Beth O'Rourke, LISW, Executive Director

Beth O’Rourke is a licensed clinical social worker. She provides Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to treat disorders including those involving mood, anxiety and personality.

Lydia Fabbroni LISW

Lydia J Fabbroni is a licensed independent social worker with a private practice within ACT for the past four years in addition to her full-time work as the lead social worker on an inpatient acute psychiatric unit for children and adolescents. She is a graduate of New York University in journalism and political science and gravitated to social work due to its emphasis on advocacy, social awareness, policy development and the focus on assisting individuals, families and communities in developing the skills to live a fuller life.

Her past experience includes working with families experiencing violence, incarcerated women and those who wind up in a hospital environment due to severe crisis.  In her current private practice she in an individual DBT therapist as well as a group facilitator for adults, adolescents and parents of adolescents. This work has given her the privilege to work with individuals and families of all ages with mood dependent behaviors and mental illness, as well as those who support these individuals and seek a better understanding of what their loved ones are experiencing.

Her DBT training includes the following though she continues to enhance her skills and knowledge by sitting on DBT consultation Team with other intensively trained and experienced DBT therapists:

Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Individuals with Eating Disorders

March 2009

Individual Psychotherapy in Dialectical Behavior Therapy

March 2008

Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Multi-Problem Suicidal Adults

December 2007

Skills Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy

March 2007

Foundational Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (Intensive)

October 2006

In her spare time, Lydia practices mindfulness through yoga and African dance and the daily challenges of motherhood.

Chris Curry LISW

Chris Curry has his Master's degree in Social Work, with advanced independent licensure.  He has worked with ACT for almost 10 years now, though he left us for a couple of years to work as program director for a local agency that provides residential and adult habilitation services for people with developmental disabilities.  He has worked with the state's developmentally disabled Medicaid waiver program as a behavior support consultant since 2000.  He received advanced training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in Seattle, Washington in 2005.  In his career, Chris has also worked with children in treatment foster care as a treatment coordinator and as a treatment social worker with the Children, Youth and Families Department.  He enjoys working with children and adolescents and with the GLBT community as an individual therapist, specifically with a cognitive/behavioral orientation.  He was awarded Advocacy Inc.'s Social Worker of Year in 2002 and currently enjoys playing tennis and hiking in his free time. 

Kneelynn Gray, LISW

Kneelynn Gray is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, receiving her Master's Degree from the University of Connecticut School of Social Work.  Kneelynn has been part of the ACT team for approximately ten years.  Her current clinical practice includes working with adults providing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Behavioral Consultation services for adults who have developmental disabilities.  Kneelynn's practice involves working with adults in individual therapy and co-facilitating a DBT Skills group.

Her professional clinical background includes working with children, adolescents and adults.  She is able to provide a wide range of services including: case management, advocacy, child welfare, crisis intervention, evaluation and assessment, case planning, and supportive psychotherapy.

Kneelyn completed the DBT Intensive Training Course in 2003 and continues to receive advanced training in DBT.  She is committed to helping adults who struggle with issues related to long term chronic mental illness, mood dependent behavior, and encouraging individuals working on making positive life changes.

Kneelynn has a keen interest in science fiction and physics.  In her free time, she enjoys cooking, spending time with her family, walking her two miniature dachshunds: Oki and Chorei, exercising, and remaining healthy.

Jennifer McCash LISW

Jennifer McCash is a licensed independent social worker who has had a private practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico for the past nine years. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of New Mexico with a Bachelors in Psychology and earned a Masters degree (with honors) in Social Work from New Mexico Highlands University. Prior to coming into private practice, she worked with the Rape Crisis Center, Domestic Violence Shelter, Allfaiths. ARCA, and Children, Youth and Family’s Department with the State of New Mexico. She is trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and has practiced as part of a DBT team for seven years. She has advanced training in EMDR and is a certified mediator. She has extensive training in parenting and developed the treatment foster care training for ARCA when she worked there as the adoption consultant. She taught Common Sense Parenting through Allfaiths and was a facilitator of the Parent Education and Support Program.

In her current practice she is an individual therapist for DBT and a group facilitator. She also works on the DD Waiver as a Behavior Support Consultant. She is committed to working with adults who struggle with mood dependent behaviors and mental illness. She also specializes in working with individuals and families regarding issues of trauma, abuse and neglect, parenting, and developmental disabilities. She also conducts self-defense workshops.

In her spare time Jennifer enjoys staying active: working out, being with family, meditating and doing construction projects. She has both coached and played soccer for most of her life.

Linda Orell, MA, LPCC

Linda has been a clinical counselor in private practice for fifteen years

in Albuquerque.  An initial interest in working with adolescents evolved

into work with court-mandated adolescents and their families; homeless

women and families; children (using Sand Tray therapy); and developmentally-

disabled clients on the DD Waiver.  For the past three years, Linda has been

part of the ACT-DBT Consultation Team, practicing Dialectical Behavior Therapy

with adults and adolescents and their families.  Linda practices

Mindfulness meditation, and has an interest in Buddhism and psychology.

            DBT Trainings:

·         DBT Skills: The Essentials

·         DBT: Treating the Eating Disordered

·         Coping with Chaos: Treating Multiple Severe Disorders with DBT

·         DBT:  Individual Psychotherapy

·         Introduction to DBT for DVR

·         DBT Intensive 5-Day Training (October 2010)

Judy Madewell, LPCC

Sandy Orne Adams LPCC

Sandy has a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a MA in Counseling from Webster University.  She is currently certified as an LPCC, National Board Certified Counselor and Level II K-12 School Counselor.  She has worked for ACT since 2004 and also works full time as an elementary school counselor for the Moriarty Edgewood School District.  Through her work at the school district she is a trainer for the Crisis Prevention Institute Non-Violent Physical Crisis Intervention program utilized to keep staff and students safe in case a student becomes verbally or physically aggressive.   Past experience includes many years of working with people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities as well as advocating for their families.  Currently she sees a number of different people through ACT including those on the DD Waiver, teenagers and adults. 

During her free time Sandy enjoys spending time with her two teenage daughters, hiking, working out and reading.

Richard Vinnay, LISW

Rick Vinnay earned a Master's degree in social work from the University of Illinois with a Concentration in child and Family treatment.

Experience working with:

• Children, Adolescents, Adults
• Families
• Grief and life change issues
• Families in need of assistance regarding material and emotional support
• Life skills for MR/DD and TBI clients
• All diagnosis of childhood and adolescence issues
• Training in diagnoses of childhood and adolescence issues
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Brief solution focused therapy
• Employee assistance
• Substance abuse