RESOLVE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor
Job Titles:
- LAMFT - Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Counselor
Job Titles:
- Counselor and Doctoral Student
Job Titles:
- Director of Family Services
- Professor at Union County College
Dr. Debra Ferro is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in New Jersey and has been providing services at Resolve for 10 years. She is a former elementary education teacher, having taught at the kindergarten and fifth grade levels. Dr. Ferro holds graduate degrees in Human and Organizational Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy. She has also completed her doctoral degree in General Psychology. For her doctoral dissertation research, she explored the relationships between parenting styles, adolescent identity styles, and social media usage and addiction in young adults.
Dr. Ferro is an adjunct psychology professor at Union County College, teaching Child and Adolescent Psychology, as well as Life Span Development. She has been nominated for the Dr. Richard F. and Barbara Neblett Prize for Educational Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
She has presented to various audiences on adolescent stress and anxiety, stress management in the workplace and has been a guest lecturer on Emotionally Focused Therapy at Kean University. In addition, she has facilitated groups for children of divorce, social skills in middle school and parenting skills for children with special needs.
At Resolve Dr. Ferro carries a large caseload of individuals, families, and children/adolescents and is certified in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). She also conducts custody and best interest evaluations, as well as visitation risk assessments and provides court testimony as necessary. In addition Dr. Ferro supervises a large number of interns and professionals working towards their license at Resolve.
Job Titles:
- LAMFT - Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
Job Titles:
- LAC - Licensed Associate Counselor
Job Titles:
- LAC - Licensed Associate Counselor
Job Titles:
- LAC - Licensed Associate Counselor
Job Titles:
- LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Executive Director / Resolve 's Executive Director
Resolve's executive director and clinical supervisor is Dr. Lidia Abrams, PhD, licensed psychologist in New Jersey and New York, Diplomate of the Board of Rational Emotive/Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Fellow and Supervisor of the Albert Ellis Institute. Dr. Abrams has trained with the founder of rational-emotional behavioral psychology (REBT), Dr. Albert Ellis. She has co-authored articles and books on various topics in psychology. She has served on the board of New Jersey's Association for Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) and continues to work on a committee to help improve family court processes in New Jersey. She is currently a member of the New Jersey Psychological Association's Ethics committee. Dr. Abrams is Expert Witness for the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP) and serves as forensic evaluator for Union County Family Court. She was honored as person of special Value by the Union County Mental Health Association.
Job Titles:
- LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor
Job Titles:
- LPC, LCADC - Licensed Professional Counselor and Addictions Counselor
Job Titles:
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Job Titles:
- LAC - Licensed Associate Counselor
Job Titles:
- LSW - Licensed Social Worker
Job Titles:
- LAC - Licensed Associate Counselor
Job Titles:
- LAC - Licensed Associate Counselor
Job Titles:
- LAC - Licensed Associate Counselor