Experience of the Directors
CPC is an incorporated
clinical practice with a specialty in adolescent and adult sexual
abuse.;The practice was started in 1989 by Dennis McNamara, LCSW and
Barry Anechiarico, LICSW. Our theory of the psychology and
treatment of sex offenders is published in several professional
journals and books. We have spent the past 18 years training probation,
parole, prosecutors, judges and clinicians and we have set up dozens of
ongoing specialized treatment sites in several states across the country
Dennis
McNamara,
LCSW, is the Co-Executive
Director and Co-Founder of the
Counseling and Psychotherapy Center, Inc. 
He spent from 1967 to 1988 working at the
Massachusetts Center
for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Dangerous Persons where he
filled many positions of responsibility including Clinician,
Coordinator of Assessments,
Coordinator of Release Procedures, Director of Operations and Director
of Forensic Services. He also chaired the Massachusetts State
Reintegration Review Board evaluating the treatment and release
readiness of dangerous sexual predators. In 1988 he joined
the
Human Services Cooperative as Executive Director and contracted with
the state of Massachusetts to provide sex offender evaluations
for the stated and ongoing supervision and training for state
employed sex offender clinicians. Mr. McNamara has focused
his
work on sexual offenders for the past 40 years. He
is a
member of ATSA and on the Board of Directors of MATSA. He is
the
MATSA representative to the Coalition against Sexual and Domestic
Violence and to the CSOM-sponsored Sex Offender Management
Intervention Projects in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Barry
Anechiarico, LICSW,
is
the Co-Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Counseling and
Psychotherapy Center, Inc. He has worked
with adult
sex offenders at the Massachusetts Center for the Diagnosis and
Treatment of Sexually Dangerous Persons from 1976 to 1980 as a
clinician and again from 1984 to 1987 as the Director of Treatment. He
has also worked as a Director in adolescent programs including the
Adolescent Rehabilitation Center, a locked unit at the Solomon Carter
Fuller Mental Health Center in Roxbury, MA, The Center for Alternative
Education in Boston, and The Somerville Mental Health Center, an
out-patient program for juvenile sex abusers and their families. He was
a clinical consultant to The New England Forensic Associates,
a
sex offender specific program in Arlington, MA and an
Assistant
Clinical Director at McLean Hospital's Arlington School for emotionally
disturbed adolescents. Mr. Anechiarico has been a specialist in sex
offender treatment for most of the last 30+ years. He is a
member
of ATSA, CCOSO, MASOC, NASW, and on the Board of Directors of MATSA.
Mr. Anechiarico has lectured internationally and is a published author
on topics in the field of sex offender treatment.
Timothy
App,
Director of Operations, retired from the Massachusetts Department of
Correction in 2003 following 30 years of dedicated service. During his
career he held several positions of increasing responsibility including
Deputy Superintendent, Superintendent, and in 1990, was appointed as
the state?s first Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Community
Corrections. In terms
of sex offender
management experience, Mr.
App researched, developed and implemented the state?s nationally
recognized state-wide sex offender management program; served as the
first Chairman of the State?s Sex Offender Registry Board; served as
the first President of the Massachusetts Chapter of ATSA; and in 2003,
was appointed to serve on the Governor?s Commission on Domestic
Violence and Sexual Assault. Mr. App is an Executive in Residence at
Northeastern University?s College of Criminal Justice where he has been
a two time recipient of the Who?s Who Among Americas Teachers Award, a
two time nominee for the University?s Excellence in Teaching Award, and
recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award by the graduating class
of 2006. He joined CPC in 2004 first to oversee the startup of the
secure treatment program for The Maine Dept of Corrections and to
assume management responsibility for all CPC programs.
Timothy
Sinn, LMHC, Clinical Director,
is responsible for the clinical
program development and supervision of the agency "R.U.L.E." treatment
program. His experience and training includes an internship at
Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane and work as a
substance abuse counselor, prior to his twenty year career working with
sex offenders at the Massachusetts Center for the Diagnosis and
Treatment of Sexually Dangerous Persons in Bridgewater, MA. where he
began as a clinician and was subsequently promoted to Unit Director and
Clinical Supervisor. He was responsible for managing the Transition
House reintegrating incarcerated adult sex offenders into the
community. In 1995 he joined CPC part-time, as a clinical associate,
leading outpatient sex offender treatment groups and performing
Clinical evaluations and risk assessments. In 2002, Mr. Sinn joined CPC
as the Clinical Director. He is trained in the Abel Screen for sexual
interest (ASSI-2), the Penile Plethysmograph (PPG), EMDR and many other
actuarial and dynamic risk assessments. He is a clinical member of ATSA
and MATSA. His research explores Rape: the absence of affective
empathy. He has conducted numerous trainings for the Massachusetts
State Police and the Department of Corrections, and Probation and
Parole Agencies throughout the country on the Treatment of Sexual
Offenders and Sex Offender Typologies.
