Grace co-founded the Partnership for Trauma Recovery in 2015 with the goal of establishing a practice that provides trauma informed and focused care. Grace’s philosophy on therapy is that our present difficulties are the result of past experiences that have shaped the neural networks in our brain, which triggers us to react in certain ways. This causes an often subconscious process of engaging in patterns of behavior that can be disturbing, unhelpful, and often harmful to our daily lives. This most often manifests in clients coming in feeling “stuck” in their lives and often in previous attempts at therapy where the symptom was the focus of treatment instead of the underlying problem. The work of therapy then becomes identifying, understanding, and shifting those experiences at the root of these daily problems instead of simply learning to cope with the struggles. By engaging in this kind of work, lasting, meaningful change occurs which liberates clients from those patterns they have lived with.

While philosophy and treatment modalities are important, Grace also knows that the relationship between therapist and client is the most important part of successful therapy. She places a high value on the relationships she has with her clients, and works hard to build a mutual sense of trust and understanding – injected with humor whenever possible.

Grace’s areas of specialty include Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, dissociative disorders, complex trauma, personality disorders, and attachment trauma. Grace uses many trauma based modalities in helping her clients achieve change, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. Grace has an undergraduate degree from Elmira College and a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Southern Maine.

Andrea describes her work as: Unraveling the wisdom of habits which saved you once, and today, distances you from your dreams. Having someone actively joining with you as you travel toward your dreams, can be powerful.

Andrea is a whole-hearted, fun and flexible therapist, who designs your interventions collaboratively. Join in the humor of being human together. Finding joy and laughing together means it’s we are playing and playing is creative and creativity can be the palette for growth. In practice since 2001 she brings experience from community mental health, supervision and leadership. Whether you are in a helping field facing the stress of our times, creating your career goals, or putting your life together after break up, divorce or loss, or facing college or mid-life, she knows tackling life at the point of transition can be hard but rewarding. Doing so with trauma, depression, anxiety or addictive thinking can be very challenging. Why not do it together?

Andrea holds a Master’s Degree from Antioch New England Graduate School with a concentration in Expressive Arts Therapy. She studied with Penny Lewis, an expert in the Expressive Arts. She began her career as a child and family therapist . She developed expertise on the impact of early attachment trauma, across the lifespan. Studied with Dan Hughes a Maine expert on Child Attachment. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Trauma focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cognitive Processing Therapy, inform her treatment approach for adults affected by disruptions to their child development. Skills training and Parenting groups, substance recovery, eating disorder and schizophrenia have been other areas of expertise over the years.

You can expect that beginning therapy will be about; learning how you learn, motivate, change, grow or become stuck. Exploring strengths is what will raise us up, so we spend time in your great moments. We spend time hearing what your difficult moments are saying to you. There is nothing like good long chats with the parts of yourself that have been championing you for so long, quietly, in the background. Then therapy starts to form as you try, together, to think and do things which support and nurture you.

Kate Perrin (she/her) is formally trained in Brainspotting for trauma processing and Narrative Therapy. Disrupting unhelpful and even harmful patterns is at the center of her work. She is a direct but deeply empathetic practitioner who supports clients in taking a deeper look at what is influencing their current state of living. She believes in tangible outcomes to help the healing process through integrating the mind and the body so that they can function together, not against, or separately from another.

She believes in using honesty, possibility, and realism to support her clients in breaking negative thought patterns by creating larger positive experiences in their daily lives. Kate approaches therapy with the knowledge that trauma changes us, but that we all have the ability to heal. Kate sees a range of clients at the practice and is always ready to get started with a client on journeys of healing, clarity, and reclamation.

Kate is a trained sexual assault advocate and she holds a Bachelors in Science from The University of Southern Maine and a Masters in Social Work from The University of New England School of Social Work.

Rachel Webb, LMSW-cc (She/her) understands trauma as the combined neurobiological, psychological, and social impacts that result from a traumatic experience or pattern of experiences. She believes that trauma changes the way that our brains and bodies process the world around us, and that the work of trauma therapy is to hold space for people to process and heal “from the ground up”.

Rachel approaches the work with the belief that everyone has the right to agency in their own life story. She believes that relationships have the power to be medicinal and transformative, and that a therapeutic relationship built on trust, curiosity, and empathy is the most important aspect of therapy. At the heart of her practice is the idea that therapy is a partnership in making space for hope, joy, and healing with each individual.

Rachel received her Bachelors in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Vermont. Her previous work includes therapy and advocacy with survivors of domestic and sexual violence, New American Refugees, and school-based therapy. Her treatment approach is most influenced by Attachment Theory, Narrative Therapy, and Strengths-Based Approaches, and is rooted in honoring each individual as the expert in their own life story.

