Dissociative Disorders (DID) Therapists in Allston, MA
Doc Wayne is a Boston-based, award-winning mental health provider leading the field of sport-based therapy. We provide training, tools, and services that address emotional, behavioral, traumatic, racial, gender, and cultural-based barriers by providing equitable access to better mental health for all. Since 2010, Doc Wayne has expanded to serve over 2,500 youth and adults each week through programs including Chalk Talk Group Therapy, Therapeutic Recess, and the Community Clinic. Each of our programs is designed to assist youth and adults with different mental health needs, ensuring they have the best quality support available.
Doc Wayne is a Boston-based, award-winning mental health provider leading the field of sport-based therapy. We provide training, tools, and services that address emotional, behavioral, traumatic, racial, gender, and cultural-based barriers by providing equitable access to better mental health for all. Since 2010, Doc Wayne has expanded to serve over 2,500 youth and adults each week through programs including Chalk Talk Group Therapy, Therapeutic Recess, and the Community Clinic. Each of our programs is designed to assist youth and adults with different mental health needs, ensuring they have the best quality support available.
I believe therapy starts with getting to know you. Maybe you've spent a lot of time trying to understand yourself. You may have been in therapy before, learned new ways of coping, or gained insight into your past, but still find yourself struggling with the same feelings, relationships, or patterns.
I believe therapy starts with getting to know you. Maybe you've spent a lot of time trying to understand yourself. You may have been in therapy before, learned new ways of coping, or gained insight into your past, but still find yourself struggling with the same feelings, relationships, or patterns.
I have over a decade of experience working with people from all backgrounds, with a primary focus on trauma and anxiety. I love supporting people with high functioning anxiety, "people pleasers," and perfectionists; and working with teachers, therapists, nurses, and others in helping professions to manage stress, burnout, boundary setting, and vicarious trauma. Many people who have struggled to find the right fit in a therapist have reported finding a good connection with me. My style is warm and friendly and I find humor a vital tool as we navigate challenging waters together.
I have over a decade of experience working with people from all backgrounds, with a primary focus on trauma and anxiety. I love supporting people with high functioning anxiety, "people pleasers," and perfectionists; and working with teachers, therapists, nurses, and others in helping professions to manage stress, burnout, boundary setting, and vicarious trauma. Many people who have struggled to find the right fit in a therapist have reported finding a good connection with me. My style is warm and friendly and I find humor a vital tool as we navigate challenging waters together.
I have found over the past 7 years in private practice that I am more dynamic and active than traditional psychotherapists. I find that reflecting more and asking questions helps you identify patterns in order to move forward in your life. Psychodynamic therapy relies on you identifying and bringing forth how you are feeling, thinking, and noting about yourself. I specialize in treating depression, anxiety, trauma, Personality and Bipolar disorders. I am also a Divorce Mediator accepting couples and families wishing to kindly separate in the best interests of themselves and their family.
I have found over the past 7 years in private practice that I am more dynamic and active than traditional psychotherapists. I find that reflecting more and asking questions helps you identify patterns in order to move forward in your life. Psychodynamic therapy relies on you identifying and bringing forth how you are feeling, thinking, and noting about yourself. I specialize in treating depression, anxiety, trauma, Personality and Bipolar disorders. I am also a Divorce Mediator accepting couples and families wishing to kindly separate in the best interests of themselves and their family.
I work with individuals who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or impacted by past experiences that continue to shape their emotions, relationships, and sense of self. At Beacon Therapy Group, many clients come in navigating trauma, anxiety, burnout, identity-related stress, or major life transitions, often after trying to manage things on their own and looking for deeper understanding and support.
I work with individuals who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or impacted by past experiences that continue to shape their emotions, relationships, and sense of self. At Beacon Therapy Group, many clients come in navigating trauma, anxiety, burnout, identity-related stress, or major life transitions, often after trying to manage things on their own and looking for deeper understanding and support.
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Achieve freedom from anxiety, lack of creativity or emotional stress. You already have what it takes inside of you to move past whatever is standing in your way!
My style is collaborative, balancing traditional therapies with innovative techniques: we work together, turning your current coping skills into successful strategies. Drawing on a range of evidence-based approaches, we use tools best suited for you. Since every client is unique so is your treatment.
