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Credentials
- Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Massachusetts
License #4375, issued 11/30/98
- Member of the Massachusetts Mental Counselors Association
- Masters Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Rivier College, Nashua, NH, June 1994
Clinical Experience
Patricia began working as a therapist in 1995 at the Center For Family Development, Lowell, MA. She worked with adolescents, children, adults, and families, and also provided services for students in the Lowell Public School System. Patricia began working with children in acute residential treatment for the RFK Children's Action Corps in 1997. She continued her work with RFK and began working with juvenile offenders committed to residential treatment. She worked as a clinician in various residential programs over the next six years.
In addition to her clinical work, Patricia was very interested in the mind body connection, the practice of mindfulness, and the benefits of yoga and meditation on emotional, physical, and spiritual well being. In 2003 she completed a professional training to facilitate the Mindfulness Based Stress Management program, at UMass Med Ctr, Worcester, and in 2005 completed a 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training program from Frog Pond Yoga Centre, Princeton, MA. In 2005 she developed Whole Health Fitness, and provided yoga instruction and stress management presentations to hospitals and agencies in the greater Lowell area. Patricia worked as a consultant with the Department of Youth Services over the next few years, facilitated a stress management program for children of servicemen/servicewomen at Hanscom AFB in Bedford, and provided yoga instruction for a Veterans Outreach Center in Haverhill, MA.
Upon moving to the North Shore in 2008, Patricia worked as a therapist at the Medical Psychology Center, Beverly, MA and established a solo practice in Wenham, MA.
She currently provides psychotherapy services for adults and couples in her Salem office.
Weight Management
- Patricia is affiliated with The Medical Group, Beverly, MA, where she co-facilitates a 16 week weight management program, along with the nutritionist and physical trainer.
Stress Management
- Patricia faciliates a stress management session for the LifeStyle Management Institute, Beverly Hospital at Danvers, Weight Management Program.
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