Our Team
Carolyn Broudy, M.D., M.S., Director
Dr. Broudy is a board-certified psychiatrist and the Director of The Family Connections Center. She received her M.D. and M.S. from NYU School of Medicine, and completed her psychiatry residency and a fellowship in Women's Mental Health at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She subsequently completed the Infant-Parent Mental Health Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, and the American Psychoanalytic Association Fellowships. She has taught at the Smith School of Social Work, and worked as a consulting psychiatrist for the state-wide program Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project for Moms. Her years of experience working with new moms and young children inspired her to open The Family Connections Center as a way of bringing together a team of therapists who could better serve the needs of the entire family during the early years of parenting.
Sarah Gillio, LISCW, Psychotherapist
Sarah Gillio received her BA in Child Development from Tufts University in Medford, MA. She earned her MSW from Smith College School for Social Work, and subsequently completed the Massachusetts Institute of Psychoanalysis Postgraduate Fellowship. Sarah has worked in public and private schools with pre-schoolers, elementary aged children and children with special needs. She has spent 5 years working therapeutically with children, adolescents and their parents at the Cutchins Programs for Children and Families in Northampton, MA. Sarah's approach is rooted in the belief that meaningful changes occur through a collaborative process of understanding and making meaning of each individual's unique needs and experiences. To this process she brings curiosity, authenticity, and a passion for helping families navigate the transitional years of early family life.
Leslie Fisher-Katz, LMHC, Trauma and Early Childhood Psychotherapy Affiliate
Leslie received her BS in Human Services from Lesley College in 1985 and her MS in Counseling Psychology from Northeastern University in 1987. Her early years in the field focused on women and teens at risk for substance abuse difficulties and dual diagnosis treatment. She trained with Dr. Dan Hughes in an attachment-based treatment called Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), and has extensive training in trauma therapy, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Leslie was the Director of Early Childhood Mental Health at the Boston Public Health Commission, the Child and Family Team clinical Supervisor at CSO and is currently the Executive Director of The Children's Study Home. She has provided child and family therapy in private practice for many years, with a particular focus on trauma sensitive parent guidance and attachment focused therapy. Leslie joined The Family Connections Center in 2019 as an Affiliate Psychotherapist, bringing her expertise in trauma and her experience working with young children and parents to the Center.
Emily Bassarear, LICSW, Individual and Couples Therapist
Emily Bassarear earned both her BSW and MSW at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. Emily’s career has been wide ranging, as she has worked within the realms of juvenile justice, treatment foster care, inpatient hospitalization, community mental health, and private practice. Throughout her experiences, she has consistently found the value of integrating and facilitating family, community, and other meaningful connections in client care. Emily has always been drawn to supporting families during the perinatal period and completed her initial training as a doula. She also has a particular interest in working with couples who have infants and young children. As a couples therapist she draws heavily from Emotionally Focused Therapy, an approach that focuses on enhancing the connection between partners by improving their emotional communication. In general, Emily practices from an eclectic and humanistic perspective, with a great respect for the depth and breadth of the human experience, and uses a variety of modalities and approaches, based on the needs of the individual, couple, or family.
Lemy Coffin, LICSW, Individual Psychotherapist and Parenting Consultant
Lemy Coffin earned their BA at Smith College in Government and their MSW at Smith College School for Social Work. Prior to working with the Family Connections Center, their clinical work was focused on intensive in-home services to support in-home placements for high need youth and families. Lemy has completed level one training in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, as well as the Intensive Certificate Program in Family Systems Therapy through Therapy Training Boston. Lemy also brings their experience as a queer community organizer to their clinical work. Lemy brings a systemic and strategic lens to working with individuals, couples, and families and believes that exploring past and present stressors in both social and family systems is crucial to making lasting change. They also focus on the role of attachment and the innate need for material and relational security in order to thrive. Lemy is deeply committed to supporting parents and couples in building on existing relational strengths as part of a larger commitment to building towards collective and community care.