Dan Berman, LICSW

Dan Berman is a clinical social worker and psychoanalytic therapist who works with adults and couples.  Through his work at Harvard University, he developed a specialty in working with graduate students.  He serves on PCFINE’s OnGoing Learning Committee and the Training Committee.  His outside interests revolve around family, friends, nature, racket sports, and coffee. 

Carly Bobinsky, LICSW

Carly Bobinsky has a private practice in Cambridge where she works with individuals and couples. She enjoys working to integrate psychoanalytic, trauma informed, and anti-oppressive lenses into her work. She completed her MSW at Smith College School for Social Work. During a semester break, she completed her yoga teacher training and worked to integrate mindfulness and somatic work in her clinical training.  Carly has a wide array experience working in community mental health, as well as with Veterans at an inpatient PTSD unit at the VA. After graduate school, she moved to Boston to study trauma focused treatment and systemic violence through the Victims of Violence fellowship at Cambridge Health Alliance. She continued to find training opportunities through the Massachusetts Institute of Psychoanalysis (MIP) and here at PCFINE. Carly is currently a psychoanalytic candidate at MIP and a co-coordinator in the second year of PCFINE’s fellowship. Outside of this work, she can be found gardening, cooking, or riding her bike.

Jenn Bortle, Ph.D.

Jenn Bortle is a psychologist in private practice in Central Square Cambridge and virtually from her home in Newburyport. She specializes in working with LGBTQ and non-monogamous individuals and couples. Her graduate work at Duquesne University introduced her to existential, phenomenological and psychoanalytic approaches to psychotherapy. Internship and postdoctoral work brought her to Massachusetts Mental Health Center and the Cambridge Health Alliance, both Harvard Medical School training sites where she now supervises psychology interns. Jenn is past president of the Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology (MAPP) and current faculty for the Psychodynamic Couple and Family Institute of New England (PCFINE) training program. Most recently, she has begun to offer ketamine assisted psychotherapy (KAP) in her practice.  Jenn lives with her husband and three cats and enjoys circus, surfing, and crafting.

Linda Camlin, Ph.D.

Linda Camlin is a psychologist who has practiced in Cambridge for 40 years. She began working at Cambridge Health Alliance where she later taught and supervised in the Harvard Medical School Psychology Internship Program, as well as for the Postgraduate Fellowship program at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates. After completing PCFINE’s Fellowship in Couple Therapy, she joined the faculty and continues to teach and serve as Co-Coordinator for the Year I seminar. Linda also served as Co-President of PCFINE’s Board of Directors. She is committed to the deep meaning and value of relationally oriented couple treatment, believing that it can have a far-reaching impact on the partners, their children, their extended families and for their communities. PCFINE is her professional home, full of cherished colleagues and friends who are similarly devoted to its mission of building communities of all sorts.

Wendy Caplan, LICSW

Ever since her training at PCFINE in 2005, Wendy has been actively involved in the organization. She participates in two peer supervision groups, serves as a Consultation Group Leader for trainees and for ten years was a member of the PCFINE Program Committee. From 2020 to 2024, she was PCFINE Co-President.  After graduating from the Smith College School for Social Work in 1985, Wendy joined the Social Work Department at Beth Israel Hospital.  Her next position was in outpatient mental health at Stoney Brook Counseling Center,  and in 1998 she opened a private practice. Postgraduate training included the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy and the Couple Therapy Training  Program at PCFINE.  Her spare time hobby is flamenco dancing.

Laurence S. Chud, M.D.

Laurence S. Chud is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst with a special interest in Self-Psychology. This approach forms the basis of his clinical work, and he has lectured and presented on the application of Self-Psychology to individual and couple therapy at Harvard, Tufts and Boston Universities. In addition to teaching at PCFINE, Larry is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, Boston Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, and the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis.  He also participates in the Massachusetts non-profit arena. Larry currently serves on the Board of Directors of YouthConnect, a partnership with the Boston Police Department that places Clinical Social Workers in police stations to support community policing programs.  He is also a member of the Senior Advisory Board of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston where he has volunteered for over 20 years.  He has been an Advisor to Neighborhood Villages, an early childhood education advocacy organization.  Larry is also a Certified Professional Coach and works with families and businesses on interpersonal conflicts, organizational development, and estate and succession issues.  In 2014, he received the Paul G. Myerson Award for contribution to psychoanalytic education and in 2023 and 2024 received the Swartz Teaching Award from Boston University Medical School.

Adeline Dettor, LICSW

Adeline Dettor is based in Cambridge MA. She works with adults and couples in the main treatment areas of complex trauma, anxiety, attachment and relationship distress, and grief.  She also leads a short-term grief support group for young adults, in person in Cambridge. In her work, she enjoys helping clients in their process of growth by blending psychoanalytic theory with other modalities such as EMDR and IFS. She attended Lesley University as an undergraduate and obtained her MSW from Boston College.  She has obtained advanced training in psychodynamic therapy at the Psychotherapy Institute of Back Bay, in trauma treatment at The Trauma Center, and couple therapy treatments including levels I and II of the PCFINE training and Levels I and II of Emotionally Focused Therapy.  She is currently pursuing further learning in the Advanced Training Program for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (ATP) at BPSI.

