Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapists in Portland, ME
I specialize in adults and professionals. Life challenges everyone and sometimes we feel stuck. Stuck in sadness, worry, or doubt. Struggling in challenging relationship patterns, old habits or overwhelming stress. I can support you in getting unstuck - overcoming loss, depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship and family challenges, career difficulties, transitions and burnout. We sometimes struggle to find meaning and purpose in our work and personal lives. We sometimes feel broken, different or like we’re not enough. I can help you reconnect to what matters to you, what you love about life, and find a way forward.
I specialize in adults and professionals. Life challenges everyone and sometimes we feel stuck. Stuck in sadness, worry, or doubt. Struggling in challenging relationship patterns, old habits or overwhelming stress. I can support you in getting unstuck - overcoming loss, depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship and family challenges, career difficulties, transitions and burnout. We sometimes struggle to find meaning and purpose in our work and personal lives. We sometimes feel broken, different or like we’re not enough. I can help you reconnect to what matters to you, what you love about life, and find a way forward.
Family Recovery Network
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CIP
Verified Verified
Portland, ME 04101 (Online Only)
There are no changes in life until there is an action. If you are considering happiness and joy for your life and are contemplating taking the leap into action for a change, I am at your service. If I can be of service to you on this critically important journey of self love, I am honored and grateful.
There are no changes in life until there is an action. If you are considering happiness and joy for your life and are contemplating taking the leap into action for a change, I am at your service. If I can be of service to you on this critically important journey of self love, I am honored and grateful.
My practice is focused on helping couples improve the quality of their relationships. Having healthy and secure relationships keep us physically and emotionally happier and healthier. When we feel disconnected, our body, mind and soul inevitably suffer. We all experience adversity and heartbreak; the trick is finding meaningful connection in the midst of challenges. The science of attachment provides an exciting roadmap to heal relationship distress. Learning how to seek and receive emotional comfort and connection creates resilience, protection, energy and is the antidote to the feelings of loneliness and helplessness.
My practice is focused on helping couples improve the quality of their relationships. Having healthy and secure relationships keep us physically and emotionally happier and healthier. When we feel disconnected, our body, mind and soul inevitably suffer. We all experience adversity and heartbreak; the trick is finding meaningful connection in the midst of challenges. The science of attachment provides an exciting roadmap to heal relationship distress. Learning how to seek and receive emotional comfort and connection creates resilience, protection, energy and is the antidote to the feelings of loneliness and helplessness.
Kylie Findlay
Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Portland, ME 04103
Waitlist for new clients
My experience spans across individuals, families, and groups within a wide array of therapeutic settings over the past decade. I use an integrative approach that supports not only my client’s willingness, but also their motivation to change. Concerns with life transitions, relationships, anxiety, depression, trauma, or grief can all be shared freely in this space. Additionally, my work and passion in the counseling field concentrates on sex therapy. Through the promotion of sex positivity and sex affirmation, those I work with can safely discover, explore, and examine their sexuality.
My experience spans across individuals, families, and groups within a wide array of therapeutic settings over the past decade. I use an integrative approach that supports not only my client’s willingness, but also their motivation to change. Concerns with life transitions, relationships, anxiety, depression, trauma, or grief can all be shared freely in this space. Additionally, my work and passion in the counseling field concentrates on sex therapy. Through the promotion of sex positivity and sex affirmation, those I work with can safely discover, explore, and examine their sexuality.
Are you, or someone you know, struggling with life's challenges? I can assist and support individuals and families along their path of change. I offer an eclectic approach to therapy that is shaped by the needs of you or your family.
Are you, or someone you know, struggling with life's challenges? I can assist and support individuals and families along their path of change. I offer an eclectic approach to therapy that is shaped by the needs of you or your family.
Sue Wiley
Clinical Professional Counselor, MA, EdS, LCPC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Portland, ME 04103
Email is the best way to reach me. I believe that we are all equipped with the strength to face life's challenges, but depression, anxiety, grief, loss, and other life issues can become barriers to our natural ability to overcome obstacles. At times we can all use some support in order come through these issues. My aim as a counselor is to support you to better deal with life's challenges, while respecting you as the unique individual that you are, and incorporating holistic wellness and other evidence based techniques into a healing environment.
