Training and Experience
I am a psychotherapist and coach in private practice in Portland, Maine. My clinical experience includes work with individuals, couples, and groups, work in residential substance abuse treatment and as a mental health crisis worker for Cumberland County Crisis. In 2019 I co-founded Riverbird Clinic, Maine’s first psychedelic-assisted therapy clinic. In my capacity as a therapist at Riverbird, I have offered individual and group Ketamine-assisted therapy, psychedelic-assisted somatic therapy, as well as supported long-term integration from non-ordinary state experiences.
My therapy practice is particularly informed by the humanistic and existential traditions, Buddhist psychology, mindfulness practice and somatic therapies. I have trained throughout my career in Gestalt Therapy, and am currently completing a 3-year Relational Gestalt Therapy curriculum with the Pacific Gestalt Institute. Additionally I have trained and studied Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy, Emotion Focused Therapy, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, Applied Polyvagal Theory, Sensory Motor Psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems (IFS), as well as the Psychodynamic tradition, and cognitive approaches, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and The Work of Byron Katie .
I receive regular ongoing consultation and supervision in Psychodynamic therapy, Gestalt Therapy, somatic therapies, and psychedelic-assisted therapy.
I have trained for over two decades in Buddhist meditation traditions, in the US and Asia, and I draw on the depth and insight of this experience in my work with people. In practice, this means holding awareness, acceptance, and compassion as curative forces.
Specialized Training and Experience
Gestalt Therapy Training, Pacific Gestalt Institute, 2024-present
Ketamine-Assisted Therapy for groups and individuals, as co-founder and therapist at Riverbird Clinic, 2019-present
Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy, 75-hour Level 1 certification, Psychedelic Somatic Institute, 2021-2022
Trauma Integration Protocol, somatic therapy training with Perzan Irani, 2022
Rhythm of Regulation Polyvagal Therapy Training, 40-hour, Deb Dana, 2018-2019
Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Training, Modules 1-3, Polaris Insight Insitute
MDMA-Assisted Therapy for Trauma Training, Multi-disiplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), 2019
Emotionally Focused Therapy Couples Therapy, Externship and Core Skills 1-5, 88-hour, 2015-2016
Emotion Focused Therapy, Level 1 with Rhonda Glassman, 26-hour, 2019
Gestalt and Emotion Focused Therapy, various trainings and consultation with Tom Kubasik of Gestalt and Experiential Therapy Institute of Maine, 2017-2020
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, various trainings and consultation with Kelly Wilson and White Pine Institute, 2016-2018
Psychodynamic therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Somatic Therapy, and Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy - ongoing consultation and supervision
Cumberland County Crisis Worker, Portland, Maine, 2012-2015
Trauma Intervention Program, volunteer, 2012-2014
Qualifications
Masters of Mental Health Counseling, Goddard College, 2014
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, State of Maine, 2014
Coaching Training, completed Core Curricum at Coaches Training Institute, 2008-2010