Meet Our Clinical Team

Kerry Rollins, MSW, LICSW

Kerry has 20 years of experience working with adolescents and adults. She provides an interactive, collaborative, and individualized approach to treatment while utilizing evidence-based therapies. Her sensitivity, acceptance and appropriate use of humor help people feel comfortable. Her goal is to provide a safe, respectful, and healing environment in which to support your growth. Treatment approaches include: EMDR, CBT, Ego State Therapy/IFS, AEDP, and Hypnotherapy.

She specializes in the treatment of Anxiety, Trauma and PTSD, Dissociative Disorders, First Responders and Performance Enhancement. She is an Emergency and First Responder Certified Clinician, EMDRIA Certified and an Approved Consultant in EMDR and ASCH Certified and an Approved Consultant in Clinical Hypnosis. She is available for professional consultations with clinicians.

Carolinda Sterczala, MSW, LICSW

 Carolinda uses a warm and collaborative approach, and with two decades of clinical experience, has helped hundreds of adults get relief from a variety of concerns. She is especially helpful in areas of life transitions, anxiety, trauma, and loss. She will actively engage with you to understand the challenge and craft an approach just for you. 

Kellsey Forest, MSW, LICSW

Kellsey obtained her Master’s Degree in Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa, specializing in Trauma-informed Care. She has worked in a variety of settings including inpatient and outpatient substance abuse clinics, domestic violence shelters, intensive case management, in-home therapy, behavioral health intervention services for children and families, and, most recently, outpatient private practice.

Kellsey’s work has primarily focused on supporting individuals who have experienced complex and acute trauma, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, domestic violence, chronic stress, and life transitions. She is extensively trained in some of the most effective forms of trauma therapy including Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (300-hour Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga certification) and EMDRIA approved Basic Training in EMDR. Kellsey considers being a partner and witness to her clients’ growth to be one of her biggest honors in life. Her style is warm, nonjudgmental, client-centered, and empowering.

Cindy Isaacs, MSW, LISCW

Cindy is a seasoned clinician with extensive experience working with adolescents and adults. She provides a warm, accepting, collaborative approach to treatment. She works with people experiencing grief and loss, life changing illnesss and injury, depression, anxiety, congenital conditions, executive functioning issues, physical disabilities and developmental disabilities. She works with individuals as well as their family members & caregivers. Cindy is also a Certified Infinite Possibilities Trainer and an Executive Function Coach. Cindy provides her clients with the support, insight and skills to help them move beyond the obstacles they are facing, no matter how difficult the obstacle might be. 

Linda Rawlings, LMHC

Linda is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who graduated from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA with a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology. She has several years of experience working in community mental health agencies, school systems and outpatient mental health centers. Working in these settings has provided valuable opportunities to treat children, adolescents, families and adults with a variety of mental health needs. She has helped individuals who have experienced depression, anxiety, trauma, ADHD, learning difficulties, stress, grief/loss, body image dissatisfaction and substance use. She also works with individuals who identify as LGBTQ+ and are exploring their sexuality. Her primary focus is to establish a therapeutic relationship with the individual since this is essential to the counseling process. She has a person centered, non-judgmental and respectful approach. Her counseling style is goal oriented, supportive and focuses on identifying one’s strengths. She uses cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, motivational interviewing and solution focused techniques to help individuals set and work towards their goals. She believes each individual has specific strengths and counseling can be a way to highlight those strengths to be used to overcome struggles.

Jillian Lokere, MSW, LCSW

Brad Parmenter, MSW, LICSW

Brad is a seasoned clinician with extensive experience working with adults and adolescents. He offers a strengths-based perspective and utilizes EMDR and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in his treatment. Brad’s philosophy is to focus on what one can do, rather than what has been lost. His primary clinical focus is injury and disability, and the loss and trauma that comes from that. He is also experienced in treating mood disorders, anxiety, and depression.

Brad believes that the client is the only one who can determine what causes the issue and when it has improved. He believes a therapist is there to guide the client to different perspectives, but the answers must be arrived at by the client themselves. This is done through a safe environment and the therapeutic relationship.

