Our Team

Meet the Professionals At Insight Counseling & Wellness

Our team of compassionate, professional, and experienced clinicians offer a variety of specialties to meet your needs

Our Team

Gina Formichelli, MA

Owner/Founder & CEO

Adult/Youth/Couples/Family Therapist

Locations: Scituate & Telehealth

GINA DESMOND, MA, MFT
Founder and CEO Child/Adolescent/Couples/Family Therapist

Gina has a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy. She has over 20 years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families in the community. She is dedicated to supporting youth, couples, and families that are struggling with communication, substance use, crisis intervention, mental illness, and emotional disconnection.

Gina specializes in a holistic family system approach, and has often been compared to a “super nanny”. By providing her services either in the office, via telehealth, or in your home, school, or community setting, Gina can minimize barriers to receiving treatment and meet you where it is most convenient for healing. Gina's kind, patient, nonjudgemental, and individualized approach will support you to improve your happiness and enjoyment of life.

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Ana Klett, LICSW

Director of Clinical Excellence

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

Locations: Jamaica Plain & Telehealth

ANA KLETT, LICSW
Mental Health Clinician

Ana is a licensed independent clinical social worker and graduate of Boston University. She has experience working with individuals and families and specializes in DBT both in her individual and group work. Her approach centers around a balance of acceptance and change, drawing from both DBT and CBT techniques. She uses gentle challenging, honesty, and humor, to build insight for those looking to understand themselves and their issues.

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Kate Puopolo, LMHC

Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Locations: Jamaica Plain & Telehealth

KATE PUOPOLO, LMHC
Mental Health Clinician

Kate has over 10 years of experience working with children, adolescents, families, and couples in community-based, outpatient, and residential mental health settings such as McLean Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. She treats a variety of issues including trauma, substance abuse, depression, anxiety, OCD, and supports her clients in developing skills to manage challenges and daily stressors.

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Biliana Angelova, MA, Med, RYT 200

Mental Health Clinician & Reiki Master, Wellness Coach

Locations: Jamaica Plain & Telehealth

BILIANA ANGELOVA, MA, MED, RYT 200
Mental Health Clinician and Wellness Coach

Biliana has a Master’s Degree in Education and a Master’s Degree from the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. She has extensive experience working in schools, mental health agencies, research facilities (including Harvard University and MGH), and colleges (including Boston University) as a clinician/therapist, administrator, researcher, and instructor.

Biliana is an eclectic psychotherapist and a certified yoga teacher. She has expertise in cutting-edge mindfulness, yoga, meditation research, and stress reduction. She uses an integrated therapies approach such as:

Mind and Body
Brain Science and Meditation
East and West
CBT and YCBT (Yoga Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)

She employs a client-centered approach in her services. She specializes in individual and group therapy, wellness coaching, mindfulness, spirituality, anxiety, depression, and trauma, and is LGBTQ/polyamory-friendly.

Biliana's services are self-pay only

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Emily Velker, LMFT

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

Adolescents, Couples, and Adults Clinician

Locations: Telehealth

Emily Velker LMFT
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

Emily is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a master’s degree from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Emily has years of experience working with families, adolescents, couples and individuals including within the LGBTQ+ community with anxiety, depression, anger management, stress. Emily specializes in supporting clients struggling with life transitions (such as parenting issues, deaths in the family, and divorce). Emily uses Solution-Focused approaches with some Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness to collaborate with clients to reach their goals.

Emily knows it is important to feel heard while also gently challenged through tears of joy, anger, sadness, or relief in order to grow, learn, and find happiness, health, and healing.

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Meredith Powell, LICSW

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

Locations: Jamaica Plain & Telehealth

MEREDITH POWELL, LICSW
Mental Health Clinician

Meredith is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine. She has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Simmons College as well as a Master’s Degree in Education/Special Education from Sacred Heart University. She has over 10 years of experience working in many settings including individual therapy agencies, schools, inpatient psychiatric units, mental health/disability agencies, emergency services, and hospice care. Meredith’s also specializes in caring for those who care for others. Many of her clients are nurses, doctors, therapists, teachers, and other caregivers who need support themselves.

Meredith provides an empathic, effective, and solution focused approach for those who struggle with depression, anxiety, grief, family marital or other personal relationships. She focuses on increasing every person's happiness and effective communication with others for a more peaceful lifestyle. Additionally, with a special education background, she enjoys working with clients with ADHD and learning challenges and creates treatment plans that focus on the individual’s goals and personal success. Meredith believes in providing a supportive and safe environment and will collaborate with clients to identify strengths and help them achieve their goals for a happier life.

