Mea Merrill

LCSW (she, her)

Biography:

Mea believes that trauma is a break in our feelings of physical, mental, or emotional safety. This may alter how we move through our lives and interrupt our goals and life purposes. She believes trauma is not always about the experiences themselves, but the marks that those experiences have left and what we now believe to be true about ourselves based on those experiences. Therapy can be a way to navigate painful emotions, connect more deeply, and tap into confidence and compassion to help move beyond what is no longer serving us. Mea’s approach to therapy is that it can help us reclaim our own stories and how we want our lives to be. She is person-centered and believes we are the experts of our own experiences and that her role as a therapist is to help people tap into their own inner wisdoms, find meaning and purpose, and empower themselves to cultivate the lives they want.

Specializations:

  • Grief work 

  • End of life and medical trauma

  • Somatics/ IFS

  • Narrative therapy

  • Trauma processing

Education:

  • BA in Psychology, UMaine Farmington

  • MSW, University of New England

Special Interests:

Mea spent almost 15 years in medical and hospice social work and is passionate about self-determination and access to care. She loves reading, plants, and cooking.

Reading List:

  • Being Mortal, Atul Gwande

  • Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, Lindsay Gibson

  • I Never Told Anyone, Ellen Bass