In Person Therapists in North Deering, Portland, ME
In our work together, all of you is welcome. I am honored to accompany you in your process of healing, understanding, and integrating your whole self - which may include parts of yourself that you’ve adapted to reject or disconnect from. My therapeutic orientation is relational, experiential, feminist, and trauma-informed. I use techniques from psychodynamic, person-centered, and emotion-focused therapies, mindfulness, and somatic modalities including hakomi and trauma-informed yoga. We'll collaboratively hold whatever comes up, even when those multiplicities seem to contradict each other, gently making space for all that's there.
In our work together, all of you is welcome. I am honored to accompany you in your process of healing, understanding, and integrating your whole self - which may include parts of yourself that you’ve adapted to reject or disconnect from. My therapeutic orientation is relational, experiential, feminist, and trauma-informed. I use techniques from psychodynamic, person-centered, and emotion-focused therapies, mindfulness, and somatic modalities including hakomi and trauma-informed yoga. We'll collaboratively hold whatever comes up, even when those multiplicities seem to contradict each other, gently making space for all that's there.
I have developed strong evidence-based therapeutic skills in Acceptance and Commitment and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Treatment and Structural Family Therapy. These modalities help me support individuals and families to learn and grow towards what is meaningful and valuable in their lives.
I have developed strong evidence-based therapeutic skills in Acceptance and Commitment and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Treatment and Structural Family Therapy. These modalities help me support individuals and families to learn and grow towards what is meaningful and valuable in their lives.
Susan Lindahl Malcolm
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
1 Endorsed
North Deering, Portland, ME 04103
My practice is both Telehealth and in-person at this time.
Life can change in an instant, and not always for the better. After a trauma it can be hard to sleep, concentrate, or feel safe, even after the danger has passed. Some people wonder if they will ever be able to have a day without thinking about what happened.
My practice is both Telehealth and in-person at this time.
Life can change in an instant, and not always for the better. After a trauma it can be hard to sleep, concentrate, or feel safe, even after the danger has passed. Some people wonder if they will ever be able to have a day without thinking about what happened.
I offer therapy sessions in person, after a free 20 minute consultation to get to know your goals and needs.
Thank you for your interest! My ideal client is ready to try new things with an open mind, and be met with compassion, transparency, and curiosity. I specialize in music therapy with adolescents and adults with anxiety, depression, and eating disorders. I also have many years of experience working with children. I approach my clinical work by working with you to explore your life history, identify the presenting concern, and then develop a plan. We will use music throughout as a tool to help manage current and future stressors.
I offer therapy sessions in person, after a free 20 minute consultation to get to know your goals and needs.
Thank you for your interest! My ideal client is ready to try new things with an open mind, and be met with compassion, transparency, and curiosity. I specialize in music therapy with adolescents and adults with anxiety, depression, and eating disorders. I also have many years of experience working with children. I approach my clinical work by working with you to explore your life history, identify the presenting concern, and then develop a plan. We will use music throughout as a tool to help manage current and future stressors.
In-person sessions on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and telehealth on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
Welcome, I’m glad you’re here! I am passionate about providing individuals and couples with a safe, nonjudgmental, compassionate, and collaborative environment as they navigate the complexities of life and relationships. I will bring warmth, empathy, and genuineness into the counseling space, ensuring each client is heard, respected, and unconditionally supported. Whether addressing anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief, self-esteem, relational challenges, or looking to gain deeper insights and self-awareness, I join with individuals and couples on their unique paths towards personal growth, fulfillment, and well-being.
In-person sessions on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and telehealth on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
Welcome, I’m glad you’re here! I am passionate about providing individuals and couples with a safe, nonjudgmental, compassionate, and collaborative environment as they navigate the complexities of life and relationships. I will bring warmth, empathy, and genuineness into the counseling space, ensuring each client is heard, respected, and unconditionally supported. Whether addressing anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief, self-esteem, relational challenges, or looking to gain deeper insights and self-awareness, I join with individuals and couples on their unique paths towards personal growth, fulfillment, and well-being.
I hold an MSW from Boston University and have been in practice for 30 years. I have trained in CBT, Gestalt, Humanistic, Motivational Interviewing and Person-Centered Therapy.
