Jonathan is the founder and director of Northampton Area Counseling. He has over twenty years of experience specializing in the treatment of adolescents and adults struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, bipolar, autism-spectrum experiences, psychosis and substance use.
He uses strengths and evidenced-based approaches grounded in psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, narrative and motivational models.
In addition to his direct clinical work, he has over a decade of experience providing clinical social work related supervision, leadership, program development, consultation, evaluation, training and teaching. With this, he recently joined the teaching staff in the Sociology Department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Amelia believes in people’s capacity to create their own paths towards wellness. She sees her job is to listen closely - with care and without judgment.
Amelia is an art therapist. She has a Master’s in Art Therapy and Creativity Development. She loves to offer expressive approaches when they feel right for her clients. Amelia says, “ I’m always motivated to help clients slow down and connect with the world around them to find sources of inspiration and insight.”
Amelia also draws on psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, motivational, and relational models. She has experience working with children, teens, and adults who are navigating life changes, or experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar, psychosis, and substance use issues.
Jonathan Brody, LICSW
Tony Agrillo, LMHC
Tony is dedicated to helping adults, teens, and couples move past distress and achieve lasting, self-led change. He believes people already hold the answers and the capacity for healing. His role as a therapist is to help folks uncover the innate strengths and resources that may be currently difficult to access because of overwhelming emotions or life's struggles.
Tony’s approach is integrative and grounded, blending modalities that focus on both deep emotional insight and practical coping skills, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) that provides empowering understanding of thought and behavior patterns, along with Internal Family Systems (IFS) to foster emotional awareness and profound self-discovery by exploring the "parts" of client’s inner world.
Tony’s work with couples integrates a Gottman based approach to help partners define and build their shared vision for a healthy, vibrant relationship and learn to communicate safely from a place of vulnerability, strengthen their ability to repair conflict, and foster deeper, more sustainable connection.
Lisa Papademetriou, MSW
Lisa creates a warm, collaborative space where tweens, teens, and adults can slow down, process what they’re experiencing, rebuild clarity and ease, and set achievable goals in alignment with their values. Her collaborative, client-led approach supports people as they navigate overwhelming emotions (with a particular emphasis on anxiety and self-judgment), life transitions, and complex relationships.
In addition to her MSW, Lisa holds an MFA in Creative Writing. She utilizes expressive arts therapies, bibliotherapy, and narrative therapy to help clients consider things from a new angle. She also practices acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients identify unhelpful thought patterns, challenge them, take positive action, and cope with difficult emotions as they arise. Lisa has worked at a K-6 school and on an inpatient PTSD ward at the VA, and has supported clients from ages 8 to 80 with whatever challenges they were facing.
Mark Paglia, M.A.
Mark believes that everyone can be the author of their own life story. He works with children, teens, and adults to help them examine the narratives they tell themselves and recognize their capacities to make changes.
Mark's approach focuses on psychodynamic and client-centered models, and makes liberal use of narrative, cognitive-behavioral, and existential techniques. He believes in establishing a compassionate, judgment-free space where clients can freely discuss their histories, their current challenges, and the paths they want to follow in the future. Mark considers counseling to be a humanistic exploration of who we are as individuals and how we fit into the world around us.
Mark also possesses an M.A. in English literature, and places great importance on creative expression and play. He has experience with clients who are dealing with anxiety; depression; trauma; major life changes; substance use; and challenges related to gender, sexuality, and neurodiversity.
Eliza Grace Lay, MFA
Eliza is a compassionate clinical intern who supports her clients to develop greater self-compassion, self-understanding and new ways of thinking, feeling, and being which allow them to live more in alignment with who they are and who they want to become. Eliza believes in people's innate capacity to learn, grow and flourish with the right support.
She uses a strengths-based approach, collaborating with clients to discover the tools and frameworks that best work for them. She blends deep listening with practical tools to allow clients to feel seen, heard and understood while offering them tangible ways to evolve their inner and outer circumstances. She draws particularly from ACT, CBT, client-centered, narrative approaches.
Eliza also has an MFA in theater education and is the author of Supermindful: How to Tap Into Your Creativity. She brings 20 years of experience as a theater educator and yoga teacher, as well as a background in mindfulness and neuroscience research to her work as a clinician.