Sherry Dickey, Ph.D.

Sherry Dickey holds three degrees from the University of Texas, did a psychology internship at Yale School of Medicine and completed her training as a psychoanalyst afterwards. She has been in private practice for over 30 years and enjoys working with adults in individual, couples, and/or family therapy. She teaches and is on the faculty of the Psychodynamic Couple and Family Institute of New England (PCFINE) as well as the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (BPSI). Sherry really loves helping people understand themselves better which makes their lives, relationships, and work function so much better. Her office is in Wellesley and she also does zoom sessions.

Paul Efthim, Ph.D.

Paul Efthim is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in Brookline, MA.  He is a graduate of the PCFINE training program, served as Co-President of PCFINE (2018-2021), and is a current faculty member.  He grew up in the Boston area in a Canadian/Albanian family which provided an early introduction to cultural differences.  He majored in government at Dartmouth and explored a career in politics and law before discovering an interest in counseling psychology.  His doctoral research at Boston College focused on gender-related differences in shame and guilt.  He completed pre- and post-doctoral clinical training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.  After additional work in short-term therapy and behavioral medicine, he turned toward longer-term treatment approaches, graduating in 2016 from the four-year program at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis.  He enjoys working with a diverse population of individuals, couples, and families, with a special interest in ethnicity, race, gender, class, and other sociocultural dimensions of experience. 

Tamara Feldman, Psy.D.

Tamara Feldman is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in Wellesley, MA. She is on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis and the Psychodynamic Couple and Family Institute of New England. Previous courses she has taught include “On the Nature of Human Destructiveness” and “A Kleinian Approach to Couples Therapy.” She has given dozens of lectures and invited presentations to national and international organizations. Tamara has published numerous articles in peer reviewed journals including “The allure of the patient’s object world: Countertransference pitfalls and possibilities” and “The couple therapist as a moral agent.” 

Jack Foehl, Ph.D.

Jack Foehl is the past president of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, where he is supervising/training analyst.  He is lecturer at Harvard Medical School and clinical associate professor at NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. He is emeritus editor in chief of Psychoanalytic Dialogues and is a past board member of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis. He lives and works in private practice in Cambridge, MA.

Magdalena Fosse, Psy.D., Ph.D.

Magdalena Fosse is a clinical psychologist and sexologist, certified sex therapist, and author in a private practice in Wellesley, MA. She holds graduate degrees from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, Oslo University in Norway, Harvard University, William James College, and Modern Sex Therapy Institutes in the US. In her work, she integrates psychodynamic theory, existential therapy, and interpersonal neurobiology with body-oriented experiential approaches. She also offers services to patients interested in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) and the integration of psychedelic medicines with therapeutic exploration. Magdalena’s clinical and conceptual interest is in the treatment of individuals and couples who struggle with emotional, sexual, and psychospiritual disconnect. Her particular expertise is in polyamory and consensual nonmonogamy. Her publications, including The Many Faces of Polyamory: Longing and Belonging in Concurrent Relationships, reflect her passion and interest in the intersection of normative and non-normative approaches to love and life and the lessons we can learn from them. Website: www.drfosse.com.

Mary Kiely, Ph.D.

Mary Kiely has been working in the Boston area since 1987. Prior to completing a Ph.D., she worked in college counseling centers, a DYS facility for evaluation and treatment of adolescent boys, and a trauma center for south Asian refugees. She has been in private practice for 26 years, and sees individuals, couples, and families. She completed the two-year PCFINE Couple Therapy Training Program and has gratefully continued in this wonderful organization as faculty, board member,  and served as co-president. She teaches classes on the development of couple relationships and on working with couples through separation and divorce.

Alistair McKnight Psya.D., LMHC

Alistair McKnight trained as a psychoanalyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (BPSI), and as a couple and family therapist at PCFINE. He is on the faculty at BPSI, PCFINE, and the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis (SFCP). Alistair is a member of the editorial boards of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and The Psychoanalytic Quarterly. He has a private practice in Cambridge, MA, in which he works with individuals, couples, and families.

Oona Metz, LICSW

Oona Metz is a Certified Group Psychotherapist and a Fellow of AGPA. Oona specializes in treating women navigating divorce and is the author of Unhitched: The Essential Divorce Guide for Women. She has published articles in outlets including Psychotherapy Networker, Psychology Today, Cognoscenti, and The Los Angeles Review. With over 30 years of experience, Oona has seen hundreds of women through the process of divorce.  She is also the founder of The Beacon Group Fellowship, which trains mental health clinicians throughout the country to lead divorce support groups. 

Katie Naftzger, LICSW

Katie Naftzger, Korean-adoptee, is the author of Parenting in the Eye of the Storm: The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Navigating the Teen Years, and upcoming online course for therapists who work with adopted clients.  Katie has maintained a private psychotherapy practice for over 20 years, where she sees adoptees and families through the life cycle. She facilitates an online therapy group for adopted adults.  Katie has presented at the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy and the National Council on Adoption. She has taught an online course on adoption and clinical work at Adelphi University. Katie offers consultation for A Home Within, a national organization that offers pro bono therapy to current and former foster care youth. Katie has presented at PCFINE and co-teaches the Race and Couple Issues class.

