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Choosing a Provider
We are committed to providing you with the highest quality care with a clinical team that is trained at the best medical institutions in the country. Below you will find a directory to help you find a provider that best meets your needs. If you need to contact a department, please view all fax and phone numbers.
Please do note that the majority of our staff speaks Spanish, others speak Haitian Creole, Mandarin and French.
Mental Health Directory (A-Z)
The aim of Mental Health Services at the South End Community health Center is to provide quality care to adult and child consumers. Our services include individual counseling , group counseling , family counseling, couples therapy and psychiatric consultation. Providers are licensed clinicians in psychiatry, psychology and social work. Our clinicians have a variety of specialties including expertise in trauma informed therapy. Many of our clinicians are bilingual in Spanish.
Our services to children are both clinic based and school based provided at some Boston Public Schools. We are licensed by the department of public health. We provide services to Department of Mental Health Clients in partnership with Baycove Human Services at the Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center in Boston.
Our clinic is a training site for graduate interns in Social Work, Psychology and Nursing. Domestic Violence services are provided at the clinic in collaboration with Casa Myrna Vasquez.
Walden, Raymond LICSW, MSW
Director of Mental Health
Department:Mental Health
Certification: Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Graduate School: Simmons School Of Social Work
Area of interest: Child, Adolescent Mental Health, Mood disorders, Adult Serious Mental Illness
Languages spoken: English
Amritanand-Fort, Ruhina, MSW
Department: Mental health
Certification: LICSW MA
Graduate School: Boston University
Area of interest: anger management, couples therapy, anxiety, depression, PTSD and substance abuse, psychiatric in-patient evaluation & community resources.
Languages spoken: Hindi, English
Belton, David PhD
Department: Mental Health/Community Based Flexible Support
Certification: Licensed Psychologist Provider
Medical School: Boston College, 1985
Area of interest: Serious mental illness, Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Languages spoken: English
Goldman, Laurie L., RN, BSN, PsyD
Department: Mental Health
Certification: Licensed Psychologist and Licensed Registered Nurse
Graduate School: Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology 1993
Area of interest: Relationships (Including domestic violence issues), Recovery from Trauma (including PTSD, Anxiety and Dissociative Disorders), Mood Disorders, Medical Illness, Learning issues.
Languages spoken: English
Hamilton-Mason, Johnnie MSW, Ph.D
Department: Mental Health
Certification: LICSW
Residency: Smith College School for Social Work, 2002
Area of interest: adults, children, adolescents, women and families–trauma and severe mental illness
Languages spoken: English
O’Callaghan, Clare, RN, CS, EdD
Department: Clinical Director of the Children’s Mental Health program
Certification: ANCC certification, Psychology & Nursing MA licenses
Graduate School: Boston University MS 1970, Boston University EdD 1976
Areas of interest: Pediatric Neuropsychology (esp. ADHD, learning disabilities, PDD), psychopharmacology
Languages spoken: English and a little French
Ochoa, Nelson E., PhD, MSW
Department: Mental Health
Certification: LICSW
Graduate School: Simmons College, PhD, 2009; Simmons College, MSW, 1996
Area of interest: Psychotherapy with immigrants and adults
Languages spoken: Spanish and English
Okpokwasili-Johnson, Ebele MD
Department: Mental Health
Certification: MA Licensed
Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine and School of Public Health
Area of interest: General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Languages spoken: Nigerian, English and Spanish
Schotz, E. Martin, MD
Department: Mental Health
Certification: MA Licensed
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania, 1969
Area of interest: General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Languages spoken: English
Shaw, Karen J. APRN, PMHCNS-BC
Department: Mental Health
Certification: Advanced Practice Registered
Graduate School: Northeastern 2001
Area or interest: Adult Psychiatry & Mental Health
Languages spoken: English
Walden, Raymond LICSW, MSW
Director of Mental Health
Department:Mental Health
Certification: Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Graduate School: Simmons School Of Social Work
Area of interest: Child, Adolescent Mental Health, Mood disorders, Adult Serious Mental Illness
Languages spoken: English
