Neuropsychological Assessments
A neuropsychologist and trained psychoanalyst, Dr. Melinda Kulish first became interested in psychological testing as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, where she did research on The Early Memory Questionnaire and the TAT with her first mentor, Dr. Martin Mayman. She went on to complete her doctorate in clinical psychology at Northwestern University (division of psychology, department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences). She completed her APA accredited internship at The Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She went on to complete 4 years of post-doctoral training. The first two were in adult neuropsychology through The Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She then completed two years of post-doctoral training in adolescent neuropsychology through Tufts Medical School/The Massachusetts Department of Youth Services. Dr. Kulish completed her adult psychoanalytic training at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She has also trained with Dr. Stephen Finn in Therapeutic Assessment. She is the founder and director of Integrated Assessment Services in the Boston area, a testing clinic that synthesizes neuropsychology and personality assessment across the lifespan. Dr. Kulish is on the faculty at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Dreyer enjoys working with children, adolescents, and adults with a wide range of questions
about cognitive, social, and emotional functioning. She views evaluations as collaborative
processes aimed to answer individuals’ questions about themselves (or, for younger children, a
family’s questions about their child) in order to make the data meaningful and help foster
growth. She is passionate about helping people understand their strengths and the different,
often complex, factors that may be contributing to a presenting problem. A primary goal of all
Dr. Dreyer’s evaluations is to provide information and recommendations that will help break
impasses – whether they be therapeutic, academic, social, or familial.
Dr. Dreyer joined IAS in 2020 after completing a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at NESCA
in Newton, Massachusetts where she conducted neuropsychological, educational, and
psychological evaluations for children and adolescents with a wide range of profiles including
neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism, ADHD), learning disabilities, and emotional
struggles. Prior to that, she provided psychological evaluations at the Cambridge Health
Alliance/Harvard Medical School for children and families with complex presenting problems
including trauma, anxiety, psychosis, and depression. During her training, Dr. Dreyer’s research
focused on developmental trauma, as well as the etiology of ADHD.
In addition to providing neuropsychological evaluations, Dr. Dreyer is a therapist who provides
therapy to individuals across the life span with trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and eating
disorders. She is also currently pursuing advanced training in Therapeutic Assessment.
Before becoming a psychologist, Dr. Dreyer taught elementary and middle school students for
nine years in Brooklyn, NY. She established an individual tutoring practice for children with
executive functioning and learning difficulties. Her experience in education informs her
understanding of learning challenges, as well as her capacity to make specific and well-informed
recommendations.
Dr. Dreyer grew up in the Boston area. She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the
City University of New York, her master’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Bank
Street College, and her bachelor’s degree in International Studies from the University of
Chicago.
Dr. Kulis conducts neuropsychological and psychological (projective) assessments for school-
aged children through adulthood. She sees a wide range of individuals with expertise in working with children, teens, and adults with learning, attention, and executive functioning challenges as well as developmental delays and autism spectrum. She has a special interest in working with complex learners and individuals who may also struggle with emotional challenges and psychiatric conditions. Dr. Kulis also has experience conducting assessments for teens and young adults with a focus on their needs as they emerge into adulthood.
Dr. Kulis individualizes her evaluations to address the unique and often complex questions that present in the intake process. In addition to conducting comprehensive evaluations that are data-driven, Dr. Kulis also regularly conducts school-based observations and speaks to those working with her clients on a regular basis to gain a thorough understanding of a client’s individual needs. She often participates in school meetings and/or clinical team meetings to help share her findings with those working with the individual. Dr. Kulis enjoys developing relationships with families and following individuals as they grow; monitoring development and adjusting recommendations based on their developing needs.
Dr. Kulis earned her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the Massachusetts School of
Professional Psychology, with a concentration in Children, Adolescents and Families (CAF).
She then completed post-doctoral training in pediatric neuropsychology with an emphasis on
treating children with developmental, intellectual, learning and executive functioning challenges. She also has extensive training in psychological testing as well as conducting individual, group and family therapy for individuals of all ages. Before joining IAS Dr. Kulis worked for more than a decade at NESCA as well as previous experiences in private practices, larger clinics, and schools. In addition, Dr. Kulis has had the opportunity to consult with various school systems, completing school requested evaluations, conducting observations of programs, and providing
in-service training for staff.
Jo completed her undergraduate education at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and continued at that institution, receiving her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and Treatment of Substance Use. She became interested in psychological assessment in her Master’s program and continued this interest in her Ph.D. program at the University of Tennessee, focusing clinically and in research on projective measures of assessment. Jo completed her clinical internship at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, before beginning a post doctoral position there, focusing on Psychological/Neuropsychological Assessment and Therapeutic Treatment.
Jonathan Carroll, PsyD, completed his bachelor’s degree at Cornell University where he studied psychology and political philosophy before attending the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University in New Jersey for his doctoral degree in 2015. At Rutgers he studied personality organization and psychodynamic therapy but focused primarily on existential phenomenology and schizophrenia.
He completed his APA accredited internship at the Stony Brook University counseling center in New York, and then completed his postdoctoral fellowship at nearby Cambridge Health Alliance, conducting personality and diagnostic assessments as well as coordinating research on psychodynamic therapy, and providing individual psychotherapy. He currently works as a staff psychologist at the UMass Memorial outpatient therapy clinic, in Worcester, MA, and is an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at UMass Medical School. Jonathan also teaches personality assessment at the Northeastern University counseling psychology doctoral program.
