Our Team

Collectively we have over 100 years of experience working effectively with adolescents, startup adults, and their families.

TR Rosenberg
M.A., Transpersonal Counseling Psychology, Goddard Graduate Program, Vermont College of Norwich University
B.A. summa cum laude, Fine Art and Art History, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Founder and Managing Director, Strongbridge Associates LLC
Director of Counseling, Director of Alumni Services, Counseling Supervisor, and Pre-licensed Therapist providing counseling to individuals, groups, and families, Academy at Swift River, 1999-2005
Incorporator and Trustee, North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens, Educational Alternative Inc. a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization, an experiential education program still serving homeschooling adolescents and their families, 2002-present
Co-founder and Chairman, Pathfinder Learning Center in Amherst, the original innovative program that became North Star, 1996-2002
Founder and President, Pathfinder Foundation Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization, 1984-present
Founder and Managing Director, Strongbridge Ltd., an international marketing and sales company, 1985-1996
Adjunct Professor, Psychology and Counseling, Greenfield Community College, Holyoke Community College, and Antioch Graduate School, Keene NH
Founder and Director, Respite Home, Northampton Center for Children and Families, Northampton MA, a respite program for at risk adolescents
Interests and other areas of expertise: Self-directed Learning, Mentoring, Homeschooling, Writing, Group Facilitation, Gourmet Cooking, Fine Art Painting, Martial Arts, Indigenous Religions and Spirituality

Laurel Ann Glocheski
M.Ed. Special Education, Lesley College
B.A. Mathematics and Physics, College of Saint Elizabeth
36 years experience as a Special Education Teacher
8 years as a School-to-Work Program Coordinator, and Employment Specialist
Interests and additional areas of expertise: Self-directed Learning, School Mainstreaming and Integration, Writing, Thinking Strategies, Computers, Project-based Learning, Kung-Fu Instructor, Parenting, Gourmet Cooking, Sewing, Gardening

Ralph L. Cohen
Psychiatric Consultant
M.D., University of Colorado School of Medicine
Licensure: Maine, Colorado, and Massachusetts
Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Private Practice from 1968 to present, Amherst MA
Adolescent Psychiatric Consultant, Academy at Swift River, Cummington MA, 1997-2007
Medical Director, Community Services Institute, Springfield MA, 1988-present
Executive Director, River Valley Counseling Center, Holyoke MA, 1986-1988
Clinical Director, Mount Tom Crisis Clinic, Holyoke MA, 1983-1992
Memberships: American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; International Society for Study of Dissociation; National Alliance for the Mentally Ill; American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology; American Medical Association; Western Mass. Psychiatric Association, Past President
Interests: Running (34 years), Music (Jazz, Symphony, Opera), Books on tape, Two adult children