Family Healthy Choices Inc.

Providing Parenting Educational Services to Families in Massachusetts

Meet The Team

To learn more about the faculty and leadership of Family Healthy Choices, Inc. please read the descriptions below. Individual contact information is provided for each member of our team.

In addition to our Faculty, Family Healthy Choices, Inc. is advised by a Professional Advisory Board comprised of healthcare professionals and consumers with specialized expertise who practice and/or reside in the communities served by FHC.

STEVEN NISENBAUM, PH.D., J.D.
President, Executive Director and Faculty, Family Healthy Choices

Dr. Nisenbaum has over 30 years of experience in clinical treatment and management for child, adolescent and adult mental health services, mediation, expert evaluator and witness, Guardian Ad Litem, and law, working in both the public and private sectors. He is a psychologist and attorney (but not currently maintaining a private law practice) with extensive additional training in mediation and alternative dispute resolution.

Dr. Nisenbaum holds a B.A. from Northwestern University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an MS and Ph.D. from Clark University.

He has delivered the parenting education program curriculum for more than twenty years. Dr. Nisenbaum co-facilitates the parenting education program at MGH.

To contact Dr. Steven Nisenbaum,

e-mail: [email protected].

STEVEN NISENBAUM, PH.D., J.D.

President, Executive Director and Faculty, Family Healthy Choices

JILL LEVINE, LICSW
Faculty, Family Healthy Choices

Jill Levine is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW). Jill began practicing twenty years ago in the Boston area. Jill’s broad background has centered on directing and implementing social services within the framework of community health and homecare environments. She has also completed training as a Mediator at MWI.

Jill has provided counseling, case coordination and crisis intervention to children, their families and the geriatric populations with special emphasis on servicing individuals with chronic and acute illnesses. She currently provides Guardian ad litem services through the Massachusetts Probate Courts and consults as a psychotherapist to individuals with various mental health issues. This experience allows Jill to operate out of a generalist approach whereby she can service multiple age groups with a wide spectrum of social service and mental health needs.

Jill serves as an instructor for the Tufts and Danvers programs. To contact Jill Levine directly,

e-mail:[email protected]

 

JILL LEVINE, LICSW

Faculty, Family Healthy Choices

JAN NISENBAUM, MSW 

Mediator and Consultant Faculty,
Family Healthy Choices

Jan Nisenbaum, MSW, has over 30 years of experience in child welfare and mental health services, working in both the public and private sectors. She has provided training on case management models, involved in developing public policy and quality improvement processes, and has been active in the design, development and evaluation of new program models and local systems of care that involve inter-agency collaboration and use of multiple funding mechanisms. Jan provides clinical and organizational consultation to mental health and child welfare agencies.

Jan holds a B.S. in Child Development and Family Life from Purdue University and an M.S.W. from Boston College. She has also completed training as a Mediator at MWI.

Jan has delivered the parenting education program curriculum for more than 20 years and co-facilitates the parenting education program at MGH.

To contact Jan directly,

e-mail:[email protected]

JAN NISENBAUM, MSW

Mediator and Consultant Faculty,
Family Healthy Choices

ALISA FELDMAN, DDS

Mediator and Consultant Faculty,
Family Healthy Choices

Alisa has over 30 years of experience as a pediatric dentist with educational background in child development and psychology, as well as being a trained mediator. She specializes in helping families and children around stressful conflict, primarily as a co-mediator and as a co-instructor for Court-mandated parenting education.

Dr. Feldman holds a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and a D.D.S. from Columbia University College of Dental Medicine.

She is a member of the Massachusetts Chapter of Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, as well as the Massachusetts Council of Family Mediators. Dr. Feldman has earned a Certificate in Child and Family Forensics from the Center of Excellence in Children, Families and the Law at William James College. Dr. Feldman has also completed training as a Mediator at MWI.

To contact Alisa directly,

e-mail: [email protected]

ALISA FELDMAN, D.D.S.

Mediator and Consultant Faculty,
Family Healthy Choices

BRUCE SHACKLETON, ED.D.

Faculty, Family Healthy Choices

Bruce Shackleton is a licensed psychologist with over 30 years of experience helping clients in the Boston area, nationally, and internationally. He is a managing principal of CO Solutions, LLP, a company that provides coaching and consulting services to businesses and organizations. Dr. Shackleton is on the staff of the Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital. He was on the staff of Massachusetts General Hospital for over 25 years where he specialized in neuropsychology, forensic psychology and occupational health psychology. He is affiliated with the Harvard International Negotiation Program and has taught mediation and negotiation skills in a variety of business and organizational settings. He is a member of the Massachusetts Psychological Association and has served on its Board of Directors. He is a member of the American Psychological Association. He has received special training in coaching, neuropsychology, mediation, family therapy and organizational development. He works with individuals, groups, families, and organizations.

To contact Bruce directly,

e-mail:[email protected].

BRUCE SHACKLETON, ED.D.

Faculty, Family Healthy Choices

JOHN WILLIAMS

John has a Masters degree in (phenomenological) Psychology from Duquesne University and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He has over 30 years of experience in working with children, adolescents, and adults in both community and hospital settings. John has published several articles on program evaluation of family therapy in the International Journal of Partial Hospitalization. A major focus of his work is the parent/adolescent relationship which he has recently presented on the Arlington Cable News Community Series. Having served in the Peace Corps in Colombia, John is bilingual and facilitates the Parent Education Classes in Spanish at Tufts Medical. John’s primary clinical focus is informed by Systemic and Strategic family systems models in his work with individuals, couples, and families in both a community clinic (primarily Spanish population) and a private practice in Lexington.

John Williams

Faculty, Family Healthy Choices

JOHN SZATKOWSKI MSW

John is a social worker and psychotherapist in private practice for the past 25 years in Peabody, Mass. He provides counseling, evaluations, supervision and training to families, individuals, schools and churches. John has worked in hospitals, clinics, schools and prison settings. John began his professional life as a Special Education teacher in 1978 and received his Masters in Social Work from Boston College in 1986.

Much of his work these days revolves around families that have been touched by the effects of drug and alcohol addiction. John is also deeply passionate about his work with men’s issues and marriage counseling.John can be found at:

3 Essex Green Dr. Ste. One Peabody, Ma 01960

Phone: 978-532-6363

e-mail: [email protected]

John Szatkowski MSW

Faculty, Family Healthy Choices