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Mickayla Murphy

Mental Health Counselor

Art Therapist

Locations: Jamaica Plain & Telehealth

Mickayla Murphy
Mental Health Counselor & Art Therapist

Mickayla holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Northeastern University and has extensive experience as a clinician in community mental health agencies and group homes. She has worked with a diverse clientele, including children, adolescents, adults, and individuals within the Deaf community, addressing a range of challenges such as anxiety, depression, personality disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use disorders, self-injurious behavior, and ADHD. Mickayla specializes in supporting youth and young adults.

Mickayla is dedicated to helping clients develop essential coping strategies, emotional regulation, and effective communication skills to navigate trauma, daily stressors, and life transitions. She creates a safe and supportive environment where clients can explore their goals, values, and strengths. Utilizing a strengths-based, trauma-informed, and person-centered approach, Mickayla incorporates techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), narrative therapy, and arts therapy to empower clients in overcoming challenges and fostering positive change in their lives."

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Nicole Lafleur, LMHC

Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Youth and Young Adult Clinician

Locations: Telehealth

Nicole Lafleur, LMHC
Mental Health Clinician

Nicole is a licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience in the field. This includes working in a residential treatment facility prior to transitioning to public schools as a school counselor. She works primarily with children, adolescents, and young adults, treating a variety of issues: including trauma, anger management, school issues, school and work avoidance, ADHD, anxiety, depression, social issues and parental separation/divorce.

Her approach is to help clients develop positive coping and communication skills as well as develop emotional and self regulation strategies while building upon their strengths.

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Tedra Halzel, LICSW

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

Locations: Telehealth

Tedra Halzel, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Tedra is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker & graduate of Simmons School of Social Work. She has worked in a multitude of settings including outpatient, community corrections, long-term chronic care, and in-home. She has experience with supporting adolescents, adults, and older adults living with trauma, psychosis, mood disorders, self-injurious behavior, substance use issues, ADHD, and personality disorders. Tedra specializes in LGBTQ+ and gender-affirming care.

She employs a warm & inviting, empathetic, person-centered, and trauma-informed approach to treatment. She draws from a range of evidence-based interventions including cognitive processing therapy (CPT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), general psychiatric management (GPM), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), narrative therapy (NT), and motivational interviewing to encompass the unique needs of the clients served.

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Haley Feickert, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Locations: Jamaica Plain and Telehealth

Haley Feickert, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Haley received her Masters in Social Work from Boston University and has experience working with children, teens, adults, families, and groups. She has worked in both school and outpatient settings and approaches therapy from a relational, psychodynamic perspective.

Haley draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) modalities. She treats anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma, mood disorders, substance use issues, and any other struggles that clients feel is affecting their daily life.

Haley's style is to hold space for her clients to explore their own patterns and interpersonal dynamics, with a goal of finding a better understanding of themselves within their relationships and families.

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Beth Armstrong, MS

Child & Adolescent, Young Adult, Family, and Co-Parenting Clinical Therapist

Mental Health Clinician

Location: Telehealth

Beth Armstrong, MS
Child & Adolescent, Young Adult, & Family Clinical Therapist

Beth is a person-centered therapist with decades of experience who works with adolescents, young adults, families, and parents. She believes the most important aspect of therapy is establishing a trusting, supportive relationship in which clients feel comfortable being honest and vulnerable. She works with youth with all types of special needs including executive functioning, social anxiety, and behavioral challenges. Beth has a passion for working with individuals who have experienced trauma and are looking for a safe relationship in which to begin the healing process.

Beth also has a background in family therapy and is able to support those who might be struggling with unhealthy family dynamics or are looking to improve family, parenting, and co-parenting skills and relationships. Her goal is to empower clients to make the changes that they want to see so that they can go on to live happy, healthy lives with the ones they love the most.

Beth's services are self-pay only

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Caroline Lawson

Intake Coordinator &

Billing Specialist

Caroline Lawson
Intake Cooridnator/Billing Specialist

Caroline is currently an upperclassman at Worcester State University pursuing a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She has 6 years of experience working with clients of all ages and backgrounds. Caroline uses an empathetic, caring approach to address the individual needs of all our clients and understands that reaching out is the hardest part. Her kind voice and motivation to support always puts our clients at ease. She has a passion and ambition to help provide a safe and warm first contact to new clients and provide a positive experience to our continuing clients who choose Insight Counseling & Wellness.

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