Polyamory and ENM Therapists in Old Orchard Beach, ME
I work with folks from a variety of gender, sexual and consensual relationship identities, including: monogamy, polyamory, ENM, heterosexuality and LGBTQIA+.
I use an eclectic approach that borrows from several evidence-based practices (CBT, DBT, MI, ACT). Sometimes we will work from the outside in, by learning new skills or working to change things around you. Sometimes we will work from the inside out, by unraveling and understanding how the past is influencing the present.
I work with folks from a variety of gender, sexual and consensual relationship identities, including: monogamy, polyamory, ENM, heterosexuality and LGBTQIA+.
I use an eclectic approach that borrows from several evidence-based practices (CBT, DBT, MI, ACT). Sometimes we will work from the outside in, by learning new skills or working to change things around you. Sometimes we will work from the inside out, by unraveling and understanding how the past is influencing the present.
Understanding your experiences lays the foundation for setting clear, achievable goals.
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families. I earned my Master’s in Social Work from Simmons College and have dedicated my career to helping clients create lasting, meaningful change.
In our work together, we’ll build on your strengths and tackle life’s challenges with compassion and strategy—developing a personalized plan that truly works for you.
Understanding your experiences lays the foundation for setting clear, achievable goals.
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families. I earned my Master’s in Social Work from Simmons College and have dedicated my career to helping clients create lasting, meaningful change.
In our work together, we’ll build on your strengths and tackle life’s challenges with compassion and strategy—developing a personalized plan that truly works for you.
No one said life will be easy. As a matter of fact, life can be quite difficult and the pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps mentality causes more harm than good. My job is not to tell you how to live your life or to dole out advice, but to help you navigate how YOU want to live your life. My belief is that you, the client, are the expert of your life. Change is scary but necessary for progression and growth. If you're ready to take a stand for your mental health, I am ready to walk with you!
No one said life will be easy. As a matter of fact, life can be quite difficult and the pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps mentality causes more harm than good. My job is not to tell you how to live your life or to dole out advice, but to help you navigate how YOU want to live your life. My belief is that you, the client, are the expert of your life. Change is scary but necessary for progression and growth. If you're ready to take a stand for your mental health, I am ready to walk with you!
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You are capable and used to holding it together, but something feels heavier than it should. Anxiety may hum in the background. ADHD may make school, work, or daily life more overwhelming than it appears. You might be navigating relationship stress, questioning identity, or carrying guilt and shame that linger longer than you would like. You want clarity, steadiness, and a place where you can speak honestly without having to filter or perform. Therapy can be a space to gently bring into the light what has been sitting in the dark for too long.
You are capable and used to holding it together, but something feels heavier than it should. Anxiety may hum in the background. ADHD may make school, work, or daily life more overwhelming than it appears. You might be navigating relationship stress, questioning identity, or carrying guilt and shame that linger longer than you would like. You want clarity, steadiness, and a place where you can speak honestly without having to filter or perform. Therapy can be a space to gently bring into the light what has been sitting in the dark for too long.
I work with people navigating life’s many challenges, whether that’s personal or professional growth, managing depression or anxiety, coping with caregiving or chronic illness, processing grief, exploring gender or sexual identity, or navigating polyamory, consensual non-monogamy, kink, or sex work.
I am a licensed therapist in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Vermont, and I provide LGBTQIA-affirming therapy for individuals and couples. My approach is collaborative and grounded in the belief that you are the expert in your own experience.
Seeking therapy often comes during times of stress, change, or uncertainty and taking that first step can be difficult. I offer a supportive, nonjudgmental space to explore what’s happening in your life and find solutions that fit you.
Together, we’ll identify your goals and build on your strengths, helping you heal, grow, and move toward the life you want.
I work with people navigating life’s many challenges, whether that’s personal or professional growth, managing depression or anxiety, coping with caregiving or chronic illness, processing grief, exploring gender or sexual identity, or navigating polyamory, consensual non-monogamy, kink, or sex work.
I am a licensed therapist in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Vermont, and I provide LGBTQIA-affirming therapy for individuals and couples. My approach is collaborative and grounded in the belief that you are the expert in your own experience.
Seeking therapy often comes during times of stress, change, or uncertainty and taking that first step can be difficult. I offer a supportive, nonjudgmental space to explore what’s happening in your life and find solutions that fit you.
Together, we’ll identify your goals and build on your strengths, helping you heal, grow, and move toward the life you want.
