The Kolburne School Board of Directors Names Dr. Neil Berger as Executive Director
New Marlborough, MA., March 28, 2011 President of the Board Robin Weinstein Mallory of The Kolburne School, a private, residential therapeutic school for students ages 8-22 with a range of emotional, psychiatric, learning and behavioral disabilities, announces the appointment of Dr. Neil Berger to the position of executive director. Dr. Berger replaces Kolburne School’s Co-founder Jeane K. Weinstein, who retired from the position March 14, 2011 after 63 years of service.
Dr. Neil Berger, who has been the School’s administrative director since 2007, brings to the position over 30 years of experience working in, supervising, directing and designing the delivery of clinical services for children, adolescents, and adults in a wide range of therapeutic settings.
Dr. Berger joined The Kolburne School in 2005 as clinical director, responsible for the supervision and direction of Kolburne’s clinical treatment services. In 2007, he was named to the position of administrative director/chief administrative officer (CAO), expanding his oversight to the direction of Kolburne’s residential therapeutic program and special education school. As executive director, Dr. Berger will be further charged with Kolburne’s long-term strategic development and financial sustainability.
A Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst, Dr. Berger has advanced degrees in Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and Management and Health Policy. He has published and focused on the treatment of inner city children, the psychological issues of children with special needs and, particularly, the treatment of abused and traumatized children. In addition to supervising and training literally hundreds of psychotherapists, he teaches graduate and under graduate courses in Development, Therapy, Leadership and Dynamics, among other topics. A past President of the New York State Psychological Association and a leader in the American Psychological Association, Dr. Berger has long been involved in professional organizations dealing with efficacy and evidence based applications. Prior to Kolburne, he held the position of director of clinical services for 13 years at the Metropolitan Center for Mental Health in New York, and before that, Director of Psychology at Manhattan Children’s Psychiatric Center in New York. Dr. Berger and his family reside in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
The Kolburne School was founded in 1947 by Jeane Weinstein and her parents, Stella and Luma Kolburne. Originally located on a 20-acre estate in Norwalk, CT, Jeane and her husband, Sydney Weinstein, moved the School to New Marlborough, MA in 1968, and over the next 43 years built a learning center and therapeutic facility on what today is an 800 acre campus that highlights a remodeled barn for the School’s administrative offices and pre-vocational program; educational center with classrooms and indoor swimming pool; a residence hall and residential housing. In addition to the Kolburne campus in New Marlborough, the School also operates community-based group homes in the towns of Great Barrington and Lee. Over its 63 year history, Kolburne has served thousands of at-risk and high-need students by creating a caring community and therapeutic learning environment where children, adolescents, and young adults can develop the skills and character necessary to rejoin their communities with success.
The Kolburne School, located in New Marlborough, MA, is a co-ed residential therapeutic facility and special education school for students ages 8-22 with a range of autism-spectrum, trauma and trauma-related, neuro-developmental, pervasive development, and psychiatric disorders. For more information visit www.kolburne.net.
For More Information Contact
Maxine Carter-Lome
(413) 229-4220 / mlome@kolburne.net
