Kelsey Brey
Kelsey Brey, LMHC, received their master’s in Counseling Psychology from Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania followed by an additional 2.5 years of a PsyD. Kelsey has years of experience working in the emergency room, completing crisis mental health interventions and assessments and supports those dealing with a variety of psychological conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and PTSD. They provide individual and couples therapy as a Fellow at the Psychotherapy Institute of Back Bay (PIBB) with an interest in and commitment to helping patients navigate the unique challenges associated with young adulthood as well as providing a welcoming environment for those identifying as LGBTQ+.
Meghan Carroll
Meghan Carroll, LCSW received her MSW at Boston College and provides individual and couples therapy as a postgraduate fellow at the Psychotherapy Institute of Back Bay (PIBB). Prior to joining PIBB, she worked in residential and outpatient settings with adults facing a variety of psychological conditions including eating disorders, depression, anxiety, trauma, borderline personality disorder, and relationship issues. In addition to her work at PIBB, she is a clinical social worker at Klarman Eating Disorders Center at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA.
Yael Elhadad
Yael Elhadad, LCSW, received her masters from Boston College School of Social Work, and her BSW from the Hebrew University School of Social Work in Jerusalem, Israel. She is a postgraduate fellow at the Psychotherapy Institute of Back Bay (PIBB) and provides psychodynamic psychotherapy to individuals and couples. Yael is committed to providing a healing space in which individuals and couples could deepen their understanding of themselves and of each other. In addition to her work at PIBB, Yael completed a postgraduate fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Psychoanalysis (MIP). Yael provides therapy in English and Hebrew.
Kellie Foxx-Gonzalez
Kellie Foxx-Gonzalez, LCSW, received her Masters at Boston College and provides individual and couples therapy as a postgraduate fellow at the Psychotherapy Institute of Back Bay (PIBB). In addition to her role at PIBB, she works as a mobile crisis clinician at Riverside Community Care. She is particularly interested in relationship issues, LGBTQ+ issues, complex trauma, grief, and embodiment.
Alanah Hall
Alanah Hall, LCSW, completed her MSW and MPH at the University of Michigan and provides individual and couples therapy as a postgraduate fellow at the Psychotherapy Institute of Back Bay (PIBB). Alanah has experience providing outpatient psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults for a variety of challenges including anxiety, depression, and trauma. Alanah aims to support her patients in better understanding themselves as well as in navigating life transitions and complex relationship dynamics. She is committed to building a welcoming and inclusive space for all her patients. In addition to her work at PIBB, Alanah is completing a fellowship at HRS in Wellesley Hills providing psychodynamic psychotherapy to children and adolescents in a community health setting. Alanah has also contributed to research on prenatal development, women’s reproductive health, and social and economic policies.
Kristen Popper
Kristen Popper, LCSW, completed her MSW at New York University and provides individual and couples psychotherapy as a Fellow at the Psychotherapy Institute of Back Bay (PIBB). Prior to joining PIBB, she worked in hospital and outpatient settings with adults of all ages facing a variety of challenges including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship challenges, and chronic physical illness. Kristen also trained as a Fellow at the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy.
Jessica Prevost
Jessica Prevost, LCSW, completed her graduate training at The Smith College School for Social Work and provides psychotherapy to individuals and couples at the Psychotherapy Institute of Back Bay. Jessica has experience working with people seeking therapy for a wide variety of reasons including relationship issues, grief, eating disorders, psychosis, and trauma (both interpersonal and systemic). In addition to her work as a fellow at PIBB, Jessica is a psychotherapist at Reid Psychology Group.
Emily Schweitzer
Emily Schweitzer, LICSW, is a Fellow at the Psychotherapy Institute of Back Bay (PIBB). She joins PIBB after completing a two year fellowship at the Danielsen Institute, a psychodynamically oriented clinic with a focus on the intersection of mental health and spirituality, culture, and religion. Emily strongly believes that cultivating curiosity and compassion toward oneself can lead to greater freedom, adaptability, and interconnectedness. She enjoys working with individuals and couples, and welcomes each client into a collaborative journey that attends to their uniqueness. Emily is also keenly interested in trauma and somatic work and seeks to integrate the felt sense into therapy as an essential part of the healing process. (Somatic credentials: Licensed GYROTONIC® Instructor, Franklin Method, Internal Family Systems, and trauma- informed movement).
Lauren Startup
Lauren Startup, LCSW is a Boston-based psychotherapist offering depth-oriented, relational, psychodynamic therapy for individuals and relationships. Patients enter into her care committed to seeking deep, lasting change to increase harmony in their relationship with self, others, and life. She works with adults from a wide range of political, religious, non-religious, spiritual/ existential, and cultural orientations.
Lauren pulls from a multidisciplinary background that is both pragmatic and creative. She began offering mindfulness facilitation for individuals and groups in 2015. She then completed a master of social work at Boston University and rounded out her clinical training with a post-graduate training program at the Albert and Jessie Danielsen Institute at her alma mater. Areas of professional interest include intersections of spiritual and existential strengths and struggle with identity, sexuality, attachment injuries, grief, trauma, anxiety, and depression.