The practitioners located at LivingWell *:
** Conditional until meeting the post-graduate clinical counseling requirements for full licensure
Counselors/psychotherapists:
*LivingWell is a community of independent practitioners who share a common philosophy regarding the promotion and maintenance of health and well-being. It is not a corporation, professional organization, or separate legal entity.
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Kripalu Yoga Instructor:
Massage Therapists:
836 Main Street ~ Westbrook, Maine 04092
207.856.0090 ~ sbs@livingwellcenter.info
Troi Boulanger, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Maine native, graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut in Human Development and Family Relations. The next 8 years were spent working in various mental health settings in Boston and Maine, focusing on individual and family therapy within multidisciplinary teams. In 1997, she graduated from New Mexico State University with her Master’s of Social Work. It was at New Mexico State University where Professor Gerald Vest who taught a holistic health class and developed a health practice called the 15-Minute StressOut influenced her work. From this point on, Troi’s perspective about wellness began to encompass the emotional, mental, physical and spiritual aspects of ourselves. Since that time, Troi has incorporated into her work principles and techniques of energy psychology, mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, breath work, yoga, somatic healing, presence work and the use of narrative therapy-a holistic perspective with practical approaches. Her belief is that “we all have the capacity to know what is healing for us; however, there are times when we’re not able to access this information which often leads to depression, anxiety, stress, relationship and other life issues.” Troi feels that her work is to assist others with hearing their truths and developing skills to move forward from that place of deep knowing and compassion.
Tel. #: 207-761-1160
Sally Bowden-Schaible is the founder and coordinator of LivingWell. She received her MS in Counseling from the University of Southern Maine and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with over 20 years of counseling experience. She is nationally certified as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC) and is an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) through the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). She is also certified as an Approved Consultant in Clinical Hypnosis by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH). She has studied Nikaya and Theravada Buddhism since 1996 at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies in Barre, Massachusetts www.dharma.org, and in 2009 completed a year-long Integrated Study and Practice Program (ISPP) at BCBS. She facilitates a weekly Vipassana (insight) meditation at LivingWell, a monthly Saturday meditation and conversation, and a monthly Nikaya Buddhist study group which focuses on core Buddhist teachings www.insightcommunityofsouthernmaine.org. In addition, she is an adjunct faculty member in the Counselor Education program at USM, co-teaching with Dr. Reid Stevens Mind/body Techniques in Counseling, and Religion and Spirituality in Counseling. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the Chaplaincy Institute of Maine (ChIME), an interfaith, two-year intensive chaplaincy program with campuses in Portland, ME and Amesbury, MA. She provides education, training, and consultation to counselors, psychotherapists, agencies, and organizations on such topics as clinical hypnosis, Buddhist psychology and mindfulness-based counseling, Tourette's disorder, and the use of poetry in counseling (she is co-author with Dr. Jan Hitchcock of Lewiston-Auburn College, "Is it time for poetry now? Therapeutic potentials - individual and collective", published in the Journal for Poetry Therapy, September 2007). She also provides individual and group clinical supervision to counselors/psychotherapists. (She meets all criteria as a clinical mental health supervisor through the National Board for Certified Counselors.) Her counseling background includes working with adults and adolescents (16+) who experience personal and interpersonal difficulties related to transition and loss, low self-esteem, depression and anxiety disorders, Tourette's disorder, drug and alcohol abuse/addiction, major mental illness, and traumatic life experiences (i.e., sexual, physical, and emotional abuse). Other areas of interest include women's growth and development throughout the life cycle including relationship issues, family planning, and parenting guidance.
Tel. #: 207-856-0090 Email: sbs@livingwellcenter.info
Vicki L. Gayton received her MSW from Boston College and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). She did her graduate internship at New England Family Institute, and she has held positions at Sedgewood Commons Alzheimer's Care Center, Mercy Hospital, Counseling Services, Inc., and Spring Harbor Hospital. Her counseling background is strong in geriatrics, cognitive behavioral therapy with adults, grief and bereavement, and working with couples and families. Current interests include behavioral medicine, hypnotherapy, and the use of mindfulness-based practices such as meditation in counseling. She is a member of the National Association of Social Work (NASW), and she is an Associate Member in the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH). Her goal is to continue using the biopsychosocial and spiritual approach to the treatment of mental health problems and to expand her practice in the area of behavioral medicine. Related to this, she recently completed a year-long extern program with Daniel Brown, PhD in Newton, MA. The focus of the program is in the use of clinical hypnosis to treat mind/body health conditions.
