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OUR THERAPISTS
Partners
Deborah Cavanaugh, LPC Mary Ellen Ladd, LCSW Beth Juliano, LCSW Associates Lisa Kuntz, Ed.D. Liz Mongillo-Herman, PhD Kelly Carter-Maynard, LPC Katie Bassoli, LCSW Lily Gill, LMFT Michelle T. Kinsella, PhD, LPC, ATR-BC |
Collectively, we have over 125 years experience
practicing psychotherapy ... We at WCP believe that the weaving together of self, family, and cultural influences into the therapeutic process is essential to healing and change. We use the client-therapist relationship as a primary vehicle for helping clients focus on their lives. Our clinicians draw from psychodynamic theories, body-oriented Gestalt therapy, Control-Mastery, systems theory, and cognitive therapies and we specialize in treating those suffering the effects of trauma, with both psychotherapy and EMDR. We provide services geared towards the needs of children and offer therapy accessible to deaf & hearing-impaired clients in American Sign Language. We embrace the LGBTQ community and are strongly committed to providing affirming treatment. WCP offers training and consultation to professionals and organizations. Call us at 860.523.4450 x51 or Contact Us to schedule an appointment |
WCP WELCOMES NEW THERAPISTS
The Women's Center for Psychotherapy
is pleased to announce
Michelle T. Kinsella, PhD, LPC, ATR-BC and
Lily Gill, LMFT have joined our practice
The Women's Center for Psychotherapy
is pleased to announce
Michelle T. Kinsella, PhD, LPC, ATR-BC and
Lily Gill, LMFT have joined our practice
Michelle T. Kinsella, PhD, LPC, ATR-BC is a nationally Registered and Board Certified Art Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor and mixed media artist. She has her PhD in Educational Psychology specializing in Counseling Psychology from the University of Connecticut and her MPS in Creative Arts Therapy and Developmental Disabilities from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Michelle’s career as an art psychotherapist and educator began over twenty years ago serving children through adulthood and couples in varying stages of their lives. Her experience spans across diverse settings including inpatient psychiatry, outpatient clinics, substance abuse programs, as well as hospital-based school and residential programs, public school systems, and colleges. Michelle integrates positive psychology, mindfulness and transpersonal art psychotherapy to engage clients in creating a vision of how they would like their life to unfold and slowly proceed in achieving the life they desire. Her training and professional experience in multicultural health allows her to work with a diverse clientele and she specializes in anxiety, trauma/PTSD and grief. Michelle believes in the resilience and creativity of the human spirit and examines how mindfulness is crucial to a positive mindset, happiness and a heightened sense of gratitude. When words are emotionally too heavy or difficult to express, art can become a journey to a place that comforts and honors our process. This experience can help one develop skills that can calm our hearts, center our mind and widen one’s capacity for wisdom. Any artistic act (i.e. drawing, collage, clay work, journaling, storytelling, meditation, visualization, movement and more) can involve the development of an awareness that can help us create our way through and out of suffering. Michelle is grateful to work with each and every one of her clients on their journey to transform their lives and honored to help them achieve an authentic life filled with vitality, good health and meaning.
Lily Gill, LMFT has been a practicing therapist for over ten years. She graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2003 with a Masters of Arts in Human Development and Family Studies with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy. After a post graduate placement in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, she became a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in both Connecticut and Massachusetts. Over the course of her years of practice, she has worked with individuals, couples and families in their homes, in small private agencies, larger health centers and in more intense care settings. Additionally, she has supervised other clinicians and managed a variety of therapeutic programs. Throughout her career, she has worked with a diverse group of clients, facing a wide range of struggles. that had led each person to work with her during a difficult time in their lives. Her clinical interests include working with couples and families, trauma recovery and families effected by chronic health issues. She is trained in Dramatic Therapy and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, an evidence based practice for children and adults suffering from PTSD, and Dramatic Therapy.
Lily Gill, LMFT has been a practicing therapist for over ten years. She graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2003 with a Masters of Arts in Human Development and Family Studies with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy. After a post graduate placement in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, she became a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in both Connecticut and Massachusetts. Over the course of her years of practice, she has worked with individuals, couples and families in their homes, in small private agencies, larger health centers and in more intense care settings. Additionally, she has supervised other clinicians and managed a variety of therapeutic programs. Throughout her career, she has worked with a diverse group of clients, facing a wide range of struggles. that had led each person to work with her during a difficult time in their lives. Her clinical interests include working with couples and families, trauma recovery and families effected by chronic health issues. She is trained in Dramatic Therapy and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, an evidence based practice for children and adults suffering from PTSD, and Dramatic Therapy.
What We Offer
Areas of Specialty:
~ACOA/Dysfunctional
Families
~Adolescent Issues
~Anxiety and Panic Disorders
~Depression
~Dissociative Disorders
~Gay and Lesbian Issues
~Grief and Loss
~Geriatrics
~Inner Child Work
~Incest Survivors/Sexual
Abuse
~Marital Problems
~Personal Growth
~Relationship Difficulties
~Self-Esteem
~Substance Abuse/12-Step
Recovery
~Trauma Resolution
~Women's Issues
- For Children
Several of our clinicians have special training and experience in the treatment of children with mental health or emotional concerns. We can help your child deal with everyday problems at
school and at home.
- Evaluation & Testing
provided may be helpful in qualifying persons for special education or disability services.
- EMDR
- Therapeutic Approach
~Multimodal Therapy
~Control Mastery Theory
~Gestalt Therapy