Emerge Training Faculty

David Adams, Ed.D., is co-founder and Co-Director of Emerge. David has 29 years experience working with men who batter and is a nationally recognized trainer and researcher. He has published numerous articles about domestic violence. David is Co-Chair of the Batterer Intervention Working Group of the Massachusetts Commission on Domestic Violence. David has done trainings in over 30 states and 5 nations. He currently co-leads the fatherhood parenting group, and recently authored and directed a Danger Assessment DVD. 

Susan Cayouette, Ed.D., is Co-Director at Emerge. Susan has been a group leader and clinical supervisor at Emerge for 20 years and a mental health clinician for 20 years. She has lectured around the country on work with victims and abusers, and has authored articles on women who work with batterers, lesbians who batter, and the connections between battering and substance abuse. Susan also currently co-leads two ongoing groups at Emerge.   

Ted German, Ph.D., is Director of Training at Emerge. Ted has 18 years experience working on domestic violence issues. He began co-facilitating groups at Emerge in 1987 and was counseling co-coordinator and co-director of Emerge from 1991-93. From 1994 until his return to Emerge in 2002, Ted has been a group leader and supervisor for two other batterer programs. In addition to his training duties, Ted currently co-leads an intake group at Emerge.

Christopher Hall, LADC1, is the coordinator and author of the Emerge e-mail newsletter, co-leads two ongoing Emerge groups, leads Anger Management groups, is the Emerge webmaster and technical support guru and is involved in curriculum development. Christopher is a licensed substance abuse counselor and has been working in batterer intervention for eight years.

Josiane Martinez, MA coordinates Emerge's Latino program, and is also a journalist for a local newspaper. She leads and co-leads two ongoing and two intake groups as well as co-leading a fatherhood parenting group in Spanish.

Mark Medina, M.Div. co-leads the Gay Men's group and has worked for Emerge for eight years. Prior to working at Emerge, Mark worked in family counseling, and in addition to Emerge, he also works in law enforcement.

Jim Morin, LMHC co-leads two second-stage group sessions at Emerge.

Erika Robinson, Ed.M. has been a domestic abuse specialist serving batterer intervention programs in Massachusetts for over 10 years. She is currently co-leads three ongoing and one intake group at Emerge as well as co-leading the Responsible Fatherhood group. Before coming to Emerge, Ms. Robinson provided counseling and advocacy services for battered women through the Concord, MA police department.

Laurie VanLoon, LICSW is a clinical social worker in Framingham in private practice, with an emphasis on couples therapy, parenting, counseling for abuse survivors and cross-cultural work.  Laurie also provides consultation and training on various topics, and is a trainer during our "Is It Abuse?" conference for therapists.

If you would like to speak to any of the above faculty, contact our office by phone or e-mail, or click on Ted German's name to e-mail him directly.