Tel. #: 207-854-0907
Carol Gray-Kennedy, LCPC, received her Master’s Degree in Clinical Counseling Psychology in 1996 from Cambridge College in Boston. She has over fifteen years of clinical experience with children, families, individuals, and couples. Her therapeutic approach blends CBT, mindfulness, bio-feedback, client-centered, motivational, and strengths based therapies. She is especially interested in and draws upon her training in the biology of trauma and addictive behaviors. Carol started her counseling career working 11 years in an agency setting, specializing in children and family issues. Experience with attachment, adoption, and generational patterns has increased her appreciation for the development of the Self and the history each of us brings to our present stage of growth in the life cycle. Over the last six years, Carol has worked in private practice and studied holistic healing modalities. She is part of Turn the Tide network, a Portland-based network of clinicians who donate their time in a pay-it-forward model. More information available at www.turnthetidemaine.org. Areas of concentration include eating disorders, trauma, identity and self esteem obstacles, life transitions, existential challenges, and goal setting. Creating relationship with, and assisting each client in the way that makes sense to him or her is Carol's passion and honor.
Tel. #: 207-712-1971 Email: carolcgk@gmail.com
Diane Harris, received her MSW from Boston University and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC). She did her graduate internship at Maine Medical Center’s Breast Care Center in Scarborough, Maine and currently works with HIV + patients at MMC’s Virology Treatment Center in Portland, Maine. For several years, she worked for Spurwink, Inc. as a Public School Counselor with adolescents and their families. She has also worked at the Mercy Recovery Center. As a therapist, Diane describes herself and her work as “very interactive, attentive, compassionate, and holistic based.” “I’m down to earth, feel that it is a privilege and an honor to work with people where ever they are on this journey called life, and having a sense of humor is important.” Areas of concentration include: life transitions, anxiety, grief, depression, medical issues, GLBT, addictions, self esteem, and life coaching using Cognitive Behavioral, Mindfulness and relaxation techniques along with expressive art and movement, Gestalt, and several other therapeutic modalities. In 1996, she completed a year long program at Spring Hill in Ashby, MA called “Opening the Heart” and was eligible to become a staff member for “Opening the Heart” workshops by Dr. Robert and Judith Gass, LCSW. In 2007, she became a certified “You Can Heal Your Life” leader based on the philosophy of Louise Hay. She is looking forward to offering Heal Your Life (registered), Achieve Your Dreams Workshops and groups in the near future. She has been a member of the National Association of Social Work since 1998.
Tel. #: 207-653-7885 Email: ucanhealu@aol.com
Eric Heintz received an MS in Counseling from the University of Southern Maine and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC). Eric works with adults and adolescents around the issues of depression, anxiety, phase-of-life transitions, substance abuse, and trauma recovery. His practice is also open to clients seeking to optimize their creativity and performance—artists, musicians, athletes, and others. Eric’s work is grounded in the principles of mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral techniques. He believes that we each have the capacity for self-healing, and that we can rely upon our own wisdom as we heal and transform our lives. The focus and intention of his professional life is to support people on this path. Since 2007 Eric has worked with at-risk youth and their families at Day One in South Portland, assisting them in dealing with mental health and substance abuse.
Tel. #: 207-807-9210 Email: ericheintz@earthlink.net
Karen Repasky, a 1992 graduate of Boston College, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the State of Maine. Her practice philosophy is based on responding to the person, couple, family or group with compassion, integrity, and respect. She works with her clients in a therapeutic relationship that enables them to work together toward a plan of change. Karen believes that clients are complex, unique individuals who have the right to share their views, worries, fears, hopes, and dreams from their life experience within the therapeutic relationship so they can create a life that is richer in relationship within themselves and with others. Based on her professional experience with differing faiths, Karen welcomes the integration of the client’s spiritual beliefs into the therapeutic work. Karen works with a range of ages, from late latency age youth to elders. Her past 30 years of practice experience has included serving individuals with developmental delays, complex trauma, secondary trauma, grief and loss, co-occurring disorders, substance use and dependency, anxiety, depression and mood disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders and adoption and attachment issues. She also works with caregivers and relatives affected by others with mental health or developmental delays. Karen utilizes a variety of modalities depending on the client’s therapeutic needs. They include, but are not limited to, relational narrative work, CBT, trauma-focused CBT, social scripting, and psychodynamic couples and family work. Karen also offers individual and group supervision for other practicing behavioral health professionals.
Tel. #: (207)671-1301
Jeri Schroeder received an MS in Physical Education with an emphasis in exercise science and nutrition from the University of New Hampshire in 1981 and received her MA in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in mind/body expressive therapies from Antioch New England University in 1994. She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC). Jeri is also a graduate of The School for The Work of Byron Katie and has been a facilitator of The Work since 2003. In 2007, she received training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and she is currently working towards certification. Also, in 2007, she received training in Heart Rhythm Therapy and Meditation from the Institute of Applied Meditation. Jeri has had over 30 years of experience in fitness, health, and wellness, including 12 years of experience in cardiac rehabilitation using a mindfulness-based approach to education and recovery. She also has had over 14 years of experience as a counselor/ psychotherapist working with adults (individuals and couples) using mind/body and expressive methodologies. She specializes in working with people with a diagnosis of heart disease who want to heal the physical, emotional, and energetic heart through risk-management, behavioral change, and heart rhythm meditation.