I hold an MSW from Boston University and have been in practice for 30 years. I have trained in CBT, Gestalt, Humanistic, Motivational Interviewing and Person-Centered Therapy.
I am offering teletherapy sessions via zoom and in person sessions.
I currently have limited openings for new clients. Thank you for exploring my page on Psychology Today. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker I provide individual, couples and family therapy with an approach that integrates cognitive-behavioral therapy and family systems models. (I do not treat children or adolescents in my practice.) My role as therapist is to help stimulate change by facilitating conversations that explore and lead to new ways of thinking about your life and relationships, and ways to initiate meaningful change.
I am offering teletherapy sessions via zoom and in person sessions.
I currently have limited openings for new clients. Thank you for exploring my page on Psychology Today. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker I provide individual, couples and family therapy with an approach that integrates cognitive-behavioral therapy and family systems models. (I do not treat children or adolescents in my practice.) My role as therapist is to help stimulate change by facilitating conversations that explore and lead to new ways of thinking about your life and relationships, and ways to initiate meaningful change.
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If you would like to live a more joyful and integrated life
If you are open to newer and highly effective techniques
If you are curious about your past lives and how they impact now
I have a virtual and in person practice
Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique is a profound healing modality that works with the unconscious mind to to deep healing work. It is done in person and often takes the place of months of counseling and therapy.
Call me
If you would like to live a more joyful and integrated life
If you are open to newer and highly effective techniques
If you are curious about your past lives and how they impact now
I have a virtual and in person practice
Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique is a profound healing modality that works with the unconscious mind to to deep healing work. It is done in person and often takes the place of months of counseling and therapy.
Positive change is always possible and change itself is inevitable. Therapy can allow for the types of changes you want by freeing yourself from patterns that lead to stress, conflict or withdrawal from life. Are you dissatisfied with life and do not know why? Having the courage to admit that life is not going well is the first step to changing what you need. I have more than a quarter century of working with multiple challenges with individuals, couples and families. There are lots of avenues one can explore in therapy to enable any individual, couple or family to get what they need.
Positive change is always possible and change itself is inevitable. Therapy can allow for the types of changes you want by freeing yourself from patterns that lead to stress, conflict or withdrawal from life. Are you dissatisfied with life and do not know why? Having the courage to admit that life is not going well is the first step to changing what you need. I have more than a quarter century of working with multiple challenges with individuals, couples and families. There are lots of avenues one can explore in therapy to enable any individual, couple or family to get what they need.
Current openings for both in person and telehealth sessions Sunday through Thursday.
I'm not here to "fix" you. I believe you already know what you need in your life to succeed, but sometimes you just need a little help accessing those things. I work from a solutions focused, trauma informed perspective to help you access what you need to make "it" work whatever "it" is.
Current openings for both in person and telehealth sessions Sunday through Thursday.
I'm not here to "fix" you. I believe you already know what you need in your life to succeed, but sometimes you just need a little help accessing those things. I work from a solutions focused, trauma informed perspective to help you access what you need to make "it" work whatever "it" is.
I am a seasoned clinician who has worked with adults, couples and families for over 30 years. Increased awareness leads to increased options. Often the work of therapy is about making or repairing connections--interpersonal, internal or perhaps even spiritual. I provide individual adult psychodynamic psychotherapy; couples counseling: marital, pre and post divorce. I use a multi modal approach often including assessment and treatment from a family systems perspective and a psychodynamic perspective. I reserve a portion of my practice to provide a safe and intriguing space for children to express themselves and to be understood by adults. Facilitated parent-child sessions often help.
I am a seasoned clinician who has worked with adults, couples and families for over 30 years. Increased awareness leads to increased options. Often the work of therapy is about making or repairing connections--interpersonal, internal or perhaps even spiritual. I provide individual adult psychodynamic psychotherapy; couples counseling: marital, pre and post divorce. I use a multi modal approach often including assessment and treatment from a family systems perspective and a psychodynamic perspective. I reserve a portion of my practice to provide a safe and intriguing space for children to express themselves and to be understood by adults. Facilitated parent-child sessions often help.
The Executive Function
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
2 Endorsed
North Deering, Portland, ME 04103
Feeling disconnected, stuck, exhausted, overwhelmed? You’re not alone—and things can change.