Achieve freedom from anxiety, lack of creativity or emotional stress. You already have what it takes inside of you to move past whatever is standing in your way!
My style is collaborative, balancing traditional therapies with innovative techniques: we work together, turning your current coping skills into successful strategies. Drawing on a range of evidence-based approaches, we use tools best suited for you. Since every client is unique so is your treatment.
Hello, I'm Hannah! As a clinician, my focus is on acting as a facilitator for my clients, helping you sort out the stories of your life. Whether you've experienced trauma, family challenges, parenting struggles, or anxiety, my job is to help you discover the goals you truly want to pursue. Together, we'll unravel your past to make sense of the present and develop the skills you need to continue moving forward into the future.
I take a very conversational approach, adapting to each client's unique needs. This allows us to develop insights into your situation and create space for positive change. I work to learn your preferences
Hello, I'm Hannah! As a clinician, my focus is on acting as a facilitator for my clients, helping you sort out the stories of your life. Whether you've experienced trauma, family challenges, parenting struggles, or anxiety, my job is to help you discover the goals you truly want to pursue. Together, we'll unravel your past to make sense of the present and develop the skills you need to continue moving forward into the future.
I take a very conversational approach, adapting to each client's unique needs. This allows us to develop insights into your situation and create space for positive change. I work to learn your preferences
What you can expect from therapy with me: I will get to know you by listening deeply and asking questions. That way we start a journey of exploration together. Each person decides on therapy for a different reason. If you experience anxiety, trauma or dissociation our work will be for you to begin to feel SAFE again. Trauma is a chronic disruption of a sense of safety and connectedness “The impact is not only mental, emotional, and neurological but also physiological. Trauma rewires the brain to put people in a constant state of stress or numbness, leading to a host of physical problems.” Bessel Van Der Kolk.
What you can expect from therapy with me: I will get to know you by listening deeply and asking questions. That way we start a journey of exploration together. Each person decides on therapy for a different reason. If you experience anxiety, trauma or dissociation our work will be for you to begin to feel SAFE again. Trauma is a chronic disruption of a sense of safety and connectedness “The impact is not only mental, emotional, and neurological but also physiological. Trauma rewires the brain to put people in a constant state of stress or numbness, leading to a host of physical problems.” Bessel Van Der Kolk.
Richard Kleiman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
1 Endorsed
Norwell, MA 02061
Waitlist for new clients
I work regularly with clients living with anxiety and depression as well as those who have experienced trauma. My specialties include: mindfulness-based psychotherapy treatment for clients experiencing Functional Neurological Disorders (including Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures); assisting young adults with the transition from adolescence to adulthood; gender-affirming therapy; trauma therapy; and working with elderly clients and their families adjusting to late life changes and new medical diagnoses. I also work regularly with clients experiencing depression and anxiety.
I work regularly with clients living with anxiety and depression as well as those who have experienced trauma. My specialties include: mindfulness-based psychotherapy treatment for clients experiencing Functional Neurological Disorders (including Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures); assisting young adults with the transition from adolescence to adulthood; gender-affirming therapy; trauma therapy; and working with elderly clients and their families adjusting to late life changes and new medical diagnoses. I also work regularly with clients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Viergelyn Chery-Reed
Counselor, MA, LMHC, ET
11 Endorsed
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Waitlist for new clients
I work with individuals and relationships navigating the lasting impact of trauma/CPTSD, communication, attachment wounds, and long-standing personality patterns that affect relationships, identity, and emotional safety. My approach supports you in making sense of your internal world—strengthening your ability to regulate, heal relations, and reconnect with yourself.
I also provide strategic identity life coaching, therapy intensives, and spiritual mentorship for individuals seeking growth beyond therapy, with a focus on intuitive leadership, self-concept, and aligned decision-making.
I work with individuals and relationships navigating the lasting impact of trauma/CPTSD, communication, attachment wounds, and long-standing personality patterns that affect relationships, identity, and emotional safety. My approach supports you in making sense of your internal world—strengthening your ability to regulate, heal relations, and reconnect with yourself.
I also provide strategic identity life coaching, therapy intensives, and spiritual mentorship for individuals seeking growth beyond therapy, with a focus on intuitive leadership, self-concept, and aligned decision-making.
