Who We Are

NOTICE:

As of 9/1/23, Centerpoint Adolescent Treatment Services, including Centerpoint School and Centerpoint Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, is closed.
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The information below, and throughout this website,
is for archival purposes only.

 

As an organization focused on youth, families, and community health, Centerpoint is a unique affiliation with three of Vermont’s premier youth and family serving organizations – NFI Vermont, Howard Center, and Matrix Health Systems. In 1995, these three organizations came together, recognizing the intensive and growing needs of teens and families in our communities. This recognition also included the belief that these three agencies could contribute resources and support expertise to best meet these growing needs. (To learn more of Centerpoint Governance, click here).

In these early days,
we integrated some existing programs, grew new services, and figured out how to build on the strengths of each partner. We negotiated through the ‘start-up’ challenges, all the while working to provide the best possible services to our clients and their families.

Many years later,
Centerpoint has become a strong, stable, and growing organization. In 2018, we served more than fifteen times the number of students, clients, and families as compared to our first year. Our services have expanded in scope, enhanced in quality, and responded to changing times and needs. A 10 member staff has grown to become a talented and dedicated staffing of 65.

And most importantly,
our young people and their families have benefited from the expertise, resources, and connections that have developed through these highly designed and specialized services. They have access to the broad range of programs and supports offered at Centerpoint and through these host agencies, and with this, can be assured of the highest quality of care. Any day’s need may include crisis intervention or long-term residential treatment, family-based services, foster care or group care, psychological testing or psychiatric evaluation, respite or community mentoring – If the need exists, it’s likely that the umbrella of services within this interagency collaboration can help to meet that need.

But really, it’s about the people…

Beyond any great program design or organization’s structure and resources, the power of our work lays in the talented, creative, committed, flexible, and responsive staff at Centerpoint. Centerpoint’s professional staff includes:

  • Clinical Social Workers and Mental Health Counselors
  • Special Educators
  • Licensed Teachers and Counseling Teachers
  • Substance Abuse Clinicians and Community-Recovery Support Counselors
  • Art Therapists and Drama Therapists
  • Psychologists and Psychiatrists
  • Administrators
  • Therapy dogs (although they are volunteers).

At times, our clients, students and families may speak of one of our programs or of how a particular service may have been helpful, but most often they speak of the people at Centerpoint – and how their counselor, or teacher, or team was helpful. To read some of these comments, click here to see What They’re Saying.

Centerpoint is guided by leaders in the field, including:

Mitchell Barron, LICSW LADC
Director. Centerpoint – youth, families, community health.

 

Danielle Jatlow, LICSW LADC
Principal. Consultation, Training, & Technical Assistance (CTTA)

 

Olivia Sanders, LCMHC LADC
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Director 

 

Katie Cunningham, MEd
Centerpoint School Director – Educational

 

John Grimm, LICSW
Centerpoint School Director – Clinical

 

John Oliver, MA
Director of Community Education Initiatives

 

Alison Putnam , MEd
Assistant Director of Community Education Initiatives

 

Linda Horner

Linda Horner
Operations Coordinator

 

clip_image012Leslie Conroy, MD
Medical Director

 

Staff Internal

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