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REAL MEDICINE Psycho Trauma Team
- Kevin
Becker, Psy.D. is a psychologist who has specialized in the field
of psychological trauma for nearly 20 years. He has worked with individuals,
communities, global corporations and governments on a wide variety of
topics related to the effects of trauma and crisis. In the wake of September
11th Dr. Becker oversaw multiple projects in New York and Boston that
provided support to families and victims of the attacks. He personally
led a team of seven professionals in a yearlong research and service
project with managers and employees of a government agency who had been
housed at the WTC. Following the South Asia tsunami he spent a month
in Sri Lanka where he developed and delivered a training program for
the government which he used to train professionals from across the
country.
He served as director of The Trauma Center, a specialized research and
treatment center, in Boston for nearly 10 years. While there he oversaw
the development of local, national and international projects in collaboration
with public and private agencies. During his tenure, the center was
granted status as a practice site for the National Child Traumatic Stress
Network and became the first agency in the nation to operate a federally
funded crisis intervention and assessment program for human trafficking
victims.
He worked for several years in the private
sector as Vice President for Marsh Crisis Consulting, a global consulting
firm specialized in crisis readiness planning for Fortune 500 companies.
In this position he worked with Ambassador Paul Bremer, who later became
Chief Administrator in Iraq.
Dr. Becker has provided consultation
to organizations around the world on issues of leadership and preparedness
for organizational crises. He is the director and producer of an award
winning documentary PTSD; Beyond Survival, he has published multiple
articles on the psychological impact of trauma and crisis and he lectures
and trains frequently. In addition to being a principle at Organizational
Resilience International, he is the Director of the Institute for Trauma
& Crisis in the Continuing Education Program at Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry.
- Annie
Farnsworth, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who specializes in
family, child, and adolescent treatment particularly in the area of
psychological trauma and crisis intervention. She has conducted research
in the area of social injustice and psychology. She has worked for mental
health centers, hospitals, universities, school districts, and helped
to develop responsive state wide mental health services for children,
youth, and families in Vermont. She has also provided psychological
consultation and education to a range of professional groups and organizations.
Annie’s pre-doctoral internship included work and training at the National
Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Boston. She holds a Ph.D.
in clinical psychology from the University of Vermont, and a Master’s
degree in Education in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard
University.
- Penny Haney, Ph.D. is a clinical and forensic psychologist who specializes in working with children, adolescents, and families, particularly those who have experienced trauma, court involvement, or other adverse circumstances. She is a frequent lecturer and trainer in the area of child trauma and maltreatment, both locally and nationally, and consults to families, schools, agencies, attorneys, medical and mental health professionals, and courts regarding child/adolescent development, trauma, and mental health. She is currently a staff psychologist at Children's Hospital Boston and at the Youth Advocacy Project (the juvenile public defender's office in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts). Dr. Haney also holds a faculty appointment as an Instructor of Psychology at the Harvard Medical School.
- Gerri
King, Ph.D., social psychologist, is a national and international
organizational consultant, as well as a former psychotherapist. She
is a founding partner of both Human Dynamics Associates, Inc. and Organizational
Resilience International, LLC. Gerri’s expertise is in the areas of
building resilient profit and non-profit organizations, facilitating
problem solving and decision making, strategic planning, rebuilding
teams after major changes and/or crises, training and presenting on
a variety of topics, and working in the field to help groups assimilate
new members and manage critical change. More information regarding Dr.
King can be found on www.gerriking.com
and www.oriconsulting.com.
- Jim
"Mr. Jim" Kinhan is a trained clinical social worker who has practiced
his profession in a variety of child and family focused clinical settings
in NYC and Westchester county, in Southern Colorado and in N.H. He was
a primary partner in Human Dynamics Associates, Inc and practiced his
clinical counseling in a private setting since 1975. After 50 years
of clinical work Mr. Jim retired and assumed several volunteer "jobs",
most richly as a classroom volunteer in a neighborhood elementary school
( honored as an Outstanding School Volunteer). His clinical work has
always brought him into multiple clinical interfaces and collaboration
with community agencies such as schools, Headstart, home health agencies,
local Red Cross Chapter, and "soup" kitchens etc. As a school volunteer
for seven years, "I have learned how to be a therapeutic person/agent
within the classroom without the trappings of office, just being present
and sharing the trust and love of children," mused Mr. Jim.
- Guy Sapirstein, Ph.D is a psychologist who specializes in trauma, disaster response and planning for crisis mitigation. A founding partner of ORI Consulting as well as a clinician and senior clinical supervisor at the Trauma Center in Brookline, MA, Guy has made it his priority to focus on the needs of people who have experienced crises - be they personal or organizational in nature. Since 1987, Guy has worked with people experiencing the effects of civilian trauma (rape, accidents), war/terrorism related trauma as well as natural disasters. He has been involved in efforts following major disasters such as the events of 9/11/2001 and most recently, Hurricane Katrina. In his role as a psychologist he has offered psychosocial support at various stages of a disaster - immediately post disaster in the recovery stages, as well as follow up services to aid and assist in the reconstruction phases of a crisis. A skilled and entertaining facilitator he has lectured on the role of caregivers and professionals in providing trauma informed services. He developed a model for understanding people's behavior following traumatic events based on people's subjective experiences. He has presented this model at conferences both nationally and internationally and has continued to implement its use in various settings.
- Stephanie
Skavenski is a program development specialist currently enrolled
in a graduate program studying towards a degree in Social Work and a
candidate for the Public Health program at Boston University. She has
had several years of experience working with children in a therapeutic
residential setting as well as working as a comprehensive case manager
for children in the state foster care system. Currently she is involved
in creating a chapter of the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center at Northeastern
University as well as facilitating the creation of an International
Affairs program for students enrolled in the Human Services department
at Northeastern University. She has participated in interventions with
orphaned children in Mexico and has worked with people displaced by
Hurricane Katrina (2005).
- Jeffrey
Weir, MA LCMHC, is a consultant and psychotherapist specializing
in traumatic stress in individuals and organizations. He is a founding
partner of Organizational Resiliance International (ORI Consulting)
and is a supervisor at The Trauma Center in Boston. Through the Trauma
Center he co-wrote a grant that established the first agency in the
nation to operate a federally funded crisis intervention and assessment
program for human trafficking victims. With ORI Consulting he provides
consultation and planning for the Human Impact of crisis on organizations.
He has worked extensively in the field of trauma including the September
11 attacks in New York and Hurricane Katrina in Dallas, Memphis and
Mississippi. He has worked with school systems, governmental agencies
and private corporations in dealing with the aftermath of crisis and
disaster. He is an experienced trainer, facilitator and speaker and
has worked throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Jeffrey
lives in New Hampshire where he also has a private psychotherapy practice
specializing in the treatment of trauma and has extensive training and
experience in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
He was a treating clinician in one of the largest randomized controlled
studies comparing EMDR to Fluoxetine in the treatment of PTSD.
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