The Executive Function utilizes therapy, fitness, nutrition, mindfulness, and coaching to support growth from multiple angles. We help individuals and couples reconnect with themselves and each other, especially when facing anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, and/or relationship challenges.
You already have the answers—The Executive Function helps you access them.
Feeling disconnected, stuck, exhausted, overwhelmed? You’re not alone—and things can change.
The Executive Function utilizes therapy, fitness, nutrition, mindfulness, and coaching to support growth from multiple angles. We help individuals and couples reconnect with themselves and each other, especially when facing anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, and/or relationship challenges.
You already have the answers—The Executive Function helps you access them.
I am currently offering in person and telehealth sessions.
I have experience working with individuals of all ages around issues including depression and anxiety, domestic violence, impacts of trauma and secondary trauma, and those impacted by substance use and mental health issues.
I am currently offering in person and telehealth sessions.
I have experience working with individuals of all ages around issues including depression and anxiety, domestic violence, impacts of trauma and secondary trauma, and those impacted by substance use and mental health issues.
Do you wake up in the night thinking about your life experiences, wondering what happened or how you could have achieved a different outcome? Do these stories leave you feeling your grief and possible trauma, remorse, anger, fear, or loneliness? Are you willing to delve deeply into who you truly are and into what makes you uniquely you? Whatever your life journey, there is a path to understanding who you are, holding your stories with compassion & an evolving self-awareness. It is possible to tenderly reshape even the hardest stories while coming to understand their significance. You can claim authority over your life & find peace.
Do you wake up in the night thinking about your life experiences, wondering what happened or how you could have achieved a different outcome? Do these stories leave you feeling your grief and possible trauma, remorse, anger, fear, or loneliness? Are you willing to delve deeply into who you truly are and into what makes you uniquely you? Whatever your life journey, there is a path to understanding who you are, holding your stories with compassion & an evolving self-awareness. It is possible to tenderly reshape even the hardest stories while coming to understand their significance. You can claim authority over your life & find peace.
My practice is designed to work with people who feel overwhelmed or "stuck" in their current life situation. I begin with the understanding that everyone has struggles from time to time with primary relationships, work situations, financial stressors, unforeseen change of life circumstances or unresolved grief and loss. Common effects are anxiety, unexplained depression or loss of confidence. When these effects spill over into other areas of function, affecting sleep, clear thinking or enjoyment of regular activities, it is time to do some therapeutic "work" to put things in perspective and be able to move forward.
My practice is designed to work with people who feel overwhelmed or "stuck" in their current life situation. I begin with the understanding that everyone has struggles from time to time with primary relationships, work situations, financial stressors, unforeseen change of life circumstances or unresolved grief and loss. Common effects are anxiety, unexplained depression or loss of confidence. When these effects spill over into other areas of function, affecting sleep, clear thinking or enjoyment of regular activities, it is time to do some therapeutic "work" to put things in perspective and be able to move forward.
I currently have openings on Thursdays and Fridays.
I currently have openings on Thursdays and Fridays.
I pursued a career in therapy following my own quest for understanding and change in my mental and emotional health. I have dived deep into myself and life to learn how to overcome suffering and lead a self-directed life. I now have this personal experience to offer in addition to my clinical knowledge and experience allowing a unique depth of understanding and solutions I am able to provide to my clients.
I pursued a career in therapy following my own quest for understanding and change in my mental and emotional health. I have dived deep into myself and life to learn how to overcome suffering and lead a self-directed life. I now have this personal experience to offer in addition to my clinical knowledge and experience allowing a unique depth of understanding and solutions I am able to provide to my clients.
Available for in-person and telehealth sessions on Friday's, 8-5.
Everyone needs someone to talk to about what they’re going through in their lives. As social creatures, we tend to turn to our friends, family, and partners to help us sort it out. Sometimes we’ll find ourselves telling the same stories and have awareness of what's going on, but unsure of what to do with that knowledge. Let’s try something different!
Available for in-person and telehealth sessions on Friday's, 8-5.
