Mimi Elmer, LICSW

Mimi Elmer has been a psychotherapist at Focus since 1976, specializing in the treatment of adults. Her areas of expertise include bereavement, trauma, relationship issues and negotiating developmental transitions. She has worked extensively with the problems experienced by women and men from dysfunctional families. In addition, Ms. Elmer is co-founder of 'After Suicide' which offers short-term psychotherapy groups, consultation to organizations, and individual counseling for survivors of suicide. Contact Mimi Elmer, LICSW at (617) 876-4488 x52 .


Deborah Haynor, LICSW

Deborah Haynor draws from her extensive training and experience both in individual and family therapy. A member of Focus since 1977, she has also been an adjunct professor at the Boston University School of Social Work, and a consultant at the Fenway Community Health Center. Ms. Haynor is known particularly for her clinical work with gay, lesbian and heterosexual couples. She has a special interest in working with the new challenges and opportunities that are inspired by bringing children into gay and lesbian families, as well as those that come about when a couple or family become multicultural. Contact Deborah Haynor, LICSW at (617) 876-4488 x53.

 


John Hubbell, LICSW

John Hubbell has worked with adults, couples, families and children since he joined Focus in 1987. He works extensively with men and women who have been victims of sexual abuse, and those who struggle with growing up in dysfunctional faimilies. He has also developed a specialty of working with men, particularly in the area of sexual addiction and compulsions. He runs time-limited groups on this topic and provides clinical consultation and supervision. Contact John Hubbell, LICSW at (617) 876-4488 x54.

 


Judy Hunt, LICSW

Judy Hunt, LICSW joined FOCUS in 2007. For the last 25 years, Ms. Hunt’s clinical practice has focused on working with children, adolescents and adults in a variety of settings including outpatient mental health, inpatient psychiatry and pediatrics. She provides individual therapy, play therapy, parent-child therapy, parent consultation and collaboration with other caregivers. Her experiences include working with a wide variety of challenges and frustrations that children and families may face. Initial concerns may include: childhood anxiety, school adjustment, learning differences, the impact of physical illness, behavioral and emotional struggles, family reconfiguration, traumatic exposure, loss, adoption and identity issues. In her collaboration with parents, guardians, and other caregivers, Ms. Hunt strives to support childrens' developmental journeys. With this in mind, she encourages individuals and families to draw upon and develop sources of support and to nurture an empathic stance toward themselves, their children and others.


Deborah Silverstein, LICSW

Deborah Silverstein has been in practice at Focus since 1975. She maintains a general practice with an ongoing interest in women's development and a commitment to assisting men and women in their recovery from childhood trauma and addictive and self-destructive behaviors. Ms. Silverstein has a special interest in working with artists; she also specializes in infertility counseling and in working with prospective adoptive parents as well as adoptees and adoptive parents and families. She has lectured and published on the topics of infertility and adoption, including issues related to open adoption, and is a past president of RESOLVE of the Bay State. Contact Deborah Silverstein, LICSW at (617) 876-4488 x56.

 

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