PTSD / Trauma Related Content

Dr. Kaufman is director of McLean Hospital’s Translational Imaging Laboratory, associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, co-director of the NIDA T32 post-doctoral training program at McLean, and a Partners Human Research Committee member. He conducts translational research in...

Leyla Erguder, PhD, is a clinical psychologist at the McLean SouthEast Adolescent Acute Residential Treatment (ART) Program and adolescent partial hospital program. She is broadly interested in trauma and resiliency from a functional contextual perspective and specializes in working with children...

Robyn A. Ellis, PhD, is a post-doctoral research fellow under the mentorship of R. Kathryn McHugh, PhD, in the Stress, Anxiety, and Substance Use Laboratory. Dr. Ellis’ graduate research focused on examining emotional mechanisms of post-traumatic stress symptoms and risk-taking behaviors. In 2022...

Wendy Currie, MSW, LICSW, graduated with a BA in psychology in 1989 and subsequently got her start at McLean Hospital. She began her career as the secretary in Admissions, and later held positions as the coordinator and administrator for psychiatric triage. In 2008, she earned an MSW from the Boston...

Michaela B. Swee, PhD, ABPP, is the director of clinical training at the Trauma Continuum of Care at the Hill Center and an investigator in the Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program, both at McLean Hospital. She is an instructor in psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard...

Anne Hannan, LICSW, is the program director of the McLean-Franciscan Child Community-Based Acute Treatment (CBAT) Program. She has been interested in working with children and adolescents since the beginning of her training. Her clinical interests include trauma, mood disorders, and family therapy...

Ana Ticlea, MD, is the medical director of the McLean SouthEast Adult Psychiatric Inpatient Program, where she treats patients with various diagnoses. She works most frequently with patients with mood disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and psychosis. Dr. Ticlea’s academic interests...

Kayia L. Akoun, MD, is a staff psychiatrist at McLean Hospital’s Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Inpatient Program. Her areas of interest include women’s mental health, trauma disorders, mood disorders, and college mental health.

Denice Cronin, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist at the McLean SouthEast Adolescent Acute Residential Treatment (ART) Program and associated partial hospital program. She provides individual, family, and group psychotherapy, completes psychological evaluations, and supervises psychology trainees. Dr...

Makayla Hourihan MSN, RN, is the nurse director of the Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Inpatient Program, where she supervises the inpatient nursing care of individuals with various psychiatric diagnoses. Ms. Hourihan joined McLean Hospital as a registered nurse in 2016 on the Community...

Adam Henderson, MD, is a staff psychiatrist at McLean Hospital, specializing in the treatment of personality disorders, addiction, and trauma. He completed psychiatry residency at MGH/McLean and has sub-specialty training leading to board certification in addiction medicine. He is a psychiatrist in...

Blake T. Hilton, PsyD, serves as the program director of the Addiction Treatment Center at Naukeag. Dr. Hilton is a clinical and research psychologist in the Division of Alcohol, Drugs, and Addiction at McLean Hospital. His work focuses on individuals with substance use disorders and co-occurring...

Ana Medeiros, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner with experience across outpatient, inpatient, and emergency settings. Dr. Medeiros integrates a trauma-informed, holistic approach with medication management and psychotherapy to deliver patient...

Lauren A. M. Lebois, PhD, is a cognitive neuroscientist focused on how the mind, brain, and body adapt following trauma. She prioritizes translating scientific advances into accessible, compelling, and clinically relevant insights. Her National Institute of Mental Health-funded research program...

Scott L. Rauch, MD, is currently the inaugural Trustees’ Endowed Chair for Innovation in Psychiatry at McLean Hospital and a professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is also the immediate past [emeritus] president, psychiatrist in chief, and Rose-Marie & Eijk van Otterloo Chair of...

Matthew A. Robinson, PhD, ABPP, is the program director of McLean’s Trauma Continuum of Care at the Hill Center, which provides partial hospital and outpatient treatment for trauma and dissociative disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dissociative identity disorder (DID)...

David J. Alperovitz, PsyD, earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. He completed pre-doctoral training at Tufts University, a post-doctoral fellowship in psychology for the treatment of trauma and dissociative disorders at McLean Hospital...

Heidi Browne, MD, is a board-certified general adult psychiatrist who provides both medication management and psychotherapy. She has expertise in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and trauma-spectrum disorders. Currently, Dr. Browne is the associate medical director of the Trauma Continuum of Care...