Sex-Positive, Kink Allied Therapists in Portland, ME
I help clients go from overwhelmed, self-critical, and stuck to feeling grounded, connected, and compassionate toward themselves.
After trauma, it's easy to feel disconnected from yourself. Overthinking, questioning everything, and shame is exhausting. My work focuses on helping college students and young adults who've experience sexual violence, relationship trauma, and intimate partner violence reconnect with themselves beyond the shame, doubt and overwhelm.
I help clients go from overwhelmed, self-critical, and stuck to feeling grounded, connected, and compassionate toward themselves.
After trauma, it's easy to feel disconnected from yourself. Overthinking, questioning everything, and shame is exhausting. My work focuses on helping college students and young adults who've experience sexual violence, relationship trauma, and intimate partner violence reconnect with themselves beyond the shame, doubt and overwhelm.
My practice is a place for those who seek refuge from stigma, which includes but is not limited to, LGBTQ+, kink, ethical non monogamy, and sex worker communities.
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!
My practice is a place for those who seek refuge from stigma, which includes but is not limited to, LGBTQ+, kink, ethical non monogamy, and sex worker communities.
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!
Feeling hopeless, dissatisfied or stuck? Change is possible. We all experience life as difficult at times. I provide warm, non-judgemental therapeutic support to people of all walks of life. In therapy I will work with you to examine and develop various aspects of your life-- home, relationships, health, spirituality, creativity-- in order to gain insight, build self-esteem and uncover strengths for navigating life challenges.
Feeling hopeless, dissatisfied or stuck? Change is possible. We all experience life as difficult at times. I provide warm, non-judgemental therapeutic support to people of all walks of life. In therapy I will work with you to examine and develop various aspects of your life-- home, relationships, health, spirituality, creativity-- in order to gain insight, build self-esteem and uncover strengths for navigating life challenges.
Move Therapy and Wellness
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LCPC, CCTP-II, PMH-C, RYT
Portland, ME 04101
We support adults experiencing emotional challenges including chronic stress, anxiety, sadness and depression, low self-concept, self-doubt, feelings being stuck, overwhelmed or hopeless and struggles with identity development and relationship challenges.
We support adults experiencing emotional challenges including chronic stress, anxiety, sadness and depression, low self-concept, self-doubt, feelings being stuck, overwhelmed or hopeless and struggles with identity development and relationship challenges.
Currently accepting new Couples Therapy clients! Evening and Weekend Appointments are Available! Andrea Tolbert, LCSW offers mental health counseling via Telehealth for individuals, couples, and groups who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, or Military Service member/Veteran in Maine, Vermont, Florida, and South Carolina. My clinical specialties are trauma and PTSD, substance misuse and addictions, minority stress, single member family & couples therapy, and polyamory. Sliding scale fee rates are available.
Currently accepting new Couples Therapy clients! Evening and Weekend Appointments are Available! Andrea Tolbert, LCSW offers mental health counseling via Telehealth for individuals, couples, and groups who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, or Military Service member/Veteran in Maine, Vermont, Florida, and South Carolina. My clinical specialties are trauma and PTSD, substance misuse and addictions, minority stress, single member family & couples therapy, and polyamory. Sliding scale fee rates are available.
Welcome! I am interested in how a therapeutic partnership can be a laboratory and a refuge; a place for you to engage curiously with yourself and your relational capacity. I find that over time this practice of being together and being curious can catalyze our intuition and rearrange patterns of stuckness. I believe we can learn to relate more clearly, deeply, and kindly with ourselves through being witnessed and attended to with care. I find that intimacy with our own emotional landscape can be the bedrock of a grounded relationship to self and others.
Welcome! I am interested in how a therapeutic partnership can be a laboratory and a refuge; a place for you to engage curiously with yourself and your relational capacity. I find that over time this practice of being together and being curious can catalyze our intuition and rearrange patterns of stuckness. I believe we can learn to relate more clearly, deeply, and kindly with ourselves through being witnessed and attended to with care. I find that intimacy with our own emotional landscape can be the bedrock of a grounded relationship to self and others.
Empowering Your Journey to Mental Well-Being I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with over ten years of experience assisting individuals and couples in navigating difficult times. I believe deeply in the power of personal autonomy and self-determination. My mission is to assist you in attaining optimal mental health, emotional well-being, and personal empowerment.
Empowering Your Journey to Mental Well-Being I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with over ten years of experience assisting individuals and couples in navigating difficult times. I believe deeply in the power of personal autonomy and self-determination. My mission is to assist you in attaining optimal mental health, emotional well-being, and personal empowerment.
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 process of returning to self and coherence. I trust in the wisdom that already lives within you.
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 process of returning to self and coherence. I trust in the wisdom that already lives within you.