Frustrated? Feeling confused or overwhelmed? Often, life speeds away from us before we realize how quickly things have changed. Life is a process of personal growth and evolution, as well as a process of building and maintaining relationships with people in a world that's constantly in flux. If you're looking to develop greater insight into these concerns, counseling is a great place to start. In my practice, I focus on partnering with you to explore challenges around interpersonal relationships, behavioral problems, sexual identity and behavior, and many other aspects of life.
Frustrated? Feeling confused or overwhelmed? Often, life speeds away from us before we realize how quickly things have changed. Life is a process of personal growth and evolution, as well as a process of building and maintaining relationships with people in a world that's constantly in flux. If you're looking to develop greater insight into these concerns, counseling is a great place to start. In my practice, I focus on partnering with you to explore challenges around interpersonal relationships, behavioral problems, sexual identity and behavior, and many other aspects of life.
I work with individuals and couples facing a variety of challenges and experiences. I am passionate about creating safe, supportive spaces for clients in all walks of life to encourage growth and positive change. With a focus on collaboration, I firmly believe that a strong therapeutic relationship is one of the best ways for a client to achieve a positive outcome from therapy. Overall, I have a warm, affirmative, and direct approach to therapy. I use kindness, honesty, and understanding to build rapport with my clients.
I work with individuals and couples facing a variety of challenges and experiences. I am passionate about creating safe, supportive spaces for clients in all walks of life to encourage growth and positive change. With a focus on collaboration, I firmly believe that a strong therapeutic relationship is one of the best ways for a client to achieve a positive outcome from therapy. Overall, I have a warm, affirmative, and direct approach to therapy. I use kindness, honesty, and understanding to build rapport with my clients.
As a sex therapist, I help people navigate identity, relationships, or behaviors related to sex.
As a sex therapist, I help people navigate identity, relationships, or behaviors related to sex.
Welcome! I believe therapy is a place to heal from past hurts, learn healthy behaviors, and recognize the strength you have to feel whole. Living with anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, and relationship issues can leave you feeling isolated. There is hope for healing, change, and growth!
Welcome! I believe therapy is a place to heal from past hurts, learn healthy behaviors, and recognize the strength you have to feel whole. Living with anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, and relationship issues can leave you feeling isolated. There is hope for healing, change, and growth!
Richard specializes in a person-centered approach that focuses on building on existing strengths to help clients solve problems in the moment. They utilize cognitive behavioral models with a focus on empathy and care to help individuals plan for future success, empowering them to make lasting change and find meaning.
Richard specializes in a person-centered approach that focuses on building on existing strengths to help clients solve problems in the moment. They utilize cognitive behavioral models with a focus on empathy and care to help individuals plan for future success, empowering them to make lasting change and find meaning.
I work with relationships of all kinds to break long-standing patterns of conflict or to navigate recent ruptures, and I am particularly interested in supporting those who are exploring nontraditional relationship structures such as ENM, polyamory, relationship anarchy, and kink.
My style of therapy is intuitive, direct and constructive. I utilize a psychospiritual perspective to help my clients find liberation from dependency and ‘power over’ structures to craft more conscious and whole-hearted ways of being in connection. I am passionate about this, because I believe that collective healing begins with healing in our relationships.
I work with relationships of all kinds to break long-standing patterns of conflict or to navigate recent ruptures, and I am particularly interested in supporting those who are exploring nontraditional relationship structures such as ENM, polyamory, relationship anarchy, and kink.
My style of therapy is intuitive, direct and constructive. I utilize a psychospiritual perspective to help my clients find liberation from dependency and ‘power over’ structures to craft more conscious and whole-hearted ways of being in connection. I am passionate about this, because I believe that collective healing begins with healing in our relationships.
Accepting Waitlist Clients Only. Welcome! I am here to provide the safe, non-judgmental, and empowering therapeutic space you deserve. I support individuals in all relationship structures, and of all sexual and gender identities, lifestyles, and orientations to navigate their sex lives, relationships, and sensual selves. I love to help adults find joy in each day and make meaning out of their own experiences.
Accepting Waitlist Clients Only. Welcome! I am here to provide the safe, non-judgmental, and empowering therapeutic space you deserve. I support individuals in all relationship structures, and of all sexual and gender identities, lifestyles, and orientations to navigate their sex lives, relationships, and sensual selves. I love to help adults find joy in each day and make meaning out of their own experiences.