Meghan Mitchell received her B.A. degree in Psychology from Emory University in Atlanta, GA in 2002 and received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2009 at the University of Georgia under the direction of Dr. L. Stephen Miller. Her graduate work included research on the neuropsychology of normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease, and clinical training in neuropsychology, including training at the University of Georgia’s Regents Center for Learning Disorders, the Shepherd Center’s inpatient and outpatient neuropsychology service for patients recovering from traumatic brain injury, and the Emory University Department of Neurology’s Memory Assessment Clinic.
She completed a 1-year predoctoral internship in clinical neuropsychology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, OK, where she completed rotations in pediatric and adult neuropsychology. She joined the research group in the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Centers (GRECC) service at the Bedford VA in Bedford, MA in 2009, where she completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology and obtained her Massachusetts license in psychology in 2011.
Since 2011, Dr. Mitchell has continued to work with the GRECC research group as an advanced fellow in geriatrics, where she continues her research on cognitive function in normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease, and sees veterans in the GRECC memory assessment clinic. She currently has 16 publications and plans to continue a career in clinical and academic neuropsychology.
Anthony D. Bram, PhD, ABAP, FABP is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in Lexington, MA, where he conducts psychological testing, psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral therapy, and psychoanalysis with children and adults. Dr. Bram is a part-time Lecturer in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School and is on the faculty of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. He received his doctorate from the University of Kansas and is a graduate of the Post-Doctoral training program at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas where he was subsequently a Staff Psychologist. Dr. Bram completed adult psychoanalytic training at the Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Institute, and child analytic training from the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.
Dr. Bram is a board-certified diplomate in Assessment Psychology and in Child/Adolescent Psychoanalysis, and he has been a recipient of a Fellowship from the American Psychoanalytic Association, the Martin Mayman Award (two times) from the Society for Personality Assessment, Scientific Writing Award from the Menninger Clinic, and the Johanna Tabin Book Proposal Prize from Division 39 of the American Psychological Association. His book Psychological Testing that Matters: Creating a Road Map for Effective Treatment was published by APA Books in 2014. He is also the co-editor of the book Psychoanalytic Assessment Applications in Different Settings published by Routledge in 2021.
Michael Capawana received his B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Public Health from Muhlenberg College. He earned an M.A. in Mental Health Counseling at Boston College prior to receiving a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology there. His graduate research focused on social-emotional/behavioral and academic correlates of low-income children with physical health issues. This research has won awards from the Health Psychology and School Psychology divisions of the American Psychological Association, as well as from Boston College.
Dr. Capawana completed a pre-doctoral internship at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School (APA-Accredited) in the child/adult outpatient departments, where he provided therapeutic services to children, adolescents, and adults. He also engaged in psychological evaluations of children and adolescents – many of whom presented with complex psychiatric symptoms – across inpatient and outpatient settings. Dr. Capawana then completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in neuropsychological assessment at the Learning and Emotional Assessment Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he is currently a Staff Psychologist. In addition to hospital-based work, he has enjoyed previously working as an individual, family, and group therapy provider across day treatment, community mental health, public school, and residential treatment settings. He is a Licensed Psychologist in Massachusetts and an Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Since 2014, Tyler Tracewski of EisnerAmper LLP (“EA”) has worked with IAS to help steer strategy and lead daily operations efforts. EA brings nearly 20 years of experience to the IAS team, specializing in management consulting services for Hospitals and Clinicians.
Sarah Ward received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Brown University inn Providence, RI. She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in Minneapolis, where she focused on neuropsychological assessment and research in behavioral genetics. During graduate school, she trained in neuropsychological and psychological assessment at the University of Minnesota Medical School, the Minneapolis VAMC, and in private practice. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Massachusetts Mental Health Center/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/ Harvard Medical School, in the neuropsychology track, and with an additional focus on outpatient therapy to individuals with serious mental illness. She completed a two-year clinical neuropsychology post-doctoral fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/ Harvard Medical School, with rotations in outpatient psychiatry, outpatient neurology, the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, and Boston HealthCare for the Homeless.
She works as an assessment psychologist at the Worcester Veteran Affairs (VA) outpatient clinic (part of the VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System). She provides clinical neuropsychological and psychological evaluations for Veterans as part of the Worcester Mental Health Clinic and the Polytrauma team. In 2017, Dr. Ward co-wrote the grant application for the newly created postdoctoral program in clinical neuropsychology (based at the Worcester VA). She provides clinical supervision in neuropsychological and psychological assessment to several post-doctoral and pre-doctoral trainees at the Worcester VA. She is board certified in clinical neuropsychology (through the American Board of Professional Psychology-ABPP).
Dr. Sravish is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of Massachusetts. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Under the mentorship of Dr. Ed Tronick, her research focused on the development of emotion regulation systems in babies within the context of the infant-caregiver relationship. Dr. Sravish received specialized training in neuropsychological and psychological assessment and treatment of individuals across the lifespan, from infancy through older adulthood, in inpatient and outpatient settings, at Harvard Medical School affiliated hospitals in the Greater Boston area.
In addition to her clinical work at IAS, Dr. Sravish has a private practice in Arlington, MA. Dr. Sravish focuses on neuropsychological and psychological assessment of children with a wide range of developmental abilities. In psychotherapy treatment, she focuses on parent support and maternal mental wellness.