Email is the best way to reach me. I believe that we are all equipped with the strength to face life's challenges, but depression, anxiety, grief, loss, and other life issues can become barriers to our natural ability to overcome obstacles. At times we can all use some support in order come through these issues. My aim as a counselor is to support you to better deal with life's challenges, while respecting you as the unique individual that you are, and incorporating holistic wellness and other evidence based techniques into a healing environment.
Tired of having the same arguments over and over? Wondering why you seem to be stuck in cycles with your partner, friends, colleagues or yourself? How often do you find yourself wondering, "what happened to that sweet loving person I fell in love with? How did Godzilla end up in my bed? Or worse yet, is that Medusa staring back at me in the mirror"? OK then.....welcome. I'm Joni Altshuler and after 30yrs in practice, I continue to be inspired and often awe struck by the people who walk thru my door.
Tired of having the same arguments over and over? Wondering why you seem to be stuck in cycles with your partner, friends, colleagues or yourself? How often do you find yourself wondering, "what happened to that sweet loving person I fell in love with? How did Godzilla end up in my bed? Or worse yet, is that Medusa staring back at me in the mirror"? OK then.....welcome. I'm Joni Altshuler and after 30yrs in practice, I continue to be inspired and often awe struck by the people who walk thru my door.
Tia K Hwang
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Portland, ME 04101 (Online Only)
Does perfectionism, obsessive thoughts, or hyper-focus on perceived flaws keep you stuck? Do you (or your child) struggle with your body image, and/or have a negative relationship with food? Maybe you keep it together on the outside but find it hard to stop the inner chaos. Self doubt, feeling like a failure, feeling inadequate, hating yourself or being filled with shame are all indicators that it is time to make a change. I can help you create a plan and feel hope. Most of all I can help heal the pain of past experiences, self doubt/hatred and live authentically.
Does perfectionism, obsessive thoughts, or hyper-focus on perceived flaws keep you stuck? Do you (or your child) struggle with your body image, and/or have a negative relationship with food? Maybe you keep it together on the outside but find it hard to stop the inner chaos. Self doubt, feeling like a failure, feeling inadequate, hating yourself or being filled with shame are all indicators that it is time to make a change. I can help you create a plan and feel hope. Most of all I can help heal the pain of past experiences, self doubt/hatred and live authentically.
I specialize in helping young men and women struggling with alcohol and substance use. I use evidence-based practices while creating a safe, non-judgmental space, for people to be seen. Almost everyone has some degree of ambivalence. I help explore and resolve the ambivalence concerning a person's present behavior and their desired behavior.
I specialize in helping young men and women struggling with alcohol and substance use. I use evidence-based practices while creating a safe, non-judgmental space, for people to be seen. Almost everyone has some degree of ambivalence. I help explore and resolve the ambivalence concerning a person's present behavior and their desired behavior.
You may be reaching out to me during a challenging time, when familiar life systems are no longer working, or when the weight of anxiety and depression has become overwhelming. Alternatively, you may seek my support even in stable times, desiring a deeper connection with life. Together, we navigate these paths, cultivating stability, balance, and healing relationships. I specialize in helping clients decipher their unique inner dialogues, often resembling harsh critics, and collaboratively work towards minimizing their influence. This transformative process aims to craft a more fulfilling life and foster meaningful connections.
You may be reaching out to me during a challenging time, when familiar life systems are no longer working, or when the weight of anxiety and depression has become overwhelming. Alternatively, you may seek my support even in stable times, desiring a deeper connection with life. Together, we navigate these paths, cultivating stability, balance, and healing relationships. I specialize in helping clients decipher their unique inner dialogues, often resembling harsh critics, and collaboratively work towards minimizing their influence. This transformative process aims to craft a more fulfilling life and foster meaningful connections.
