Resource Guide: CLINICAL

Last Updated; June 29, 2011

If you attended the Maine School for the Deaf or Governor Baxter School for the Deaf (GBSD) counseling is available at no cost to you.

Signing mental health counselors listed in this section are trained to help deaf people who were abused. If you prefer non-signing counselors with a qualified interpreter it can be arranged at no cost to you. Insurance or MaineCare will be billed first (if you attended the Maine School for the Deaf or GBSD, no money will be charged to you for co-pay or deductible).

For more information, please contact:

Department of Labor / Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing & Late Deafened

623-7958 (V)
1-888-755-0023 (Toll free TTY)
E-mail: Nancy.A.Melanson@maine.gov

Maine Center on Deafness

646-350-3314 (VP)
866-347-0275 (VP)
866-971-9133 (VP)
797-7656 (V/TTY)
1-800-639-3884 (V/TTY)
E-mail: info@mcdmaine.org

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Community Counseling Center

165 Lancaster Street
Portland, ME 04101
874-1043 (TTY)
874-1030 (V)
866-298-7410 (VP)
874-1044 (FAX)

Web site: www.commcc.org/our-programs/counseling-services/deaf-counseling-services

Charles Bailey, Intake & Support Specialist
E-mail: bailec6@commcc.org

Counselors:

Kristine Dach, LCPC-C, Program Coordinator
E-mail: dachk@commcc.org
866-259-9659 (VP)

Case Managers:

Michelle Ames, MHRT-C
E-mail: amesm1@commcc.org

Alicia Hansen, MA
E-mail: hansea@commcc.org

John Post, BA, MHRT-C
E-mail: postj@commcc.org

For over 10 years, Community Counseling Center has been pleased to offer this highly specialized program to Deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind and late-deafened adults and children throughout the state of Maine. This program also offers services to hearing children, siblings, parents and family members of Deaf individuals. Individual, couples, family and group counseling services, delivered by therapists fluent in American Sign Language and English in a licensed mental health clinic that is family-centered and trauma informed. Counseling services are offered in our Portland office. MaineCare, Medicare and most insurances are accepted; self-pay, along with a sliding fee scale, are also available.

Community Health and Counseling Services

P.O. Box 425
Bangor, ME 04402
Michelle Humphrey
947-0366, Ext. 442 (V)
262-2172 (FAX)

Provides mental health case management services to Deaf and hard-of-hearing people and their family members.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program (DHHP)

Children's Hospital Boston at Waltham

9 Hope Avenue
Waltham, MA 02453
Dr. Sanjay Gulati
(781) 216-2210 (TTY)
(781) 216-2215 (V)
(781) 216-2252 (FAX)

Evaluation services include: psychological, neuropsychological, educational, medical & audiological testing.

Stephen S. Greene, Ph.D

49 Oak Street
Augusta, ME 04330
649-4046 (V)
622-6290 (FAX)
E-mail: dktrdume@aol.com

Dr. Greene is a clinical psychologist who is fluent in American Sign Language and English and has worked with deaf and hard-of-hearing people for more than 30 years. He provides clinical services to individuals, couples, and families, children, adolescents, and adults. Dr. Greene provides evaluation/assessment, counseling/therapy, consultation, clinical team management services, and vocational counseling. Dr. Greene specializes in trauma treatment and is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Internal Family Systems. Dr. Greene has provided mental health services in a variety of settings including hospitals, community mental health agencies, schools (public and residential), and private practice.

Harvard Medical School-Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary-Department of Ophthalmology

Dr. Andrew Baker, O.D.
243 Charles Street
Boston, MA 02114
617-573-3202 (V)
978-304-0413 (FAX)
E-mail: Andrew_Baker@meei.harvard.edu

Dr. Andrew Baker, a deaf health care provider, provides vision care services for deaf people.

Kennebec Behavorial Health (KBH)

66 Stone Street
Augusta, ME 04330
873-2136 (V)
Web site: www.kbhmaine.org

Kennebec Behavioral Health offers case management services at all four sites to individuals who are eligible for mental health services.

Kathy Muzzy, LCSW

P.O. Box 63
Belfast, ME 04915
322-5540 (V)
E-mail: kmuzzy@bluestreakme.com

Provides family and individual therapy to children, adolescents, and adults. Experienced in working with survivors who experienced physical and sexual abuse. Also experienced in working with adults with developmental disabilities.

Ralph Sprague, MA

1 Wakefield Street
Lewiston, ME 04240
795-4970 (TTY/V, but answering machine is voice only)
786-7761 (FAX)
E-mail: Ralph.Sprague.MA@gmail.com

Provides psychotherapy to individuals, couples, groups, children, adolescents, and families, specializing in sexual abuse issues.

Sara Treat, MA, LCPC

P. O. Box 1737
Windham, ME 04062
207-712-2370 (V/Text)
E-mail: streat187@aol.com

Provides therapy to individuals, couples and families. Many insurances accepted. Coordinator for Safer Place, an initiative to serve Deaf adults who experienced abuse at the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf or the Maine School for the Deaf.

Worcester State Hospital

Mental Health Unit for Deaf Persons
305 Belmont Street
Worcester, MA 01604
508-368-3633 (V)
508-363-1531 (TTY) Please call the voice number with 711 to access TTY or VP.
508-948-0616 (VP) Please call the voice number with 711 to access TTY or VP.
508-363-1531 (FAX)
Bill Olivier, LICSW
Email: William.M.Olivier@state.ma.us

The Deaf Unit accepts referrals for persons who are in psychiatric crisis and either prefer or depend on sign language or visual gestural communication. Provides acute stabilization, evaluation, evidence-based approaches to psychosocial rehabilitation and discharge planning. Serves adults and adolescents who are 14 or older. Adolescents are accepted for admission after review of person’s needs by both Worcester State Hospital and the Department of Mental Health, Divisions of Child and Adolescent Services.

For referral to other counselors with experience and/or training in working with deaf individuals, please call the Department of Labor-Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing & Late Deafened

Nancy Melanson
866-760-8430 (VP)
623-7958 (V)
1-888-755-0023 (Toll free TTY)
E-mail: Nancy.A.Melanson@maine.gov

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