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I believe that our close collaboration is the key to helping you adjust to difficult experiences and achieve a greater sense of ba...
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I believe that our close collaboration is the key to helping you adjust to difficult experiences and achieve a greater sense of balance and happiness in your life.
Tricia Seely is a dual board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She has experience in behavioral health, primary care, neurology, and pain management. Her experience includes working with clients with a range of chronic medical illnesses and adjustment disorders. She has a special interest in a range of concerns including anxiety, depression, chronic illness, relationship issues, behavioral problems, mood disorders, women's mental health, adjustment disorders, and veteran's issues.
Tricia has a Post-Master’s Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health from UMASS Chan Medical School Graduate School of Nursing. Tricia is committed to a holistic approach that considers the impact of body, mind, and spirit on healing. She helps clients build a safe place where they can create coping strategies to cultivate a better life.
Tricia believes clients deserve the best mental healthcare without stigma or barriers, no matter what stage of their recovery they are at. Her primary goal is to help clients build skills that will allow them to live their best life. You can do this! Call today and let her help you get your life back.
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Justin Michaud is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LCPC) with over 7 years of professional experience working with clie...
Justin Michaud is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LCPC) with over 7 years of professional experience working with clients of all ages to help them cope with family conflict, couple's issues, PTSD, trauma, depression, stress, and more.
Justin served as a Director of therapy services at a residential program for young adults and has seen some of the lowest valleys that patients have walked through, and sat with them in that valley so that their loneliness was not so daunting on the journey of empowerment and recovery. They have also seen patients on the highest peaks of their life and stood with them as they basked in their triumphs of empowerment and recovery.
Justin can be the guide that you need when you feel lost along your journey through life and would be honored if you allow them to help you achieve the mental health you desire.
As a therapist who has navigated my own journey through life’s challenges and self-discovery, I bring empathy, authenticity, and a...
As a therapist who has navigated my own journey through life’s challenges and self-discovery, I bring empathy, authenticity, and a deep belief in the power of connection to create meaningful change.
I am a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with over 11 years of experience providing assessments and therapy for individuals, couples, families, and groups. My focus includes helping clients manage stress, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, parenting concerns, and life transitions. I’m passionate about helping others navigate the complexities of life and find balance through self-discovery, empowerment, and meaningful growth.
I earned my master’s in mental health counseling from Long Island University Post. My approach is collaborative and personalized, integrating evidence-based methods to meet each client’s unique needs. I strive to foster insight, resilience, and emotional growth while supporting clients in achieving their goals.
I understand that seeking support takes courage, and I’m here to provide a safe, compassionate, and nonjudgmental space for you to begin that process. Together, we’ll explore your challenges, build on your strengths, and work toward meaningful change at a pace that feels right for you.
Through talk therapy I help individuals to discover a deeper awareness and understanding of creating passion and motivation in the...
Through talk therapy I help individuals to discover a deeper awareness and understanding of creating passion and motivation in their lives.
Tyler Connolly is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 7 years of experience in the mental health field. Working with adolescents and adults in both inpatient and outpatient settings, Tyler has assisted individuals dealing with a wide range of issues including depressed moods, attention difficulties, anxiety, relationships, communication, loss, executive functioning, and various life changes.
Tyler completed his Master of Science (MS) in Mental Health and Counseling at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He utilizes talk therapy and active listening in addition to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, motivational therapy, and Gestalt therapy.
Allow Tyler to use his passion for helping individuals through psychotherapy while you begin your journey to discover your own passions and motivations.
"You can't manufacture passion or 'motivate' people to feel passionate. You can only discover what ignites your passion and the passions of those around you." -Jim Collins
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My go-to approach for helping people in grief and loss counseling is CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy). This allows me to understand the nature of the relationship that is lost or being grieved as well as where the person is within the grief cycle.
Some of the tools I may teach in grief and loss counseling are what the grief cycle looks like (it's not linear), giving oneself grace throughout all of the feelings and emotions, and working within their belief system to offer tools that may be available to them. We may practice mindfulness, writing letters, and, if needed, goal setting for moving forward.
I know an individual is making progress in grief and loss counseling when they show and report signs of healing. This looks different for everyone.
Clients can supplement grief and loss counseling by using the skills they get from counseling sessions, reading books on grief and loss, or listening to podcasts about grief and loss.
A person preparing for their first grief and loss counseling session can remind themself that this is a safe place to grieve, and that includes crying, being angry, and having a good day (smiling and laughing).
Grief and loss counseling helps people grieve difficult losses including the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, or the end of a relationship. It helps people navigate their grief process and eventually accept, understand, and move forward from their loss. Thriveworks grief therapists in Portland, ME have specific experience, training, and skills that enable them to best support grieving individuals.
Grief and loss counseling isn’t one-size-fits-all, but it involves sharing about your loss and then working with your counselor to acknowledge and accept your new reality in its wake. Your provider at Thriveworks in Portland, ME will design your treatment plan around your unique needs and goals for therapy, applying the counseling techniques that best support them.
If you have recently experienced an event like the death of a loved one, a breakup or divorce, the loss of a job, or another major life change, then you may want to seek grief and loss counseling. Grief can be caused by many experiences and events, so if you feel that you are having trouble moving on from a certain event or find that it is still impacting your life and functioning, grief and loss counseling can help you process it more effectively so that you can move on and once again find fulfillment and satisfaction in your life.
There are many counseling theories for treating grief, one of the most frequently used being the dual process model of grief which helps people acknowledge who or what they’ve lost through rumination while also adjusting to the new roles and identities that this loss has now placed on them. There are also many commonly used therapy approaches used in grief and loss counseling, including Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and traumatic grief therapy.
Grief & loss counseling at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
For many, grief and loss counseling lasts for about 6 months. For others, it may last shorter or longer, depending on the severity of their loss and their grief.
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