My aim is to create a safe, supportive and empathic space for you. I will provide you with tools to improve self-care, decrease stress, and gain more self awareness. Together we will work towards you gaining insight and making positive change. I use a blend of therapeutic techniques to help you develop greater understanding of yourself, your relationships, and the patterns that are contributing to your dissatisfaction and distress. I believe that a collaborative relationship between client and therapist is essential and we will develop that together.
My aim is to create a safe, supportive and empathic space for you. I will provide you with tools to improve self-care, decrease stress, and gain more self awareness. Together we will work towards you gaining insight and making positive change. I use a blend of therapeutic techniques to help you develop greater understanding of yourself, your relationships, and the patterns that are contributing to your dissatisfaction and distress. I believe that a collaborative relationship between client and therapist is essential and we will develop that together.
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Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Portland, ME 04101
Waitlist for new clients
Do you find yourself repeating the same patterns, choosing partners, spouses, and friends that yield the same results? Do you find yourself feeling "childlike" in circumstances in your life and wonder "what is this all about?" I'd like to help you. I can help you learn to take responsibility for your life and learn to "grow yourself back up."
Do you find yourself repeating the same patterns, choosing partners, spouses, and friends that yield the same results? Do you find yourself feeling "childlike" in circumstances in your life and wonder "what is this all about?" I'd like to help you. I can help you learn to take responsibility for your life and learn to "grow yourself back up."
Life can be hard. We all need support. Therapy is an opportunity to receive the support that you deserve. If you are feeling stuck, numb, addicted, anxious, depressed or disconnected, you deserve to feel better. Perhaps you could use support figuring out how you really feel, or why you can't get motivated to make change. Maybe you can't even find a name for what is going on with you. I can help you find answers. I can help you reconnect with yourself, talk about your feelings and heal areas that have been keeping you stuck. You deserve to feel better and I can help you on your path to a more fulfilling and authentic life.
Life can be hard. We all need support. Therapy is an opportunity to receive the support that you deserve. If you are feeling stuck, numb, addicted, anxious, depressed or disconnected, you deserve to feel better. Perhaps you could use support figuring out how you really feel, or why you can't get motivated to make change. Maybe you can't even find a name for what is going on with you. I can help you find answers. I can help you reconnect with yourself, talk about your feelings and heal areas that have been keeping you stuck. You deserve to feel better and I can help you on your path to a more fulfilling and authentic life.
I appreciate you taking the time to learn about me and to consider working together. I have over 30 years of experience working with adolescents, adults, families and couples. I use an eclectic approach, guided by psychodynamic principles to help those I care for. I work best with individuals and couples who wish to have greater insight into the life of the mind; with a desire to reach optimal goals, and overcome obstacles to living a higher quality life. As a psychologist, I have specialty training in psychological evaluation, which can more quickly help to identify unknowns and underlying issues we can discuss in therapy.
I appreciate you taking the time to learn about me and to consider working together. I have over 30 years of experience working with adolescents, adults, families and couples. I use an eclectic approach, guided by psychodynamic principles to help those I care for. I work best with individuals and couples who wish to have greater insight into the life of the mind; with a desire to reach optimal goals, and overcome obstacles to living a higher quality life. As a psychologist, I have specialty training in psychological evaluation, which can more quickly help to identify unknowns and underlying issues we can discuss in therapy.
Patrice Lynch
Counselor, MEd, MS, LCPC
Verified Verified
Portland, ME 04103
Waitlist for new clients
You are the source of your own strength. There are times, however, when you may need help in accessing your internal Self. We all need to feel a sense of balance with ourselves, connection to others, and the freedom to make choices. When we lose touch with these parts of ourselves - whether it is our independence, sense of control, spirituality, sexuality, family connection, or ethnicity - we may experience stress, fear, anxiety, and even a loss of meaning in life.
You are the source of your own strength. There are times, however, when you may need help in accessing your internal Self. We all need to feel a sense of balance with ourselves, connection to others, and the freedom to make choices. When we lose touch with these parts of ourselves - whether it is our independence, sense of control, spirituality, sexuality, family connection, or ethnicity - we may experience stress, fear, anxiety, and even a loss of meaning in life.
