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Our TeamBoard of Directors
Jeff Brand, Psy.D.,NSGPF President
Jeff Brand is a staff psychologist at The Brookline Center for Community Mental Health and has a private practice in Jamaica Plain, MA. At the Brookline Center, he directs the adult group therapy program, including supervision, teaching, and program development. In his private practice (www.jbrandpsychology.com), he works with adults in individual and couples therapy, as well as running a therapy group. He completed his Psy.D. at Rutgers University and did his internship at the Cambridge Health Alliance. He has written about trauma and published articles about concepts from group therapy. He was previously on the board of directors for the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy. He enjoys being outside.
Roger Rodriguez, B.S. Entrepreneurial Studies, NSGPF TreasurerRogerio Rodriguez brings with him, a unique blend of global experience, local business expertise and a lifelong commitment to community mental health. An alumnus of Babson College, in Wellesley, MA, he works as a real estate agent dedicated to enhancing his client's real estate prosperity. He enjoys traveling, gardening and walks with his long time partner and their golden retriever Chewbacca.
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Barbara Keezell, LICSW, CGP, FAGPA, NSGPF Vice President
Barbara Keezell is a therapist in private practice who works with people in individual, couples, and group therapy. She has been an NSGPF Board member since 2006. She is a past President of the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy, where she has also served as Conference Co-Chair and Newsletter Co-editor. She has served on the Board of the American Group Psychotherapy Association and is currently Co-Chair of their Online Institute Committee. She has led many Experience Groups to help train group therapists as she is passionate about the value of groups in healing. She loves walking, smelling the flowers, and speaking French.
Laura Crain,
NSGPF Secretary
Laura Crain is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst with a full time private practice in Back Bay, Boston. She is a TA/SA and Faculty member at Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Part-Time. She is the Director of Training and Supervision for the MGH Center for Group Psychotherapy at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she teaches and supervises group psychotherapy for the MGH/McLean Psychiatry training program. She also serves as a mentor and supervisor on the faculty of the Program in Psychodynamics for the MGH/McLean Psychiatry training program.
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Sara Emerson, LICSW, CGP
Sara Emerson is in private practice in Cambridge working with individuals and groups. Currently a member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy, and the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, she has served as President (NSGP) and board member (AGPA and MIP). She is on the faculty at MIP, and regularly presents at NSGP and AGPA conferences. As a member of the board of NSGPF she has also taken the role of chair of the Rice Memorial Fund. In this role she is working to collaborate with other members of the NSGPF board and NSGP to design outreach and support for clinicians working with clients who have experienced domestic violence.
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Steffen Fuller, PhD, CGP, NSGPF
Steffen Fuller is a neuropsychologist and therapist in private practice where he focuses on neuropsychological and personality assessment and on individual, couples, and group psychotherapy. He is a past President of the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy board and has frequently presented at area conferences on subjects related to group therapy and group process in organizations.
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Aliza Phillips-Stoll
Bio coming soon
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Adam J. Silk, MD, CGP
Adam Silk is a psychiatrist in private practice, treating individuals and groups. He is also the Executive Director of RELATE, a nonprofit organization that provides training for K–12 educators in group leadership and group dynamics. Adam has been a member of the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy for many years, and has been on the NSGPF Board since 2018. He is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he teaches in the Psychiatry residency program. Adam is also a musician who has performed at many venues in the Boston area.
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Joel Krieg
Bio coming soon
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Sasha Watkins, Ed.D., LMHC
Alexandra (Sasha) Watkins, Ed.D., LMHC, has worked and volunteered in mental health and related fields for more than twenty years in the US and internationally. She has facilitated long-term and short-term structured and unstructured groups in various clinical settings, including VA, psychiatric rehabilitation, college counseling, and private practice. Her scholarship focuses on leadership. Sasha has been an NSGP member since 2009 and served on various committees prior to being nominated and elected as a Co-President.
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Jennifer Voiles, MBA
Jen Voiles is the NSGPF Office Manager and Bookkeeper. She is an independent contractor providing financial and administrative support to various small businesses and nonprofits. Jen also has more than 25 years of experience working in large corporations with a focus on finance, accounting, planning, and operations.
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