Although I work with a range of clients, I have particular expertise and interest in working with the LGBTQ+ community. Since an online profile is so one dimensional, I offer an intro session for individuals to ask me as many questions as they like. I'm invested in being available and forthcoming (within a frame of professional boundaries). I feel unique qualities that I have are a sense of humor and a progressive world view that includes helping clients feel completely at ease and not judged. I recently attended the Trans Wellness Conference in Philadelphia, and continue education that is current and cutting edge.
Although I work with a range of clients, I have particular expertise and interest in working with the LGBTQ+ community. Since an online profile is so one dimensional, I offer an intro session for individuals to ask me as many questions as they like. I'm invested in being available and forthcoming (within a frame of professional boundaries). I feel unique qualities that I have are a sense of humor and a progressive world view that includes helping clients feel completely at ease and not judged. I recently attended the Trans Wellness Conference in Philadelphia, and continue education that is current and cutting edge.
In these hectic times, we sometimes find ourselves feeling overwhelmed, disconnected from loved ones, or "stuck" and unsure about where we are headed. Some of us even struggle with past trauma that continues to define our present. As a therapist my responsibility is to provide a safe and supportive environment promoting awareness, cultivating strengths, and encouraging lasting change. My clients would describe me as warm, genuine, non-judgmental, open, and motivating. My style draws upon an experience range including solution-focused, Cognitive Behavioral and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. website: james-lehr.clientsecure.me
In these hectic times, we sometimes find ourselves feeling overwhelmed, disconnected from loved ones, or "stuck" and unsure about where we are headed. Some of us even struggle with past trauma that continues to define our present. As a therapist my responsibility is to provide a safe and supportive environment promoting awareness, cultivating strengths, and encouraging lasting change. My clients would describe me as warm, genuine, non-judgmental, open, and motivating. My style draws upon an experience range including solution-focused, Cognitive Behavioral and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. website: james-lehr.clientsecure.me
You might look like you have it all together—but inside, it’s a different story.
You replay conversations, compare yourself to others, and feel like you’re constantly falling short. Maybe you’re feeling overwhelmed at work, stuck in unsatisfying relationships, or unsure of your path or purpose. Sound familiar? I understand the pain of not feeling good enough and burnt out from trying to hold everything together. My style blends insight-oriented work with practical tools from CBT, ACT, mindfulness, and somatic therapies, allowing me to tailor our work to your specific needs rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all approach.
You might look like you have it all together—but inside, it’s a different story.
You replay conversations, compare yourself to others, and feel like you’re constantly falling short. Maybe you’re feeling overwhelmed at work, stuck in unsatisfying relationships, or unsure of your path or purpose. Sound familiar? I understand the pain of not feeling good enough and burnt out from trying to hold everything together. My style blends insight-oriented work with practical tools from CBT, ACT, mindfulness, and somatic therapies, allowing me to tailor our work to your specific needs rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all approach.
Hi, I'm Harleigh! I am the owner and clinical therapist of Alpinist Mental Health, LLC in Portland, Maine. I created the space to provide accessible, welcoming care to adults experiencing adversities that interfere with their ability to live the life they want, or just wanting a space to process the chaos of the world we live in. I welcome all to my practice, but specialize in working with women and the LGBTQIA+ population.
Hi, I'm Harleigh! I am the owner and clinical therapist of Alpinist Mental Health, LLC in Portland, Maine. I created the space to provide accessible, welcoming care to adults experiencing adversities that interfere with their ability to live the life they want, or just wanting a space to process the chaos of the world we live in. I welcome all to my practice, but specialize in working with women and the LGBTQIA+ population.
Thank you for visiting my page. I work with with people struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, relationships, self-esteem and executive functioning. If you feel stuck trying to overcome these kinds of struggles, that get in your way no matter how deeply you desire change, we may be a good fit. I help people understand and shift how their minds and bodies react so they feel more in control. My passion is helping people feel more at ease, confident, and present; free of things that have held them back. If you're looking to break out of old patterns or troubling symptoms and feel more content, feel free to reach out.
Thank you for visiting my page. I work with with people struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, relationships, self-esteem and executive functioning. If you feel stuck trying to overcome these kinds of struggles, that get in your way no matter how deeply you desire change, we may be a good fit. I help people understand and shift how their minds and bodies react so they feel more in control. My passion is helping people feel more at ease, confident, and present; free of things that have held them back. If you're looking to break out of old patterns or troubling symptoms and feel more content, feel free to reach out.