Everyone needs someone to talk to about what they’re going through in their lives. As social creatures, we tend to turn to our friends, family, and partners to help us sort it out. Sometimes we’ll find ourselves telling the same stories and have awareness of what's going on, but unsure of what to do with that knowledge. Let’s try something different!
I offer psychotherapy in-person and via online video.
I believe that healing unfolds naturally when we create the right conditions to access our inner knowing. Blending talk therapy and experiential forms of therapy, I work with adults and teens ages 15+ experiencing anxiety, depression, adjustment related concerns, life transitions, and trauma. Additionally, I support clients in exploring identity, particularly as it relates to sexual orientation, culture/ethnicity, and spirituality. I'm here to walk alongside you—not to fix or change you, but to support your own process of returning to self and coherence. I trust in the wisdom that already lives within you.
I offer psychotherapy in-person and via online video.
I believe that healing unfolds naturally when we create the right conditions to access our inner knowing. Blending talk therapy and experiential forms of therapy, I work with adults and teens ages 15+ experiencing anxiety, depression, adjustment related concerns, life transitions, and trauma. Additionally, I support clients in exploring identity, particularly as it relates to sexual orientation, culture/ethnicity, and spirituality. I'm here to walk alongside you—not to fix or change you, but to support your own process of returning to self and coherence. I trust in the wisdom that already lives within you.
I am providing both online and in person sessions.
The therapeutic atmosphere provided is safe, encouraging, insight oriented, and flexible. Over the years, I have focused my expertise on working with adults, families, and couples. I make sure that my clients feel validated, heard, and understood in a non-judgmental environment. Their needs, history, and life circumstances are taken into consideration in the therapeutic process. The goal is for my clients to achieve unconditional understanding, peace, and relief from disturbing symptoms. I am passionate about helping my clients achieve health and improvement in their quality of life.
I am providing both online and in person sessions.
The therapeutic atmosphere provided is safe, encouraging, insight oriented, and flexible. Over the years, I have focused my expertise on working with adults, families, and couples. I make sure that my clients feel validated, heard, and understood in a non-judgmental environment. Their needs, history, and life circumstances are taken into consideration in the therapeutic process. The goal is for my clients to achieve unconditional understanding, peace, and relief from disturbing symptoms. I am passionate about helping my clients achieve health and improvement in their quality of life.
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Nearby Searches for North Deering, Portland
- Deering Center
- East Bayside
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- Ocean Avenue
- Parkside
- Riverton
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- West Bayside
FAQ - About In Person Therapy
What are the benefits of in-person therapy?
In-person therapy offers several benefits that some people find highly valuable for their mental health treatment. Being present in the same room as your therapist can create a stronger sense of connection and allow for more nuanced communication through body language. Some people may also find it easier to focus in therapy when they are in a dedicated space and away from potential distractions related to home or work; attending an in-person session provides a clear boundary between therapy time and the rest of your life. For certain therapeutic approaches, such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), exposure therapy, or somatic therapy, being in person may be particularly important, as these therapies benefit from the therapist being able to observe and respond to a client’s physical cues effectively. Additionally, some individuals simply feel more comfortable discussing sensitive or painful topics when they are face-to-face with their therapist rather than on a screen.
When should I choose in-person therapy over online therapy?
In-person therapy may be a better choice when you need a structured therapeutic environment separate from your daily life, when you find it difficult to focus or feel comfortable in an online setting, or when privacy at home is a concern. It may also be more appropriate if you are dealing with severe mental health symptoms that require close monitoring or if your therapy involves approaches that rely heavily on observing physical cues. On the other hand, if convenience, scheduling flexibility, or access to specialists outside your immediate area are priorities, online therapy may be a better fit. Many therapists offer both options, so you can also discuss with a provider which format might work best for your specific situation.
How do I find an in-person therapist?
You can use Psychology Today's therapist directory to find an in-person therapist in your area. You can search by location, insurance accepted, specialty areas, therapeutic approaches, and other criteria to narrow down providers who meet your needs. Each therapist profile includes information about their credentials, areas of expertise, and whether they offer in-person sessions. Once you have identified potential therapists, you can contact them directly through the directory to schedule an initial consultation and determine whether they are a good fit before committing to ongoing treatment. When reaching out, it can be helpful to confirm their availability for in-person appointments, their office location, and whether they accept your insurance.