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Staff
Dr. Stuart Ablon
 J. Stuart Ablon, Ph.D., is the Director of Think:Kids in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ablon co-founded the Center for Collaborative Problem Solving where he also served as Co-Director from its inception until 2008. Dr. Ablon is co-author of Treating Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach and author of numerous articles, chapters and scientific paperson the process and outcome of psychosocial interventions. A dynamic and engaging speaker, Dr. Ablon was recently ranked #5 on the list of the world's top rated keynote speakers in the academic arena.
Dr. Ablon's research has been funded by, amongst others, the National Institute of Health, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychoanalytic Association, the International Psychoanalytic Association, the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Institute, and the Endowment for the Advancement of Psychotherapy. Dr. Ablon received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and completed his predoctoral and postdoctoral training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ablon trains parents, educators, and clinicians and consults to schools and treatment programs throughout the world on the Think:Kids approach.
Dr. Martina Albright
Martina B. Albright, Ph.D., is Director of Clinical Training for Think:Kids. She is also Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry at MGH and Clinical Instructor in Psychology the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Albright was one of the first clinicians to be trained in the approach that Think:Kids promotes. She brings more than a decade of experience helping oppositional, explosive and inflexible children ages 4 to 16 and their families using the approach. Dr. Albright has particular interest and expertise in the use of the approach with preschoolers and in early education settings. She has overseen implementation of the model in multiple elementary schools. In addition, Dr. Albright is a frequent lecturer for local schools and organizations.
Dr. Albright received her M.A. and Ph.D. from New York University and completed her Internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology in the Departmentof Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
 Dr. David Whelan
David A. Whelan, Psy.D., is Director of Outpatient Clinical Services at Think:Kids. Dr. Whelan has worked with behaviorally challenging youth and their caregivers for over a decade in diverse settings including outpatient, residential and inpatient treatment as well a psychiatric emergency room context. Specifically, Dr. Whelan worked at the Collaborative Problem Solving Clinic and trained on the first child and adolescent inpatient units to implement the approach. He has published on the care of challenging children and presented on our approach in a variety of contexts to parents, educators, and mental health professionals.
Dr. Whelan earned his doctorate in clinical psychology at The George Washington University and completed his internship at Bronx Psychiatric Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a postdoctoral fellowship in Child and Adolescent Acute Services at the Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School.
 Dr. Larry Epstein
Larry Epstein, Ph.D., is Director of School-Based Services at Think:Kids. He is also an Assistant in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at MGH and Clinical Instructor in Psychology the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Epstein has extensive experience utilizing and teaching the Think:Kids approach across avariety of settings including educational and clinical programs and outpatient practice. He has trained numerous parents, teachers, administrators, mental health and support staff in the approach. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Epstein spent several years as a classroom teacher, while also overseeing implementation of the Think:Kids approach in a general education setting.
For the past 17 years, Dr. Epstein worked for the Cherry Creek School District in Denver, Colorado during which time he helped develop the district’s intensive treatment program for students with significant behavioral challenges. Dr. Epstein also served as a member of the district social-emotional-behavioral services team, where he assisted numerous schools to implement systemic behavior programs while at the same time consulting with these schools regarding their most challenging students.
Dr. Epstein has a particular passion for helping schools implement systemic behavioral interventions and has published extensively on this topic. He is also a nationally certified bullying prevention trainer and helped found the non-profit organization Creating Caring Communities, where he served as Board President. He has also has spent the past several years helping schools implement behavior interventions thatare culturally responsive.
Dr. Epstein received his Ph.D. in Child Clinical Psychology from the University of Denver and completed his internship at The Children’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado.
 Beth Edelstein, B.S., OT/L, M.Ed.
Beth Edelstein, B.S., OT/L, is Director of Outreach and Support Programs for Think:Kids in the Department of Psychiatry at MGH. Beth received her BS in Occupational Therapy from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She has worked both as anOT and an early childhood educator. Throughout her career, Beth has also been extensively involved in providing support and education to parents and teachers of challengin gkids. Before joining Think:Kids, Beth was the Founder and President of the Foundationfor Children with Behavioral Challenges (FCBC), a non-profit organization that grew out of a local support group she established in 1998. Beth founded FCBC to promote awareness of more effective and compassionate approaches for understanding and helping children with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges.
 Erik J Kola, B.S.N.
Erik Kola is Training Coordinator for Oregon and the Northwest region at Think:Kids. Erik’s focus has been working with families and children in clinical settings and fostering the implementation of our approach through staff development and supervision. Erik’s interests include the creation and fostering of relationships among systems, and living in the northwest has shaped his career through his connection to its communities.
Erik earned his B.S. in Nursing from Montana State University. As a psychiatric nurse, he has worked at Seattle Children’s Hospital developing family-centered approaches and consulted for the University of Washington in their work with juvenile justice programs. Starting in 2005, Erik worked with the first program in Oregon to implement the model - Legacy Emanuel Hospital’s Child and Adolescent In-patient Treatment Program. Most recently Erik has been working with special school programs, both rural and urban, in their efforts to adopt and apply the model with their students and staff. Guided by a background in Multiple Systemic Therapy (MST), CBT, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), PBiS, and nursing theory, the Think:Kids model has become his natural framework in bringing people together around collaborative approaches. Erik is a passionate advocate of the model and believes that all people will do well if they can, provided they have the skills.
 Kimberly Molino, M.B.A.
Kimberly Molino, MBA is the Program Manager for Think:Kids in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. Kim received her MBA from Suffolk University and her BA in Economics and Political Science at the University of Vermont. Prior to joining Think:Kids, Kim had a long and successful career as an investment analyst covering a wide range of industries. She has been actively involved in a wide range of nonprofit organizations over the last 20 years, both as a board member and a volunteer. Kim directs all development and fundraising initiatives for Think:Kids. Kim is passionate about helping others, especially children.
Advisory Council
Martina Albright, Ph.D., Chair
Melora Balson
David S. Barlow, M.B.A.
Don Borut, M.P.A.
Brooke Brown. M.Ed.
Tracy Callahan, M.B.A.
Chris Capossela
Deborah Elfers
Virginia Gavris, D.M.D., M.P.H.
Michael Higgins
Michael Hone, M.Ed.
Jackie Johnson
John Lehner
Lindsay Pike
Lisa Resnek
Jeremy Sclar
Thomas Stemberg
Barbara C. Timken
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