Meet Our Clinical Team
Executive Director
Individual Advisor | Process Group Therapy
Dr. Thomas Nowak is a licensed clinical psychologist who received a Bachelor Degree in Psychology and a Masters Degree in Rehabilitation Psychology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and a Masters Degree and PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Kansas. He has spent his 30 year career working with adolescents and their families in a variety of settings. His clinical specialties include ADHD, anxiety disorders, depression, and parenting styles.
Prior to being named Executive Director of Valley View School in 2017, Dr Nowak’s professional life had three main components. He had a private practice in Worcester, MA, where he treated adolescents and adults. A portion of his practice involved providing psycho-diagnostic assessments and consultation for an inpatient psychiatric unit at UMASS Memorial Hospital. The second part of Dr Nowak’s career consisted of evaluating and treating patients within a large primary care clinic affiliated with the UMASS Medical Center system. His position was embedded within the medical treatment system, which afforded him a great opportunity to collaborate with physicians in the provision of psychological and integrative care for a host of medical and psychiatric disorders. The third segment of his career had been providing psychotherapeutic and consultation services at Valley View School. Dr Nowak is honored to have been named Executive Director of Valley View School.
Clinical Psychologist- Individual & Family Therapist
Dr. Quilici Matteucci has worked with Valley View students for more than fifteen years. She earned her master's degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Rome in Italy in 1989. She then was invited to Clark University as a research assistant and a year later was accepted in the Clinical Ph.D. program. Dr. Quilici finished her Ph.D. while working at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and completed her post-doctorate degree specializing in Children Clinical Psychology at MGH. She has been the Clinical Director of the Children and Family Services Program at Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center, an outpatient clinic at the Brigham & Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School. She has also supervised pre-doctorate Psychology students specializing in children. Presently, in addition to her collaboration with Valley View School, Dr. Quilici has held a private psychotherapy practice in Boston since 2000. She bases her work with children on the involvement of the "social system" to which they belong (e.g. school, family, friends). She aims to promote developmental change encouraging to change the child as main actor, but also all the parts of the social environment in which the child can thrive.
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Dr. Ann Maloney is a board certified child psychiatrist who attends to our students’ psychopharmacological needs. Dr. Maloney is on staff at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and enjoys working within the context of residential programs, such as Valley View School. We are fortunate indeed to have a clinician of the caliber of Dr. Maloney. Not only does she provide expert medication management, but she also takes a holistic approach to treatment and provides consultation on psychosocial interventions. Dr. Maloney coordinates with our nurse and sees students on campus on Monday mornings and is available throughout the week for urgent needs.
