfulness, spiritual exploration, support for increased self care, 12 Step work, and consultation with other professionals.
Johanna believes we all can benefit from caring support to further wellness, growth, and ease of life transitions. She strives to collaborate with each client’s inner wisdom and creative process to move forward to increased wellness and ease the next steps on their life’s path.
Johanna currently accepts Blue Cross, Tufts, OPTUM, Harvard Pilgrim, Unitedhealth, UBH, Mass General/Brigham, and Private Payment
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Brittany Ross, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Brittany works with older children, adolescents, and young adults. With several years of experience working with youth in the juvenile justice system, she has adopted a strengths-based and person-centered approach to assist adolescents and young adults navigate significant life challenges. Modalities she utilizes include Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Psychoeducation. She specializes in treating ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma, mood disorders, and behavioral issues.
Brittany currently accepts Blue Cross, OPTUM, Harvard Pilgrim, Unitedhealth, United Behavioral Health, Mass General/Brigham, and private payment.
Jeanne Plantz, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Jeanne works with children 4-14, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. She specializes in creative play therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and ACT, and has decades of experience helping children dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, ADHD, family issues, divorce, and behavioral difficulties. Jeanne also offers family-oriented parental consultation and coaching. Working from a strengths-based perspective, she offers cognitive and insight-oriented therapies for adults and couples.
Jeanne currently accepts OPTUM, Unitedhealth, United Behavioral Health, Harvard Pilgrim, Mass General/Brigham, and Private Payment.
Katelyn Hirtle, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Katelyn works with children ages 4-14, adolescents, adults, elders, couples, and families. She specializes in grief therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Therapy, mindfulness, couples therapy and family therapy. She has 10 years of experience helping clients who are coping with anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, autism, family issues, divorce, grief, low self esteem and behavioral difficulties. Katelyn also offers family-oriented parental consultation and psychoeducation. By working from a strengths-based perspective with a client-centered focus she provides cognitive and insight-oriented therapies for children, adolescents, adults, and couples.
Katelyn currently accepts OPTUM, Unitedhealth, United Behavioral Health, Harvard Pilgrim, Mass General/Brigham, and Private Payment.