I believe that everyone has a unique story. Hopefully, our stories include some good times, times of joy, and hopefully times of knowing peace, love, and contentment. At the same time, I know there are many memories of loss, fear, trauma, war, difficult life transitions, mental illness, and medical events. Sometimes these come up unexpectedly and feel overwhelming. As a psychotherapist, it is my role to support you through these difficult times by helping you to explore and understand your own story, discover personal strengths, and develop new strategies for coping and moving forward.
For nearly 30 years I have been helping individuals, children and families in a variety of community-based, outpatient and inpatient settings. I decided to leave organizational life and have been in private practice as a clinical social worker since 2010. I am licensed by the State of Maine as a Clinical Social Worker. My formal education includes a Doctor of Social work from Smmons University, Master's Degree in Social Work from the University of New England. I also have a Master's Degree in Health Services Administration from St. Joseph’s College. As an undergraduate, I earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Social Work from the University of Southern Maine.
For several years, I worked within the State of Maine Judicial System as a Guardian ad litem conducting child custody evaluations.
I further enjoy spending time as a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of New England, Southern New Hampshire University and Central Maine Community College.
Advanced and specialty training has been an important part of my commitment to my clients. Some of these areas of study include Psychological Trauma, Trauma and Dissociation, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Transformative Mediation, Child-Parent Psychotherapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Theory.
I have many years of experience working in business and health management in the areas of process and quality improvement, program development, outcomes assessment and management and population health.