Tel. #: 207-415-3733
Patrick Young, LCPC-C**, CADC received an MA in Education with an area of concentration in the education of exceptional children from San Francisco State University, and he also holds as MS in Counseling from the University of Southern Maine. In addition to his conditional licensure as a Clinical Professional Counselor, he is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC) and is registered as a National Certified Counselor (NCC). With over 30 years of experience working with "at-risk" youth who have a variety of educational and mental health needs, Patrick has spent the past 19 of those years as the director of Future Builders School (www.futurebuildersschool.com) which he founded in 1989. The school provides "contextualized" educational and mental health services to middle and high school learners who have experienced limited success in more traditional environments. Patricks's counseling work with adolescents and adults is grounded in mindfulness-based approaches such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). He has found that ACT, in particular, provides an especially useful approach for addressing a wide variety of difficulties experienced in life. During the past five years, Patrick has discovered for himself the joy that can be experienced through "beginner's mind" and living with a more present moment awareness.
Tel. #: 207-310-8038
Ginger Walker, MA, LCPC-C** enjoys private practice as a counselor/ psychotherapist for individuals and groups and is also writing a book about the practice of psychotherapy. Ginger is dedicated to providing affordable and effective counseling and psychotherapy on a brief or longer-term basis. Her graduate studies in clinical psychology and undergraduate studies in sociology, as well as years of multicultural life experience, inform her integrative and multicultural practice. Ginger has developed Integrative Lit Therapy (ILT), using fiction and non-fiction literature as a therapeutic modality. ILT is uniquely helpful for working with cross-generational and multicultural clientele in combination with an existential approach to therapy. Ginger also uses sandtray therapy and play therapy with some clients. Her work is creative, holistic, and present-centered, while also grounded in traditional psychodynamic treatment. She facilitates mind/body/spirit wellness through genuine rapport and mindful dialogue. Along with focus on a range of mental health issues, her work attends to child and family communication issues, individuals with trauma histories, adult children of parents with mental illness, suicide survivors, combat veterans and their family members, and individuals with Asperger Syndrome and their partners. Ginger works closely with each client to create a safe, accepting, and rewarding therapeutic experience. She welcomes inquiries and offers flexible scheduling, including alternate Saturdays. MaineCare and Anthem BlueCross, as well as an affordable self-pay rate, are accepted. Ginger is affiliated with Cornerstone Behavioral Healthcare in Bangor, ME. She is a member of Maine Clinical Counselors Association (MCCA) and Asperger Association of New England(AANE). Email: integrativepsychotherapy100@gmail.com
Tel.#: 207-615-9692
Massage therapists:
Christine Boudreau, L.M.T. has been practicing massage therapy for more than 10 years. She attended the New Hampshire Institute for Therapeutic Arts in 1999, and has concentrated on neuromuscular and myofascial release techniques in her continued education. All modalities she applies are focused on stretching, balancing and retraining muscular and connective tissues with the idea that an optimally functioning body reciprocally promotes mental and emotional wellness. In her more than 4 years experience at a chiropractic office, Christine has gained insight into pain, injury and illness. She also currently studies and works in education where she incorporates mind-body principles into the academic setting improving students’ self-regulation and executive functioning. She earned her B.A. in sociology at Binghamton University and now studies education at New England College. Always, Christine aims to understand the current experience of whom she works with, and enjoys discussing sustainable and accessible steps to healthier living!
Tel.#: (207)632-7044. Email: clboudreau@gmail.com
Kenneth Kohl, L.M.T. / B.F.A. is a practitioner of Thai Yoga Bodywork, Shiatsu and Deep Tissue Massage. Thai Yoga Bodywork is a 2500 year old healing, bodywork tradition from Thailand. It has been described as Assisted Yoga, involving a combination of stretches and pressure point work to help the body/mind. Shiatsu is a Japanese tradition that has roots from Chinese medical tradition: pressure point work with some stretches to help open the body. Both these systems are performed on a mat. Deep Tissue Massage has its roots in Swedish Massage. For more information and/or to schedule an appointment, contact Kenneth.
Tel #: (207) 415-2177 Email: edgewoodstudio@hotmail.com
Yoga Instructor:
Maria Sanchez Kohl is a Kripalu Certified Yoga Instructor with over 200 hours of intensive hours of instruction. She specializes in therapeutic programs for individuals who need more attention and a gentler approach, facilitating their healing process with the use of restorative poses. Maria is also a certified LifeForce practitioner, a yoga practice designed to alleviate depression and anxiety. She has taught specialized classes to trauma survivors, refugees, immigrants, and deaf individuals. As a trauma survivor herself, personal experience plays an important role in her work as a yoga instructor. Yoga transformed her life, so much so that she felt compelled to share with others the experience that has replaced her despair with hope. An immigrant from Peru, Maria teaches her classes in English, Spanish, and with an American Sign Language interpreter.
Tel. #: 207-272-2071
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