Brenda Bahnson   
License and Degrees:  LICSW, MSW
Ms. Bahnson is currently the Administrative Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA where she oversees ambulatory BH services including: Behavioral Health Integration, Virtual Health, Partial Hospital, EAP/Berkshire Healthworks and the Primary Care Outreach Team.

Lee Watroba
License and Degrees:  BA, Psychology
Lee Watroba is Program and Community Outreach Manager of the Erikson Institute at the Austen Riggs Center. She is President of the Board of the Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention, is a Board Member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and sits on the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention. She is a past co-chair of the AFSP Berkshire County Out of the Darkness Community Walk, and in 2019, was a participant in the AFSP Overnight Walk in Boston.

Bertha Connelley
License and Degrees:  HRCP, BA, Business
Volunteer: AFSP Western Massachusetts Board, Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention. Vice President, Community Suicide Prevention Education instructor.
A nationally certified human resource professional, Bertha Connelley holds a bachelor degree in business with a concentration in human resource management degree and has worked in healthcare human resources for nearly three decades, most recently at the Austen Riggs Center, a private psychiatric hospital and residential treatment center, since 2008. Bertha is an active community volunteer who currently serves as Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention (BCSP) vice president, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Massachusetts Chapter board member, Fairview Hospital Auxiliary board member, and Lee Lion’s Club member.

Christine Callahan
License and Degrees:  LMHC, M.Ed., MBA
Mrs. Callahan is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor at Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA. She has a Bachelor degree in Psychology and Sociology, a Master of Education degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and a Master of Business Administration degree. She has held several positions at Berkshire Health Systems and the Brien Center since 2009 including: Outpatient Behavioral Health Service Manager, Youth Zero Suicide Program Manager, Behavioral Health Care Manager, Acute Services Quality Management Director, Director of Acute Care Operations and Mobile Crisis Coordinator. She is also a nationally authorized trainer of “Assessment and Management of Suicide Risk (AMSR)” by the Zero Suicide Institute and the Education Development Center and a nationally authorized instructor of “QPR – Question, Persuade, Refer” a gatekeeper training for suicide prevention. She is a recurrent presenter on suicide prevention both locally in the Berkshires and across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Name:  Dr. Brenda J. Butler
License and Degrees:  AACAP, M.D,

Dr. Brenda Butler is Board Certified in both General and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is The Medical Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for Berkshire Medical Center and The Brien Center. In this role she provides training and education in child and adolescent psychiatry to residents, medical students, and other clinicians. Dr. Butler’s clinical practice is at The Brien Center and BMC’s Patient Care Outreach Team. Dr. Butler moved to Massachusetts from Philadelphia. She completed her medical school training, general psychiatry residency, and child and adolescent fellowship at Medical College of Pennsylvania. She also completed training in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Center. Dr. Butler is deeply committed to improving the lives of children in The Berkshires and beyond.

Name:  Lynne Vanderpot
License and Degrees:  LMHC, M.S. MHC
Lynne Vanderpot, LMHC, joined the Suicide Prevention Pathways Program at Berkshire Medical Center in 2019 as a Care Coordinator. She received her Masters in counseling in 2012 from Goddard College.

Name:  Sandra Ryan
License and Degrees:  LMHC, M.S. MHC
Sandra Ryan, LMHC, earned a BA from Williams College in 1994, and her MS in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Vermont in 2013. She worked with CBT groups and college students in Vermont before becoming a Crisis Stabilization clinician for children and adolescents at the Brien Center in Western Massachusetts. She then worked as an acute care clinician with the Brien Center's ESP team before joining the Suicide Prevention Pathway Program in 2018. Her interests include ADHD, mood disorders, suicide prevention, and treatment of trauma in children, adolescents, and young adults.

Name:  Christina Marks
License and Degrees:  LICSW

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Larry Berkowitz
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Dr. Barsotti
License and Degrees:  M.D.
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Dr. Alex Sabo
License and Degrees:  MD
Alex N. Sabo, MD, a 500-hour Kripalu-trained yoga teacher and magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, is Director of Medical Education/DIO at Berkshire Medical Center and Associate Dean of Medical Education at BMC for the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is also Director of the Adult Psychiatry Residency Program at BMC, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Past President of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society, Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Co-Editor of and contributing author to The Real World Guide to Psychotherapy Practice, co-author of recent publications on a root cause analysis of prescription opioid overdoses and a randomized trial of CBSM vs Kripalu-yoga to improve mental and physical health in mental health providers. He enjoys practicing and teaching yoga and meditation, teaching medical students and residents, hiking, swimming and paddling SUP and spending time with his family.