Staff
Dr. Ross GreeneRoss W. Greene, Ph.D. is Director of the Collaborative Problem Solving Institute in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and originator of the Collaborative Problem Solving approach to understanding and helping challenging kids. He is also Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Greene is the author of The Explosive Child and the forthcoming Lost at School, and co-author of Treating Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach, along with numerous articles, chapters, and scientific papers on the effectiveness of the Collaborative Problem Solving approach; the classification of and outcomes in youth with oppositional defiant disorder and severe social impairment; and teacher stress.
Dr. Greene's research has been funded by the Stanley Medical Research Institute, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the U.S. Department of Education, and focuses on the classification, longitudinal study, and treatment of challenging kids in families, schools, and restrictive therapeutic facilities. He consults extensively to general and special education schools, inpatient psychiatry units, and residential and juvenile detention facilities, and lectures widely throughout the world.
Dr. Stuart Ablon
J. Stuart Ablon, Ph.D. is Associate Director of the Collaborative Problem Solving Institute 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 is co-author of Treating Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach and author of numerous articles, chapters and scientific papers on the process and outcome of psychosocial interventions. 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 consults extensively to general and special education schools, inpatient psychiatry units, and residential and juvenile detention facilities, and lectures widely throughout the world on the Collaborative Problem Solving approach.
Dr. Martina Albright
Martina B. Albright, Ph.D. is Chair of the Advisory Council of the Collaborative Problem Solving Institute in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is also Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Albright has worked with oppositional, explosive and inflexible children using the Collaborative Problem Solving approach since 1997. Currently, she consults to elementary schools using the Collaborative Problem Solving approach and is also the consulting child psychologist at The Apple Orchard Preschool in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Beth Edelstein, B.S., OT/L
Beth Edelstein, B.S., OT/L is Director of Outreach for the Collaborative Problem Solving Institute in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. Beth received her BS in Occupational Therapy from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She has worked both as an OT and an early childhood educator. Throughout her career, Beth has also been extensively involved in providing support and education to parents and teachers of challenging kids. Before joining the Collaborative Problem Solving Institute, Beth was the Founder and President of the Foundation for 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.
Kimberly Molino, MBA
Kimberly Molino, MBA is the Director of Development for the
Collaborative Problem Solving Institute in the Department of Psychiatry
at Massachusetts General Hospital. Kim received her MBA from Suffolk
University and her BA in Economics and Political Science from the
University of Vermont. She has been actively involved in nonprofit
organizations over the past 20 years. Her current involvement includes
the Greater Boston Food Bank and Room to Grow. Kim directs all
development initiatives for the Collaborative Problem Solving Institute.
Advisory Council
Martina Albright, Ph.D., Chair
David S. Barlow, MBA
Don Borut, MPA
Chris Capossela
Irwin Chafetz
Virginia Gavris, DMD, MPH
Jackie Johnson
Edward P. Lawrence, Esq.
Jerome Markowitz
Maria Markowitz, Esq.
Lindsay Pike
Thomas Stemberg
Barbara C. Timken
Leadership Council
Melora Balson
Brooke Brown
Randi Cutler
Deborah Elfers
Lisa Resnek
Frances Rivera
Jeremy Sclar