Our Staff

Katharine "Kim" Larsson, PhD, RN, CS (co-director)

Katharine "Kim" Larsson, Ph.D. R.N., C.S., is a licensed clinical specialist with a doctoral degree in nursing from Boston College. She has practiced as a psychotherapist and psychopharmacologist for over 15 years. Her main areas of expertise include: behavioral medicine, hypnosis, biofeedback, mindfulness meditation, and integrative psychotherapy. Dr. Larsson underwent clinical training at Harvard Medical School through McLean Hospital and The Cambridge Hospital. She is the former assistant director of the Behavioral Medicine Program at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Boston, and a former supervisor in the Behavioral Medicine Program at The Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Larsson has also conducted research applying phenomenological nursing approaches to the study of medically unexplained physical symptoms in primary care. She is fluent in English and Spanish.

Amaro J. Laria, PhD (co-director)

Amaro J. Laria, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist with over 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist. He received his PhD in clinical psychology from University of Massachusetts Boston. Dr. Laria’s main areas of expertise include: behavioral medicine, hypnosis, biofeedback, and mindfulness meditation. He uses an integrative approach that combines cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic, systems, and socio-cultural models. Dr. Laria has extensive experience as an instructor and lecturer. He has conducted research and published in the areas of culture and mental health, and trauma and dissociation. He directs a behavioral medicine training program at a primary care clinic through his affiliation with the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology in Boston. He also holds a faculty appointment in the Psychiatry Department at Harvard Medical School, and teaches and supervises in the Behavioral Medicine Program at The Cambridge Health Alliance. Dr. Laria is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Ricardo Bianco, PsyD

Dr. Ricardo Bianco is a clinical psychologist with primary expertise in the areas of behavioral medicine, multi-cultural issues, and general mental health. He utilizes an integrative bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach in the process of assessing and treating a variety of behavioral health problems. He also uses a variety of specialized interventions in his practice, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, biofeedback, hypnosis, and relaxation techniques. He has a master's degree in counseling psychology from Boston College and a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Bianco treats individuals, adults, children, couples, families, and conducts groups. He is fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Nicole Claudia, PsyD

Dr. Nicole Claudia is a clinical psychologist, who completed her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology in Boston, MA. She specializes in health psychology and behavioral medicine, with special interest and expertise in hypnosis, stress management, and the treatment of stress-related physical disorders such as chronic headache, sleep disorders, and gastrointestinal disorders, among others. She also treats a variety of behavioral health problems, including problems with anxiety, depression, grief, self esteem, and difficulties with relationships. Dr. Claudia also specializes in psychotherapy with adults and teens (ages 13-17).

Kim Faris, PsyD

Dr. Kimberly Faris is a clinical psychologist with expertise in behavioral medicine and health psychology.  Her areas of specialization and interest include individual and couples therapy, stress management, eating disorders, addictions, hypnosis and biofeedback with a particular focus on mindfulness and dialectic behavioral therapy (DBT).  Dr. Faris received specialized training at the Couples and Family and Behavioral Medicine clinics at the Department of Psychiatry at the Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School.  She completed her post-doctoral work at Two Brattle Center in Cambridge, Ma., where she received extensive training in DBT.  Dr. Faris received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology with a specialization in health psychology from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology.

Tracy Greenfield, LMHC

Tracy F.C. Greenfield, LMHC, is experienced in working with individuals, couples, families, and groups, with expertise in integrative psychotherapy and positive psychology. She uses a biopsychosocial-spiritual approach, incorporating methods such as meditation, hypnosis, energy tapping, biofeedback, and relaxation. She is bilingual (English-Spanish) and has a wide range of interests including women's health, working with the LGBT community, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma work, culture and immigration. Ms. Greenfield earned her Master's Degree from the University of Pennsylvania and completed her training at the Couples and Family Clinic in the Department of Psychiatry at the Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School.

Rachel Kelly, PsyD

Rachel Kelly, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist with expertise in behavioral medicine and health psychology. Some of her areas of special interest and expertise include the treatment of conditions associated with the role of stress and behavioral factors on: women's reproductive health, cancer, and other chronic medical illnesses. She also treats more general conditions like anxiety, depression, and general life adjustment issues. Dr. Kelly uses a variety of behavioral medicine interventions in her work, including hypnosis, relaxation, mindfulness, dialectic behavioral therapy (DBT), and other stress management techniques that target problems associated with the mind-body connection. She completed her doctoral degree in clinical psychology at The Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology in Boston, Massachusetts.

Suzanne McCarthy, PsyD

Dr. McCarthy's experience includes a focus on family and couples therapy as well as working with individuals and familes coping with the challenge of chronic and terminal illness. In addition to training in emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) for couples, she is certified in eye movement desensitization & reprocessing therapy (EMDR) and often utilizes a combination of mind/body techniques such as hypnosis, mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to complement her therapeutic approach to anxiety, mood disorders and symptoms that often find their basis in trauma. Dr. McCarthy is a faculty member in the Psychiatry Department at Harvard Medical School and has offered groups and workshops on topics of holistic behavioral medicine such as Reiki I, the practice of meditation and spirituality and couples groups. She holds a doctorate in clinical psychology with a specialty in health psychology from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology and is also a Reiki Master.

Bobbi Wegner, PsyD

Bobbi Wegner, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist with expertise in health psychology, behavioral medicine, and rehabilitation psychology. Areas of specialty include biofeedback, traumatic brain injury, and psycho-oncology although she also treats more general conditions including depression, anxiety, and adjustment issues relating to life stressors. Dr. Wegner works with children and adults and has significant experience treating the college-aged population. She completed an APA-Internship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Boston Behavioral Medicine. Other local clinical placements included Bentley College Counseling Center, The Wellness Community, and The Gifford School. Dr. Wegner uses an integrative approach often drawing from cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic theories while maintaining a non-judgmental and empathic stance.