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Providers Hillcrest Educational Centers, Neuropsychology, Psychologists, Berkshires

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Providers

Unlike most general therapists, our highly skilled staff meets the highest level of credentials and uses only proven techniques on a wide range of issues. Our success is based on utilizing the best available research and combining it with our expertise. Each is committed to providing services in a confidential and supportive environment. Our providers include clinical psychologists, including specialty in neuropsychology and licensed independent clinical social workers.

Dr. David Boyer

Dr. Boyer is both a licensed psychologist and licensed mental health counselor in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He earned a post graduate certificate in neuropsychology and currently provides assessment and counseling services through Hillcrest Educational Centers in via their residential programs, community programs and with various school districts. He has worked with youth in residential care since 1980 and specializes in providing assessment and treatment for children and adolescents who have suffered significant trauma and have demonstrated high risk behaviors including fire-setting, sexual aggression and violence.

• Ph.D. Counseling Psychology, UMass (1997)
• M.A. Psychology, Duquesne University (1980)
• B.A. Psychology, Bates College (1978)
• Licensed Mental Health Counselor (1998)
• Licensed Psychologist in Massachusetts (2005)
• Certificate of Neuropsychology, Fielding Graduate Institute (2008)

Dr. Melody Fisher

Dr. Fisher is a Clinical Psychologist with a PhD from the University of Massachusetts – Boston. In addition to providing assessment and counseling through Hillcrest Community Support Services, she runs group therapy for residential students at Hillcrest Educational Centers and spends time educating the next generation of mental health providers as an adjunct professor of Psychology at Berkshire Community College. Dr. Fisher specializes in Trauma Informed Care, substance abuse evaluation and treatment, Narrative therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

• Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, UMass (2016)
• M.A. Psychology, UMass (2011)
• B.A. Psychology & Literature, Brandeis University (2002)