In our work together, all of you is welcome. My intention to accompany you in your process of healing, understanding, and integrating your whole self - which may include parts that you’ve adapted to reject or disconnect from. My work is relational, experiential, and feminist. I use techniques from psychodynamic and emotion-focused therapies, mindfulness, and trauma-informed somatic modalities, and also offer EMRD therapy to address the root causes of trauma symptoms when appropriate. 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. My intention to accompany you in your process of healing, understanding, and integrating your whole self - which may include parts that you’ve adapted to reject or disconnect from. My work is relational, experiential, and feminist. I use techniques from psychodynamic and emotion-focused therapies, mindfulness, and trauma-informed somatic modalities, and also offer EMRD therapy to address the root causes of trauma symptoms when appropriate. We'll collaboratively hold whatever comes up, even when those multiplicities seem to contradict each other, gently making space for all that's there.
If you are seeking a therapist who prioritizes the client relationship and creating a comfortable yet productive experience, I'd love to work together. I work with adolescents and adults who feel stuck. Whether it is because of trauma, difficult relationships, anxiety, burnout, or major life transitions, together we will work to gain clarity, reconnect with yourself, and move forward with confidence. I am down to earth, value lightness and humor, and truly find joy in my work.
I offer 30, 45, and 60 minute sessions monthly, biweekly, or weekly to allow flexibility and meet client needs.
If you are seeking a therapist who prioritizes the client relationship and creating a comfortable yet productive experience, I'd love to work together. I work with adolescents and adults who feel stuck. Whether it is because of trauma, difficult relationships, anxiety, burnout, or major life transitions, together we will work to gain clarity, reconnect with yourself, and move forward with confidence. I am down to earth, value lightness and humor, and truly find joy in my work.
I offer 30, 45, and 60 minute sessions monthly, biweekly, or weekly to allow flexibility and meet client needs.
I work with couples, individuals, and families navigating anxiety, OCD, heartbreak, shame, trauma, relationship issues, belonging, and self-worth.
Together we’ll slow down, make sense of what you’re feeling, and look for ways forward toward a more grounded and empowered way of being in an uncertain world.
My work is oriented toward emotional freedom and acceptance, exploring personal and systemic/generational patterns with creativity and honesty, and building courageous and aligned relationships.
I bring my whole self to this work, with collaboration, humor, and reverence for the human experience.
I work with couples, individuals, and families navigating anxiety, OCD, heartbreak, shame, trauma, relationship issues, belonging, and self-worth.
Together we’ll slow down, make sense of what you’re feeling, and look for ways forward toward a more grounded and empowered way of being in an uncertain world.
My work is oriented toward emotional freedom and acceptance, exploring personal and systemic/generational patterns with creativity and honesty, and building courageous and aligned relationships.
I bring my whole self to this work, with collaboration, humor, and reverence for the human experience.
Thornapple Therapy and Consulting LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
Carrie (she/they) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in Kink, ethical non-monogamy, and gender diversity.
Check out www.thornappletherapy.clientsecure.me for more information and to set up a free 20 minute consultation.
Carrie (she/they) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in Kink, ethical non-monogamy, and gender diversity.
Check out www.thornappletherapy.clientsecure.me for more information and to set up a free 20 minute consultation.
We support adults and adults experiencing emotional challenges including chronic stress, anxiety, sadness and depression, low self-concept, self-doubt, feelings being stuck, overwhelmed or hopeless and struggles with identity development and relationship challenges.
We support adults and adults experiencing emotional challenges including chronic stress, anxiety, sadness and depression, low self-concept, self-doubt, feelings being stuck, overwhelmed or hopeless and struggles with identity development and relationship challenges.
Current openings 2026: Tuesday early afternoons, Wednesday afternoons, Thursday afternoons- lunch time appts available!
Are you looking for a warm, supportive atmosphere to build better self-awareness and learn skills to help cope with life's stressors and struggles? Have you found it particularly difficult to maintain balance in your life and relationships, perhaps because you're overwhelmed with work, bogged down by anxiety or depression, or navigating big changes? I look forward to working with you on building balance, managing symptoms, and gaining insight that helps to create positive, practical changes in your life!
Current openings 2026: Tuesday early afternoons, Wednesday afternoons, Thursday afternoons- lunch time appts available!
Are you looking for a warm, supportive atmosphere to build better self-awareness and learn skills to help cope with life's stressors and struggles? Have you found it particularly difficult to maintain balance in your life and relationships, perhaps because you're overwhelmed with work, bogged down by anxiety or depression, or navigating big changes? I look forward to working with you on building balance, managing symptoms, and gaining insight that helps to create positive, practical changes in your life!
Welcome! I am here to help Rhode Islanders and Mainers understand themselves in a safe and supportive space. Together we will identify your values and set goals rooted in self compassion. We will sit with emotions rather than fighting against them. And we will build tools for setting boundaries, communicating needs, and increasing self esteem. In addition to conversation rooted in evidence based therapy modalities, we will explore mindfulness, body work, and creative expression in sessions. I take a warm, conversational approach to our time together and leave space for humor and joy in the healing process.