Counseling should be a welcoming space to build ourselves up from our current experiences and needs. Through a collaborative and trusting therapeutic relationship, I support individual growth, insight, and change. I work with adults and adolescents 16 years and older. My clinical focus is on life transitions, anxiety, experiences of grief and loss, trauma, and well as stress management. I individualized the work done in counseling to fit each person. This can often include learning of new skills, emotional regulation practices, exploring areas of need to invest in, using A.R.T. or tapping for nervous system reset.
Counseling should be a welcoming space to build ourselves up from our current experiences and needs. Through a collaborative and trusting therapeutic relationship, I support individual growth, insight, and change. I work with adults and adolescents 16 years and older. My clinical focus is on life transitions, anxiety, experiences of grief and loss, trauma, and well as stress management. I individualized the work done in counseling to fit each person. This can often include learning of new skills, emotional regulation practices, exploring areas of need to invest in, using A.R.T. or tapping for nervous system reset.
I am a trauma-informed psychotherapist licensed in New York and Maine. I offer individual psychotherapy sessions to adults experiencing a range of emotional symptoms. I am also accredited in Ireland, and have significant clinical experience in the UK and Ireland. I am a reflective-based practitioner who uses empathic communication to better understand individual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. I strive to provide a warm, collaborative atmosphere where individuals can explore their personal difficulties and feelings, better understand their personalities, and reach new, adaptive resolutions.
I am a trauma-informed psychotherapist licensed in New York and Maine. I offer individual psychotherapy sessions to adults experiencing a range of emotional symptoms. I am also accredited in Ireland, and have significant clinical experience in the UK and Ireland. I am a reflective-based practitioner who uses empathic communication to better understand individual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. I strive to provide a warm, collaborative atmosphere where individuals can explore their personal difficulties and feelings, better understand their personalities, and reach new, adaptive resolutions.
Therapy is only ever effective if you feel like you are in a safe space where you can be yourself. I am a relational and conversational therapist who draws on modalities including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR). As someone who has themselves experienced trauma and challenging life transitions, I know what a difference acceptance and validation can make. I am a therapist who will meet you where you are at with warm, accepting, human responses to your struggles but I will also challenge you.
Therapy is only ever effective if you feel like you are in a safe space where you can be yourself. I am a relational and conversational therapist who draws on modalities including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR). As someone who has themselves experienced trauma and challenging life transitions, I know what a difference acceptance and validation can make. I am a therapist who will meet you where you are at with warm, accepting, human responses to your struggles but I will also challenge you.
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Open Relationships Non-Monogamy Therapists
Why might an individual want to see a therapist specializing in open relationships and consensual non-monogamy?
A client seeking help with an open or consensually non-monogamous relationship will prefer to talk with a professional whom they can count on to be nonjudgmental. Talking with a supportive therapist may on its own help relieve some of the stigma and challenges partners face. That said, the most important factor in the success of any type of therapy is the ability of the client and practitioner to form a strong, trusting bond. For this reason, an individual or couple could find success with a therapist who does not specialize in non-monogamous relationships but with whom they can build trust.
When should open or consensually non-monogamous partners seek counseling?
Like other couples, polyamorous partners typically seek counseling when they face relationship challenges they can’t solve themselves. In non-monogamous relationships, this could include breaches of trust, including infidelity; unclear rules or violations of boundaries; jealousy of outside partners; the stress of juggling the needs of multiple partners; or the effect of high partner turnover on children. Like those of other couples, polyamorous bonds can be threatened by increasingly frequent arguments, poor or dysfunctional communication, diminished emotional or physical intimacy, or the feeling that something is wrong, even if they don’t know what it is.
Do therapists have special training to gain expertise in open relationships and consensual non-monogamy?
No, but individuals seeking help with non-monogamous relationships would most likely consult a licensed professional with specific training in couples counseling or couples therapy. Couples counseling and couples therapy both involve teaching concrete strategies to navigate conflict in relationships. A good therapist can engage both partners as they explain these approaches but can also work with a single partner.
How long does therapy for consensually non-monogamous couples typically last?
Couples therapy for any type of couple, tends to be relatively time-limited, lasting around 12 weeks on average. A good therapist will tailor sessions to the individual partners’ emotions and sometimes their past, along with patterns found to be repeating in the relationship. In many cases, clients should expect their therapist to assign “homework” between weekly sessions.