Vanessa Ng, PhD

Dr. Vanessa Ng is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist at Boston Child Study Center. She has trained extensively in evidence-based treatments, including cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), parent management training (PMT), and dialectical behavior therapy for children (DBT-C) and adolescents (DBT-A). Dr. Ng is a Certified PCIT Therapist […]
Michael O’Brien, PhD

Dr. Michael O’Brien is a licensed clinical psychologist at the Boston Child Study Center, where he provides expert evidence-based treatment in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), DBT-informed Trauma Treatment, Caregiver Coaching, Family Therapy, and transdiagnostic approaches to complex care under the supervision of Dr. Ryan Madigan. Attachment-Based Family Therapy and the Attachment, Regulation, and Competency model […]
Margaret “Meg” Poterba, MSW

Meg Poterba is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker at the Boston Child Study Center, where she specializes in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), including DBT-Prolonged Exposure (DBT-PE), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and executive function coaching for youth and young adults. She is passionate about trauma-informed care and helping clients […]
Christopher Reiger, PhD

Dr. Reiger earned his B.A. from Northwestern University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Miami University, where he trained at the Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. His work has centered on school-based mental health with a focus on trauma-informed and culturally responsive systems of support. […]
Erica Richards, MSN

Erica Richards is a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Boston Child Study Center – Maine. Erica is a graduate of the University of Maine with a BS in Zoology, 2003. She later earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s in Nursing from the Medical University of South Carolina. After working many years as a Certified Nurse Midwife, […]
Maria Rinaldi PhD, MPH

Maria Rinaldi, PhD, is a clinical extern at the Boston Child Study Center in Maine. Maria earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Engineering Psychology from Tufts University, followed by a Master of Public Health and a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Minnesota. She is pursuing a Master’s in Social Work at the […]
Katherin “Katy” Rockefeller, MD

Dr. Rockefeller is double-board certified in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and provides evidence-based psychopharmacological evaluations at Boston Child Study Center – Maine. Dr. Rockefeller earned her medical degree and completed psychiatric residency at the University of Michigan. A graduate of Bowdoin College, she was happy to return to Maine for a fellowship in […]
Kathryn “Katie” Roeder, PhD

Dr. Kathryn Roeder is a licensed clinical psychologist and the Director of Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) Services at the Boston Child Study Center. She specializes in treating adolescents and adults with mood disorders, PTSD, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, emotion dysregulation, perfectionism, and excessive self-control. Dr. Roeder is intensively trained in dialectical behavior […]
Amelia Rowley, PsyD

Dr. Amelia Rowley is a licensed clinical psychologist and the Director of Neuropsychology Assessment Services at the Boston Child Study Center. She specializes in the assessment of children, adolescents, and young adults with social and emotional difficulties and executive functioning challenges. Her testing clients come from diverse backgrounds and have a variety of presenting problems […]
Rachele Ryan, LMSW-cc

Rachele Ryan is a Social Work Post-Masters Fellow at Boston Child Study Center in Maine, where she provides evidence-based treatment to children, adolescents, young adults, and caregivers experiencing emotional dysregulation, complex trauma, mood and anxiety disorders, and co-occurring suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors. Rachele earned her master’s degree from the University of New England School […]