Neponset Valley Counseling Center offers an innovative team approach in the assessment and treatment process. In this way, each client benefits from the collective expertise of the NVCC staff. All of our programs are designed to enhance the functioning, effectiveness, and productivity of people.Marsha Getter, the director and cofounder of Neponset Valley Counseling Center, has been a practicing mental health professional for over forty years. She is an independently licensed clinical social worker who has been in private practice since 1983. In addition, for over forty years, she worked as a certified school psychologist and school social worker in a variety of educational settings from preschool to college. Marsha's work is strongly influenced by her training with the Gestalt Institute of New England. She believes that therapy is about the relationship between the client and the therapist, and about getting clients in touch with their capacity and strength to solve problems and enhance their relationship with themselves and others.She has been appointed to the Massachusetts Family Courts as a Guardian Ad Litem (Category E), and she is a trained mediator and parent coordinator who works with couples in mediating the development and implementation of parenting plans. She has a particular interest in working with those whose lives have been impacted by special educational needs and developmental issues, substance abuse, and trauma.