With so much pressure to put our heads down, produce and consume, to fall in line and do what we’re ‘supposed to do,’ it can be hard to stop and calibrate. Therapy is a place to pause and to question, to take stock of what is causing suffering in your life and identify changes you may want to make, and to better understand yourself and your experience in the world.
With so much pressure to put our heads down, produce and consume, to fall in line and do what we’re ‘supposed to do,’ it can be hard to stop and calibrate. Therapy is a place to pause and to question, to take stock of what is causing suffering in your life and identify changes you may want to make, and to better understand yourself and your experience in the world.
Cate Hartnett, MSW, LCSW is a Social Work Fellow at the Complex Trauma Treatment Center Boston. She earned her MSW from Boston College with a specialization in trauma and is currently completing training in EMDR. Cate works with individuals healing from complex trauma, including developmental trauma, attachment trauma, and complex PTSD.
Cate Hartnett, MSW, LCSW is a Social Work Fellow at the Complex Trauma Treatment Center Boston. She earned her MSW from Boston College with a specialization in trauma and is currently completing training in EMDR. Cate works with individuals healing from complex trauma, including developmental trauma, attachment trauma, and complex PTSD.
I am an experienced clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience in clinical practice. I have an empathic, non-judgmental style, and work to gently and clearly understand the feelings and experience of the person who is sitting in front of me. The basis for my work is psychodynamic therapy, a form of "talk therapy" in which the roots of present-day issues are identified by exploring earlier experiences that may be related. Through this processing of early experiences, emotional resolution of the experiences can occur. Through this therapeutic process, my patients live progressively happier, more contented lives.
I am an experienced clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience in clinical practice. I have an empathic, non-judgmental style, and work to gently and clearly understand the feelings and experience of the person who is sitting in front of me. The basis for my work is psychodynamic therapy, a form of "talk therapy" in which the roots of present-day issues are identified by exploring earlier experiences that may be related. Through this processing of early experiences, emotional resolution of the experiences can occur. Through this therapeutic process, my patients live progressively happier, more contented lives.
Ellen Jennifer Godena
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, EdM, MSW, LICSW
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
In my private practice I treat clients with complex trauma and PTSD, especially where trauma symptoms also arise in the body. This may include chronic pain conditions, FND symptoms, IBS, hypermobility/EDS, POTS and dysautonomia. My therapeutic framework is that the mind-brain-body are one dynamic system that should be considered as a whole. I work as lead psychotherapist in the Functional Neurological Disorder clinic at Mass General Hospital and am a co-investigator in the FND research program. I utilize a range of clinical approaches: sensorimotor psychotherapy, deep brain reorienting, parts work, CBT, and psychodynamic approaches.
In my private practice I treat clients with complex trauma and PTSD, especially where trauma symptoms also arise in the body. This may include chronic pain conditions, FND symptoms, IBS, hypermobility/EDS, POTS and dysautonomia. My therapeutic framework is that the mind-brain-body are one dynamic system that should be considered as a whole. I work as lead psychotherapist in the Functional Neurological Disorder clinic at Mass General Hospital and am a co-investigator in the FND research program. I utilize a range of clinical approaches: sensorimotor psychotherapy, deep brain reorienting, parts work, CBT, and psychodynamic approaches.
Susan Elizabeth Aeschbach
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Newton, MA 02468
Waitlist for new clients
I work in a very collaborative way to help you to achieve your personal goals. The fit is essential and so I invite you to meet with me to see if the match feels right. In our initial meetings I will want to get an understanding of what is working well in your life as well as what is not working well. I will also obtain a history and after a couple of sesions I will share with you my assessment of you and your problems and will recommend a treatment approach that I think will be helpful.
I work in a very collaborative way to help you to achieve your personal goals. The fit is essential and so I invite you to meet with me to see if the match feels right. In our initial meetings I will want to get an understanding of what is working well in your life as well as what is not working well. I will also obtain a history and after a couple of sesions I will share with you my assessment of you and your problems and will recommend a treatment approach that I think will be helpful.
It's an unfortunate reality, but many people never reach their full potential in life; there always seems to be one or more things holding them back. This can be due to past traumatic experiences, a difficult childhood, their own thoughts, etc... the list is endless! As a result, anxiety and depression can set in.
It's an unfortunate reality, but many people never reach their full potential in life; there always seems to be one or more things holding them back. This can be due to past traumatic experiences, a difficult childhood, their own thoughts, etc... the list is endless! As a result, anxiety and depression can set in.
