Staff

Management: Who we are.

Aaron M. Leavitt MD, JD
Medical DirectorMassachusetts Medical Society
Physician’s Health Committee Board of Directors Psychiatric Training
Institute of Living, Austen Riggs Center
JD,Western New England Law School
amlmd@vpsi-ma.com

Paula Arends, MSW, LICSW
Manager of Client/Intake Services
Springfield College School of Social Work
parends@vpsi-ma.com

Iris Castro, MSW LICSW
Acting Clinical Director, Holyoke
Springfield College School of Social Work
iriscastro@vpsi-ma.com

Betsy Gray, MA, LMHC
Program Director, Worcester
Nova University
betsygray@vpsi-ma.com

Constance B. Johnson, MSW, LICSW
Director of Forensic, Co-Occurring Disorders, and Internship Programs
University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Social Work and Community Planning
cjohnson@vpsi-ma.com

Karen Reiniger, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Director, Springfield; Director of the Child and Family Treatment Team
Smith College School for Social Work,
Adjunct Faculty Springfield College School for Social Work,
Visiting Instructor The Child Welfare Institute at Salem State College School for Social Work.
kreiniger@vpsi-ma.com

Lizandra Rodriguez, MSW, LICSW
 Manager of Bilingual Client Services, Springfield
Springfield College School of Social Work
lizandrarodriguez@vpsi-ma.com

Karen Seltzer, MSW, LICSW, LADC1
Administrative Director
Springfield College School of Social Work
kseltzer@vpsi-ma.com