Mountain Valley Treatment Center

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Dr. Timothy DiGiacomo
Named Clinical Director

Mountain Valley Treatment Center, a specialized residential program treating debilitating anxiety and OCD, is pleased to announce that Dr. Timothy DiGiacomo has been named Clinical Director. Dr. DiGiacomo is a licensed clinical psychologist with years of experience providing children, adolescents, and adults with individual and family counseling. He will begin his Mountain Valley responsibilities on May 23rd.

Dr. DiGiacomo has treated individuals with anxiety, depressed mood, motivational difficulties, stress-related problems, learning difficulties, and trauma. He is trained in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Child Parent Psychotherapy, and other evidence-based treatments and has a particular interest in family therapy. Dr. DiGiacomo provides clinical and administrative supervision, training, and leadership to the clinical team at Mountain Valley. He is also engaged in clinical program development and seeks to ensure the highest levels of care for residents of Mountain Valley.

"The hiring of Tim DiGiacomo represents yet another important milestone in the evolution of Mountain Valley," remarked Don Vardell, Executive Director. "He is MVTC's first full-time Clinical Director and will be able to provide the services that our parents, referral sources and other key stakeholders have come to expect from us."

Dr. DiGiacomo replaces Dr. Francis X. Moriarty as MVTC's Clinical Director. "Fran Moriarty has been instrumental in the professional growth of Mountain Valley," continued Vardell. "Unfortunately, due to the demands of his other clinical responsibilities, including a vibrant private practice in Manchester, VT, Fran was not able to take on full-time duties here. We thank him for his years of dedicated service to Mountain Valley."

During his time at West Central Behavioral Health in Lebanon, NH, Dr. DiGiacomo worked as a clinician, psychological assessment coordinator, Team Leader, and Acting Director of the Child Team. He served as a Clinical/Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry for the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, providing therapy and assessment supervision, and teaching seminars for psychology interns and post-doctoral fellows. He has taught courses on co-parenting and alternative dispute resolution for the State of New Hampshire for families going through divorce. Dr. DiGiacomo has also served as adjunct faculty for New England College and Franklin Pierce University, teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He served as a psychologist and consultant for the Plainfield, NH and Lebanon, NH school districts. Tim has worked in research at Yale University, in clinical roles at VA Medical Centers, and in various mental health facilities.

Dr. DiGiacomo graduated from the Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology and completed his internship and post-doctoral fellowship at Dartmouth Medical School. He earned his Master of Arts in Community and Clinical Psychology at Norfolk State University. He completed his B.A. in psychology at Fairfield University.

Mountain Valley Treatment Center is a not-for-profit organization located New Hampshire. It has been providing licensed residential treatment for male and female adolescents and emerging adults with anxiety, OCD and related disorders since 2011. Utilizing the latest in evidence-based treatment, such as Exposure and Response Prevention therapy, along with a robust experiential wellness module component, Mountain Valley sets the standard of care in the world of residential anxiety treatment.