Clinicians

MEET your clinician

At LIKEMIND, we have a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians who work together to provide you with the best care possible. Our ultimate goal is to provide quality mental health and wellness services to our clients and we feel that the best way to do this is by providing a collaborative and satisfying work community for our clinicians. We believe that the environment we have created at LIKEMIND is mutually beneficial for client and clinician alike.

Tessa Hayes, LICSW, Clinical Social Worker, Owner and Founder

Tessa graduated from the Columbia University School of Social Work in New York City in 2005. She has spent the years since providing therapy in a variety of settings. Through this experience, she has come to appreciate the distinct challenges faced by young adults today. She enjoys working with young adults as they navigate identity, transitional, and relationship issues. She also has extensive experience providing therapy to individuals suffering with anxiety, depression, trauma histories, and substance use disorders. She decided to open LIKEMIND after identifying a distinct lack of mental health services designed specifically for the young adult population.

Jill Damon-Minow, PsyD, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Co-Owner and Founder

Dr. Jill Damon-Minow is a licensed clinical neuropsychologist who specializes in neuropsychological/neurodevelopmental evaluations and individual and family psychotherapy. Dr. Damon-Minow received her doctorate from the California School of Professional Psychology/Alliant International University in San Francisco, CA. She completed her internship at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and her two-year post-doctoral fellowship was completed at UMass Memorial Medical Center. Subsequently she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at UMass Medical Center in Worcester. In addition to her clinical and management work at LIKEMIND, Dr. Damon-Minow also works with children and adolescents at Pediatric Behavioral Health, LLC. She has extensive experience with lifespan neuropsychology.

Nancy Pratt, MD, Psychiatrist

Dr. Nancy Pratt is a board certified psychiatrist with more than 30 years of experience.  She graduated from the Tufts University School of Medicine in 1980 and has worked with a variety of populations and in a variety of settings since that time.  Dr. Pratt has worked with young adults in consultation with college counseling centers, in psychiatric hospitals, and in correctional settings.  She enjoys the collaborative approach to treatment at LIKEMIND and helping clients reach their full potential in their current stage of life.

SUE JONES, LMHC, CLINICAL THERAPIST

Sue received her Master’s degree in 2003 in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She has worked in a variety of roles with young adults ranging from the Perkins School for the Blind to her work as a College Counselor. In addition to her work at LIKEMIND, Sue has worked in the State Hospital System for more than 20 years. She works with clients on a range of issues using individual, group, and animal-assisted therapy with her trusty sidekick, NEADS-certified Therapy Dog, Chips. Sue is also fluent in American Sign Language and is passionate about her work with the deaf community.

JESSIE QUINTERO JOHNSON, PHD, LCSW, CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER

Dr. Jessie Quintero Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker and health communication scholar with over 15 years of experience working in higher education as a teacher, mentor, and, more recently, therapist to college students from diverse backgrounds and life circumstances. She earned a PhD in Communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an MA in Communication from Washington State University, and an MSW from Boston College. Dr. Quintero Johnson’s academic and clinical training and work explores the social and psychological effects of media and
the impact of stigma on wellbeing. As a therapist, she uses a collaborative, relational approach in her work with clients and incorporates trauma-informed cognitive, behavioral, and mindfulness techniques to address a variety of mental health concerns. Dr. Quintero Johnson has a particular interest in working with young adults and pays special attention to how culture, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, and class influence development, identity, and relationships.

ANTHONY MORRIS, LMHC, CLINICAL THERAPIST

Anthony earned his Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling in 2016 at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He has worked in a variety of mental health settings over the past 9 years. He has experience working with LGBTQ populations, women-centered issues, trauma, substance use, emotional challenges, and chronic mental health issues. He is passionate about social justice, and its importance in mental health.  He practices modalities such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, the recovery model, and trauma informed care. His goal is to empower individuals to live their best lives, as they define them.