Team

Administration

Robert Murphy, PhD Executive Director of the Center for Child and Family Health
Lisa Amaya-Jackson, MD, MPH Director Emeritus, NC Child Treatment Program
Margaret Samuels, MSW Director, NC Child Treatment Program
Bessie Givens, MPA Director of Finance
Beverly Glienke, MA Training Director
Maria Ruatto, MBA, MPP Strategy and Operations Manager
Mellicent O’Brien Blythe, LCSW Implementation Specialist

Administrative Support

Kelly Knapp Program Coordinator

Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)

Donna Potter, LCSW Clinical Faculty
Rosa Espinosa, LCSW Clinical Faculty
Grace Shaughnessy, MSc Improvement Advisor
Erika Vinson, MAT, MA

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

Robin Gurwitch, PhD Program Director, Clinical Faculty
George (Tripp) Ake, PhD Clinical Faculty
Darden White, MEd, LPC Associate Director, Clinical Faculty
Erika Wray, LCSW Clinical Faculty
Laura Nelson, MYFCS

Problematic Sexual Behavior Cognitive Behavior Therapy (PSB-CBT)

Nikki Croteau-Johnson, MA, LPA Clinical Director
RT Helms, MSW Program Manager and Improvement Advisor
Rachel Maid, MSW, LCSW Lead Clinician, School-Age
Curtis Brownlee, LCMHC Clinical Trainee
Abe Hickey, LCMHC-S Clinical Trainee
Elisa Ford, LCSW Clinical Trainee

Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS)

Ernestine Briggs-King, PhD Clinical Faculty
Eboni Lanier Jones, LCSW Clinical Faculty
Donna Newberne, LCMHC-S Clinical Faculty
Mellicent O’Brien Blythe, LCSW Implementation Specialist
Erika Vinson, MAT, MA
Rebekah Lim, MPH

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Donna Potter, LCSW Clinical Faculty
Ashley Fiore, MSW, LCSW Clinical Faculty
Leila Keen, LCSW Clinical Faculty
Rosa Espinosa, LCSW Clinical Faculty
Jessica Burch, LCSW Clinical Faculty
Mellicent O’Brien Blythe, LCSW Implementation Specialist
Tiffany Singleton, MPA Program Manager and Improvement Advisor

Cognitive Processing Therapy

Erika Vinson, MAT, MA
Rebekah Lim, MPH

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