I am an Expressive Arts Psychotherapist. I am trained as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT). My approach to psychotherapy integrates alternative, holistic and traditional healing practices with mental health psychotherapies. I work with individuals of all backgrounds in the areas of grief and loss, anxiety, depression, adjustment and transitions, disorders of stress and dysregulation. I specializes in complex cases, trauma, and international development work.
I am an Expressive Arts Psychotherapist. I am trained as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT). My approach to psychotherapy integrates alternative, holistic and traditional healing practices with mental health psychotherapies. I work with individuals of all backgrounds in the areas of grief and loss, anxiety, depression, adjustment and transitions, disorders of stress and dysregulation. I specializes in complex cases, trauma, and international development work.
Hi there and welcome! Reaching out for support can be really challenging, especially when feeling overwhelmed and vulnerable. I’m so glad you are taking this courageous and important step in caring for yourself. My name is Danielle and my priority as a therapist is to provide clients with a safe and person-centered non-judgmental space to be seen and heard, exactly as they are. I take an intentional, empathetic, authentic, and inclusive approach to therapy and commit to respectfully and compassionately meeting you where you are in the healing process, while guiding you through growth.
Hi there and welcome! Reaching out for support can be really challenging, especially when feeling overwhelmed and vulnerable. I’m so glad you are taking this courageous and important step in caring for yourself. My name is Danielle and my priority as a therapist is to provide clients with a safe and person-centered non-judgmental space to be seen and heard, exactly as they are. I take an intentional, empathetic, authentic, and inclusive approach to therapy and commit to respectfully and compassionately meeting you where you are in the healing process, while guiding you through growth.
Hello! Are you an adult who’s experienced abuse, neglect, or hardships? If you feel disconnected from yourself & unsure whom to trust, you’re not alone. Many people experience anxiety, flashbacks, & overwhelming emotions after trauma. These reactions, such as numbness or the “fight-or-flight” response, reflect your mind & body’s instinct to protect you from the pain you’ve endured. You deserve support to navigate these challenges & rebuild trust in yourself. The weight of these emotions can be heavy, but recognizing that you are not alone in this journey can be the first step towards healing. Together, we can find a path forward.
Hello! Are you an adult who’s experienced abuse, neglect, or hardships? If you feel disconnected from yourself & unsure whom to trust, you’re not alone. Many people experience anxiety, flashbacks, & overwhelming emotions after trauma. These reactions, such as numbness or the “fight-or-flight” response, reflect your mind & body’s instinct to protect you from the pain you’ve endured. You deserve support to navigate these challenges & rebuild trust in yourself. The weight of these emotions can be heavy, but recognizing that you are not alone in this journey can be the first step towards healing. Together, we can find a path forward.
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Dissociative Disorders (DID) Therapists
How does therapy for dissociative disorders work?
Dissociation may be triggered by stress or other upsetting circumstances, and therapy can address the traumatic events at the core of an individual’s dissociation. Understanding why a person may dissociate can help the therapist and the individual come up with alternative methods of coping. A person with a dissociative disorder may get stuck on negative thinking, for example, and treatment like Cognitive behavioral therapy is a gold standard for breaking such thinking. And dialectical behavior therapy, for example, can help a person manage their anguish through better emotion regulation.
Which therapies are best for dissociative disorders?
Specific approaches used by professionals include cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavior, psychodynamic, schema therapies, among others. Cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior therapies are two widely used therapies that can help individuals with painful memories and past traumas. These therapies work to integrate an individual's different identities into one person.
Are there specific medications for dissociation?
There are no specific medications prescribed for dissociative disorders. However, psychosis, depression, anxiety, and/or panic often co-occur in dissociative disorders. A psychiatrist may prescribe medications for any accompanying symptom—which may include antipsychotics like aripiprazole, antidepressants like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or anti-anxiety drugs like benzodiazepines.
How often and how long are therapy sessions?
Like any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual. Patients may see improvement within 15 to 20 sessions, at an average of 50 minutes per session, others may opt for 20 to 30 sessions over, perhaps, a six-month period. There are still other patients, especially those who have co-occurring conditions like depression and anxiety, who may need to continue sessions for up to 12 to 18 months.