Welcome! I am interested in how a therapeutic partnership can be a laboratory and a refuge; a place for you to engage curiously with yourself and your relational capacity. I find that over time this practice of being together and being curious can catalyze our intuition and rearrange patterns of stuckness. I believe we can learn to relate more clearly, deeply, and kindly with ourselves through being witnessed and attended to with care. I find that intimacy with our own emotional landscape can be the bedrock of a grounded relationship to self and others.
Welcome! I am interested in how a therapeutic partnership can be a laboratory and a refuge; a place for you to engage curiously with yourself and your relational capacity. I find that over time this practice of being together and being curious can catalyze our intuition and rearrange patterns of stuckness. I believe we can learn to relate more clearly, deeply, and kindly with ourselves through being witnessed and attended to with care. I find that intimacy with our own emotional landscape can be the bedrock of a grounded relationship to self and others.
Healthy Minds Counseling, Inc
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Portland, ME 04103
I'm Dr. Akamin Nkengaka, a License Clinical Social Worker and a License Advanced Alcohol & Drugs Counselor with 15 years of evidence based clinical experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, coping with addictions, trauma informed care, suicidal ideation, abuse, self-esteem, and relationships. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you to overcome negative challenges in your life.
I'm Dr. Akamin Nkengaka, a License Clinical Social Worker and a License Advanced Alcohol & Drugs Counselor with 15 years of evidence based clinical experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, coping with addictions, trauma informed care, suicidal ideation, abuse, self-esteem, and relationships. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you to overcome negative challenges in your life.
I work from a perspective that focuses on joining you in the present and, at the same time, putting your current experiences and perspectives in context by exploring how your personal history currently impacts your life. I'm happy to meet with most adults, couples, families, and kids as well as adolescents (just remember that no matter the age of your child, there will probably be some family therapy). I take a laid back approach, but I'm serious about your health. Please get in touch and let's see if I'm a good fit for you.
I work from a perspective that focuses on joining you in the present and, at the same time, putting your current experiences and perspectives in context by exploring how your personal history currently impacts your life. I'm happy to meet with most adults, couples, families, and kids as well as adolescents (just remember that no matter the age of your child, there will probably be some family therapy). I take a laid back approach, but I'm serious about your health. Please get in touch and let's see if I'm a good fit for you.
Caring Counseling For You
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, LADC, LMSWCC
Verified Verified
Portland, ME 04103
My goal as a therapist is to help clients walk through obstacles in life by following one's own compass. Reaching out for help is a big step. Whether it be relationship issues, food or substance addiction, isolation, ageing, grief, loss of person/pet, anxiety/depression or other life challenges. I would be happy to talk with you, help you create a plan with goals that are attainable and achievable for you.
My goal as a therapist is to help clients walk through obstacles in life by following one's own compass. Reaching out for help is a big step. Whether it be relationship issues, food or substance addiction, isolation, ageing, grief, loss of person/pet, anxiety/depression or other life challenges. I would be happy to talk with you, help you create a plan with goals that are attainable and achievable for you.
Luna Paula Sistare
Counselor, MA, LCMHC, NCC
Verified Verified
Portland, ME 04101
Waitlist for new clients
Bringing both passion and compassion to my work, I rely on my training in grounded and dynamic approaches to therapy. Whether working with couples or individuals, I draw on my strong intuitive sense and an innate belief in my clients’ ability to heal, change and grow. My training includes many approaches that support individuals and couples using attachment-based, body-oriented, brain-informed approaches to transforming old patterns.
Bringing both passion and compassion to my work, I rely on my training in grounded and dynamic approaches to therapy. Whether working with couples or individuals, I draw on my strong intuitive sense and an innate belief in my clients’ ability to heal, change and grow. My training includes many approaches that support individuals and couples using attachment-based, body-oriented, brain-informed approaches to transforming old patterns.
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