Sejal Patel, Psy.D.

Sejal Patel is a board certified clinical psychologist and certified group psychotherapist in private practice who specializes in the treatment of couples and families. She is the former group coordinator and staff psychologist at MIT Student Counseling Center. She is an inclusion/equity/diversity consultant with VISIONS Inc. Sejal is a part-time instructor in counseling psychology & applied human development at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development.

Brent Reynolds, LMHC

Brent Reynolds is a psychoanalyst and couple therapist in private practice in Somerville, MA. He is a faculty member at the Psychodynamic Couple and Family Institute of New England where he teaches courses on the early phase of couple therapy and play in clinical process with couples. He is a graduate of the National Training Program in Contemporary Psychoanalysis at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies in New York; he is also a graduate of the PCFINE Couple Therapy Training Program and has been proud to call PCFINE his professional home for many years. He is particularly interested in the development of therapeutic identity and the process of nurturing clinical intuition in therapists. He lives in Cambridge with his family and their dog, Winnie, a majestic Great Pyrenees. 

Wendy Rotfort, JD, Psy.D.

Wendy Rotfort is a licensed clinical psychologist with a private practice in Wellesley, MA, where she works with adolescents, adults and couples. She has been a member of PCFINE since 2018, when she became a trainee in the PCFINE Couple Therapy Training Program. Wendy also completed a 2-year post graduate fellowship program in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at The Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis. As someone who enjoys ongoing learning, Wendy is often debating what type of training to engage in next. She is currently pursuing some additional training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. When she is not working, she enjoys Peloton classes, tennis, pickleball, travel, volunteering at an animal shelter and spending time with her important people. She is grateful to have found the PCFINE community and is delighted to be facilitating a consultation group for first year students in the PCFINE training program.

Terry Sass, Ph.D., MPH

Terry Sass is a licensed psychologist in Cambridge, MA, whose practice serves adults and couples across the lifespan. Terry is also co-Head of House of an undergraduate dormitory at MIT, living on campus and supporting undergraduate students with programming and resources. Since 2017, she has been a faculty member of Community Conversations: Sister to Sister, a Black women’s health initiative that meets monthly in a salon to foster advocacy, offer mutual support, and improve health outcomes. Prior to working in private practice, Terry was a therapist in a variety of settings, including community-based mental health, schools, and a veterans’ hospital. She also worked for 20 years in adult education and public health. Terry grew up in New York City and has lived in the Boston area since the mid-80s. 

Michelle Schuder, PhD.

Michelle Schuder has practiced as a licensed clinical psychologist in the Boston area for over 25 years. Across hospital, outpatient, and community settings, she has worked with children and adults and now maintains a private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts, where she treats individuals, couples, parents, and families. Working with a wide range of concerns, often involving significant complexity, Michelle helps patients navigate life transitions, relationship challenges, crises, and traumatic experiences. Guided by a psychodynamic and developmental perspective, she focuses on how unconscious emotional processes, early attachment relationships, and adaptive survival strategies shape present-day symptoms, relationship patterns, and coping styles. Her work emphasizes understanding the meanings and emotional patterns underlying distress as a pathway toward lasting change, with particular clinical interest in parenting and attachment relationships, trauma informed psychodynamic treatment, and complex developmental presentations across the lifespan. Michelle received her joint doctorate in clinical and developmental psychology from the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development. She is a former Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Staff Psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Clinical Fellow in the Department of Child Psychiatry and Psychology at the Mayo Clinic. Her research interests include the effects of early deprivation on children’s stress reactivity, the psychobiology of attachment, and mother–infant dyadic regulation.

Joseph Shay, Ph.D.

Joseph Shay is a psychologist in private practice in Cambridge. He is on the faculty of the joint McLean/Massachusetts General Hospital training program and has an appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School. Joe has been part of PCFINE since its founding and has served in many roles. He has also served on the faculty and in leadership positions for the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy and the American Group Psychotherapy Association. Joe has co-edited Odysseys in Psychotherapy and Complex Dilemmas in Group Therapy and has co-authored Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy (4^th and 5^th editions), has presented and published widely in the fields of couple therapy and group therapy and serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. He has been recognized as a Life Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association and was twice awarded the Psychotherapy Supervision Award from the McLean/MGH residents in Adult Psychiatry.

Zoe Silver, LICSW

Zoe Silver (she/her) received her MSW from Boston College in 2019 and is currently pursuing a PsyaD from Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. Zoe has a private practice working with adults (individuals and dyads) and is part-time faculty at the Boston College School of Social Work. Her professional experience is wide-ranging and reflects a longstanding commitment to working with underserved members of the community. Zoe has completed two post-graduate fellowships including the Program for Psychotherapy at Cambridge Health Alliance and our very own Couple Therapy Training Program here at PCFINE. Through her roles as a teacher, supervisor, and psychotherapist, she aims to help people create and sustain healing relationships in which they can talk freely and find acceptance and companionship through the inevitable challenges of life.