Natalie approaches trauma therapy as a process of (re)connecting to our bodies, minds, and stories after experiences that have been painful and destabilizing. Natalie understands trauma as inclusive of individual experiences as well as experiences of structural oppression faced by marginalized communities. She works from a perspective that trauma therapy is often a nonlinear healing process, and the work should be guided by clients’ individual needs, desires, and timeline.

Natalie approaches work with clients from a place of warmth, curiosity, and humor. She brings a belief in the importance of access to pleasure in the healing process. Natalie also embraces the neurodiversity paradigm, or the understanding that differences in the way people think, feel, and experience the world is a natural and valuable aspect of human diversity. Above all, she values the therapeutic relationship and believes that it holds the potential to be healing in and of itself.

Natalie is experienced with and passionate about working with LGBTQ+ clients. She also brings enthusiasm for working on issues of sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex and relationships. Natalie received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Comparative Literature from Smith College and her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Southern Maine.

They are a calm and considerate provider who believes that trauma occurs in many realms–the interpersonal, cultural, systemic, and political. They regard the ways people respond to trauma and oppression to often be creative and adaptive, and recognize that socio-cultural expectations around those responses can increase shame, guilt, self-doubt, isolation, and distress.

Jules believes in the healing capacity of relationships–whether in therapy, with one’s community, or with other species. They believe therapy is an opportunity to encounter, observe, and explore all parts of ourselves with curiosity and non-judgement. Jules prioritizes clients’ choice and safety, and works to ensure therapy is affirmative, collaborative, and celebratory.

Jules’ professional background is in restorative justice, immigration justice, and youth leadership. They have experience working with neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ individuals, and are knowledgeable about body-focused repetitive behaviors. Disability justice, anti-oppressive practice, and the neurodiversity paradigm all influence their approach. They are a Fertility Awareness educator, Wilderness First Responder, and hold a B.A. in Human Ecology.

Cameron believes deeply that each person’s behavior makes absolute sense within the context of their experience. She has had pleasure to witness how individuals develop habits, responses, and strategies as a means by which to cope with their trauma. Cameron is honored to accompany people on their journeys to heal through their experiences, to introduce more intention, and to live their desired lives.

Cameron’s approach draws from a variety of different philosophies and modalities and tailors treatment to the individual needs of each client. She looks to build a relationship of trust and compassion and seeks to foster self-forgiveness and self-love.

Cameron is an LMSW-CC. She has an undergraduate degree in English Literature from Boston University and an MSW from University of Southern Maine. She is experienced in residential social work and values the importance of resourcing in processing. She has a special interest in attachment theories, LGBTQIA+ work, sex and relationship processing, and non-traditional relationship structures. She is also experienced in working with neurodivergences and seeks to provide anti-oppressive practices in all treatments.

Hilary recognizes that trauma can impact us in a multitude of ways; existing at the intersection of our body, mind, spirit, and within the social context of our lives.Trauma can show up in memories that we hold within our bodies, in the stories that we tell about ourselves, and those narratives that are placed upon us.

Hilary is grounded in the belief that when we meet people where they are at and embrace autonomy and choice, we can make powerful change. Together we have the ability to imagine what could be and practice that in our therapeutic relationship. She utilizes a narrative approach that explores the stories we tell about ourselves and believes in the possibility of co-creating narratives rooted in liberation. She is always down to get creative and curious about different ways we can tend to trauma in our bodies; through expression, movement, and stillness.

Hilary has experience within the fields of harm reduction, death and dying, and grief work. She received her Master’s of Social Work from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Hilary is committed to working with folks around identity, sexuality, intergenerational trauma, end of life, and grief; with those who have been harmed and those who have used harm against others.

Mea believes that trauma is a break in our feelings of physical, mental, or emotional safety. This may alter how we move through our lives and interrupt our goals and life purposes. She believes trauma is not always about the experiences themselves, but the marks that those experiences have left and what we now believe to be true about ourselves based on those experiences. Therapy can be a way to navigate painful emotions, connect more deeply, and tap into confidence and compassion to help move beyond what is no longer serving us.

Mea’s approach to therapy is that it can help us reclaim our own stories and how we want our lives to be. She is person-centered and believes we are the experts of our own experiences and that her role as a therapist is to help people tap into their own inner wisdoms, find meaning and purpose, and empower themselves to cultivate the lives they want.

Mea comes to the practice with fourteen years of experience in grief work, end-of-life care, medical social work, and elder advocacy. She is passionate about self-determination and access to care. She received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from The University of Maine at Farmington and her MSW from The University of New England.