Our Team
Dominic Candido, PhD
Dom Candido, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist who received his doctoral degree from Hofstra University in 1990, settled with his family in the Upper Valley in 2008. He came to the area as the Founder and Director of Hanover Psychiatry, establishing and building the practice for the Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, where he remained on faculty as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry until February, 2016. He also founded and led the department’s Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for PGYIII psychiatry residents program. He subsequently founded Enhance Health and now serves as its President and CEO having partnered with Cathleen Beaver, M.D. in the effort. Prior to these ventures, Dr. Candido had founded and directed the Long Island Center for Cognitive Therapy and Manhattan Cognitive. He was an administrator at Stony Brook University Hospital and later on faculty at Stony Brook University Medical School where he taught and worked in Behavioral Medicine. He is a Founding Fellow and Diplomate of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and long time member of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the American Psychological Association. Dr. Candido completed postdoctoral training in CBT at the University of Pennsylvania with Dr. Aaron Beck and in anxiety, panic and related disorders at the University at Albany with Dr. David Barlow. He also holds a Certificate in Healthcare Delivery from Harvard Business School.
Elizabeth Macaulay, LCMHC
Liz Macaulay, a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, wreceived her master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Boston College in 1998. She began her career working with young adults experiencing psychosis at the Commonwealth Research Center at Harvard Medical School as the Research Recruitment Coordinator. She later expanded her role to include Administrative Coordinator for the First Episode in Schizophrenia Program. In 2002, Liz moved to the Upper Valley as the Regional Director of Adult Services at a community mental health center in Vermont. She oversaw therapeutic care for adults across programs with a specific focus on individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. In 2012, Liz became the Clinical Director at Averte, a licensed therapeutic community in Bradford, Vermont where she is currently the Chief Clinical Officer, overseeing clinical services and providing individualized treatment to adults with a wide range of mental health and substance use issues. Liz began her training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Dr. Dominic Candido, Ph.D. at Enhance Health in 2015 and in 2018 began the process of certification in CBT through the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Liz’s clinical interests include diagnostic evaluation and treatment of conditions including psychotic, mood, anxiety and personality disorders.
Todd Lindsley, PhD
Todd Lindsley, M.A., Ph.D. Todd is a NH licensed clinical psychologist having graduated from Utah State University in 2013. Additionally, he holds a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, having obtained that credential from the University of San Diego in 2003. As such, Todd wields a broad skill set across a range of clinical populations that includes individual adults and children as well as couples and families. Highly trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), he also has training and experience in Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS). He applies these competencies across evaluative, individual and group therapeutics, outreach and supervision. He focuses on anxiety disorders, disorders of the self and on conditions reflected in interpersonal and relational contexts. For the past nine years, Todd has been on staff at Dartmouth College in its Counseling Center assisting staff and student achieve their fullest potential.
Nikhil Teja, M.D.
Nikhil Teja, M.D. is a double boarded ABPN psychiatrist licensed to practice in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. He underwent general psychiatry residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where he trained in a variety of clinical settings. He also completed an Addiction Psychiatry fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. He specializes in psychopharmacology and neuromodulation (transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroconvulsive therapy) for treatment-resistant mood disorders, post traumatic stress disorder, substance use disorders, attention deficit disorders and anxiety disorders. Dr. Teja is able to craft an individually tailored treatment plan that incorporates the latest evidence-based interventions. Dr. Teja has taken a particular interest in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and integrates this into his treatment approach.