Shannon Russell, MA, CAGS, LMHC

Shannon Russell is a licensed mental health counselor with over 9 years of experience treating children, adolescents, and adults. Shannon is passionate about working with those who struggle with anxiety, depression, low self esteem, self harm, trauma, and existential crises. Shannon utilizes a person centered, trauma informed, holistic approach to treatment. Shannon takes time to create a safe and healing space with focus on the therapeutic relationship. Shannon’s holistic approach incorporates mind, body, and spirit for emotional wellbeing and transformation. Shannon draws upon modalities such as Mindfulness, IFS, Somatic Experiencing, ACT, EFT, and DBT. Shannon enjoys creating a safe and healing space for a variety of populations including LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC. Shannon has completed EMDRIA approved basic EMDR training. Shannon holds a Certificate in Evidence Based Psychotherapy for Care of Clinicians. Shannon is also a Certified Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapist.

Nicole Dell’ Erario, MSW, LICSW

Nicole earned her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Simmons University in Boston. Although her first career was Education, Nicole is truly passionate about helping others through individual, couples and group therapy. Nicole specializes in working with individuals who are battling with addiction, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, trauma and anger management. Nicole has worked in a variety of settings such as hospitals, outpatient clinics, and homeless shelters, which assists her in truly meeting people where they are at.

 Nicole believes that the client is the expert and she is simply a guide in helping people reach their goals at their own pace. Nicole is open to different modalities of treatment because not one approach can work for everyone. Nicole’s goal is to create a safe, comfortable, and accepting space for folks to come and create positive change in their lives.

Matthew Vachon, MS

Ashley Lees, MA, LMHC

Kaylee Schworm, MSW, LCSW

Paul Avolese, MA, LMHC

Paul  earned a Master’s degree in Clinical Counseling Psychology from Assumption University in 2021, and has over a decade of experience working in the mental health field. Primarily, Paul specializes in treating adults (ages 18 and up) experiencing Complex and Developmental Trauma, Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders (e.g., single incident PTSD), various Anxiety and Depressive Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, as well as helping people navigate various life transitions and identity exploration. Paul’s experience working with the LGBTQIA+ community also allows therapy to be a place for individuals to explore gender identity and sexuality.

Working with Paul, clients will experience an integrative, trauma-informed, and holistic approach to treatment. Paul’s treatment style focuses on what is known as a “bottom up” approach to therapy, which teaches people how to process unresolved emotions that interfere with thinking and everyday life. This includes a combination of mindfulness, Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, and EMDR skills. Additionally, Paul studies neuroscience as a means to build practical awareness of the mind-body connection throughout treatment.

Paul offers a safe, nonjudgmental space for people to explore themselves and how they relate to the world.

Paige Suse, MA

Paige obtained her B.S. in Psychology from Northeastern University and her Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology at Salem State University. She has worked in a diverse array of treatment settings including inpatient, residential and partial hospital and has seen a wide variety of diagnoses. With a background in athletics, she recognizes the connection between the mind and the body. Her approach draws from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy,  and mindfulness techniques. She also has experience using expressive arts techniques. Paige believes in a nonjudgmental and collaborative therapeutic relationship with room for empathy, humor and creativity. She  believes that the work is done in and out of the therapy session. She seeks to help her clients build their toolbox in order to cope with obstacles and reach their goals. 

Edward Beeso, MA

Ted Dobbert, MA, LMHC

Emily Carroll, MSW, LICSW

Kimberly Fantini, MSW, LICSW

Margaret Feeney, MSW, LICSW

Janelle Joliat, MSW, LICSW

Our Administrative Team

Lorri Mack

Lorri Mack is the Director of Operations and brings her passion for streamlining processes and operational efficacy to our practice. Her enthusiasm and excitement is evident in her forward thinking approach in enhancing not only the operational functions of the practice but ensuring our clients’ experience a supportive and streamlined process as well.

When she isn’t working, you will find her obsessing over her 3 golden retrievers or out for a round of golf with her husband. She is also credentialed as a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach -NBH-WHC.

Jeff

Jeff often joins his owner, Kerry Rollins in her office. He enjoys providing affection, comfort and support to the clients he has the privilege of meeting. He loves belly rubs and enjoys playing with his dog friends, hiking, running and rolling in mud puddles in his free time.