Welcome! I am here to help Rhode Islanders and Mainers understand themselves in a safe and supportive space. Together we will identify your values and set goals rooted in self compassion. We will sit with emotions rather than fighting against them. And we will build tools for setting boundaries, communicating needs, and increasing self esteem. In addition to conversation rooted in evidence based therapy modalities, we will explore mindfulness, body work, and creative expression in sessions. I take a warm, conversational approach to our time together and leave space for humor and joy in the healing process.
My practice is rooted in presence, care, and the belief that healing happens when we are fully seen—especially in the places we’ve had to hide to survive. As Black queer provider with lived experience navigating religious abuse, racial violence, trauma, addiction, and grief, I bring a rare depth of compassion to my work. Many of my clients are people who may be struggling with emotional intensity, trauma, anxiety, depression, substance use, or grief. My therapeutic approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), somatic mindfulness, and psychodynamic.
My practice is rooted in presence, care, and the belief that healing happens when we are fully seen—especially in the places we’ve had to hide to survive. As Black queer provider with lived experience navigating religious abuse, racial violence, trauma, addiction, and grief, I bring a rare depth of compassion to my work. Many of my clients are people who may be struggling with emotional intensity, trauma, anxiety, depression, substance use, or grief. My therapeutic approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), somatic mindfulness, and psychodynamic.
I use an integrative model that recognizes no one methodology fits all. This integration honors the egalitarian relationship between client and counselor and centers the client as the expert in their own healing. By focusing on your individuality, unique history, and celebrating your particular strengths, we can engage in counseling that is both holistic and transformative. Together, we create as space in which you can safely examine the roots of old patterns and build a more authentic and aligned way of being.
I use an integrative model that recognizes no one methodology fits all. This integration honors the egalitarian relationship between client and counselor and centers the client as the expert in their own healing. By focusing on your individuality, unique history, and celebrating your particular strengths, we can engage in counseling that is both holistic and transformative. Together, we create as space in which you can safely examine the roots of old patterns and build a more authentic and aligned way of being.
Hi there! Thank you for taking the time to read my profile. In counseling, it is important to feel supported and safe in the space you are doing therapy, and I am hopeful to be the provider who can provide this to you. My goal is to work in collaboration with you to improve your relationship with yourself and others. When you decide to do counseling with me, you will have a guide who is open-minded, understanding, direct, and supportive.
Hi there! Thank you for taking the time to read my profile. In counseling, it is important to feel supported and safe in the space you are doing therapy, and I am hopeful to be the provider who can provide this to you. My goal is to work in collaboration with you to improve your relationship with yourself and others. When you decide to do counseling with me, you will have a guide who is open-minded, understanding, direct, and supportive.
So many of us have been cut off from our bodies, creativity, and exploring or expressing our authentic selves. I’m passionate about helping you revive those connections so you can live more of the life you want. Doing that often isn’t easy, but it can be so worth it, and you deserve access to your full aliveness. My goal is to create a space where you can explore your diverse experiences and fully welcome all aspects of your multifaceted self. Whether you're looking to feel more connected and resourced, heal from trauma, shift patterns, or reclaim your voice, creativity, or agency, I'd love to support you.
So many of us have been cut off from our bodies, creativity, and exploring or expressing our authentic selves. I’m passionate about helping you revive those connections so you can live more of the life you want. Doing that often isn’t easy, but it can be so worth it, and you deserve access to your full aliveness. My goal is to create a space where you can explore your diverse experiences and fully welcome all aspects of your multifaceted self. Whether you're looking to feel more connected and resourced, heal from trauma, shift patterns, or reclaim your voice, creativity, or agency, I'd love to support you.
In my work with individuals and partners, I bring a warm and grounding presence to each relationship. I trust in the innate capacity of each of us to heal and grow; this belief guides my work in supporting folks navigating complex trauma, grief, chronic illness, and relationship issues. Feeling understood and valued within a supportive, nurturing environment allows us to access deeper exploration and healing, emotional release, & the integration of new mind-body connections. Regardless of how ingrained and automatic your patterns might be, and how stuck you might feel, a more peaceful life is possible.
In my work with individuals and partners, I bring a warm and grounding presence to each relationship. I trust in the innate capacity of each of us to heal and grow; this belief guides my work in supporting folks navigating complex trauma, grief, chronic illness, and relationship issues. Feeling understood and valued within a supportive, nurturing environment allows us to access deeper exploration and healing, emotional release, & the integration of new mind-body connections. Regardless of how ingrained and automatic your patterns might be, and how stuck you might feel, a more peaceful life is possible.
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