OUR TEAM
Grace Wright, LCSW co-founded the Partnership for Trauma Recovery in 2015 with the goal of establishing a practice that provides trauma informed and focused care. Grace’s philosophy on therapy is that our present difficulties are the result of past experiences that have shaped the neural networks in our brain, which triggers us to react in certain ways. This causes an often subconscious process of engaging in patterns of behavior that can be disturbing, unhelpful, and often harmful to our daily lives. This most often manifests in clients coming in feeling “stuck” in their lives and often in previous attempts at therapy where the symptom was the focus of treatment instead of the underlying problem. The work of therapy then becomes identifying, understanding, and shifting those experiences at the root of these daily problems instead of simply learning to cope with the struggles. By engaging in this kind of work, lasting, meaningful change occurs which liberates clients from those patterns they have lived with.
While philosophy and treatment modalities are important, Grace also knows that the relationship between therapist and client is the most important part of successful therapy. She places a high value on the relationships she has with her clients, and works hard to build a mutual sense of trust and understanding – injected with humor whenever possible.
Grace’s areas of specialty include Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, dissociative disorders, complex trauma, personality disorders, and attachment trauma. Grace uses many trauma based modalities in helping her clients achieve change, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. Grace has an undergraduate degree from Elmira College and a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Southern Maine.
Rob Cameron, LCSW values the therapeutic relationship as a collaboration between practitioner and client and he operates from the understanding that growth and change is born from a trusting relationship. Rob is passionate about naming “the elephant in the room”, getting down to the core of an issue and noticing how patterns from the past repeat in the present; he is also passionate about challenging stuck points, old habits and irrational beliefs with care, compassion and respect.
His style is down to earth and he is never afraid to bring humor into a session when appropriate as Rob values the healing properties of laughter.
Rob has been in the mental health field for over 12 years and is trained in various therapeutic modalities with specific concentration in trauma and addressing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Rob is trained in many modalities of psychotherapy including, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Structural Family Therapy. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Connecticut and received his Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Southern Maine.
Alina Silver, LCSW joins the Partnership for Trauma Recovery with a strong background in individual and couples work. She has training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, both of which she relies on heavily in her practice. Alina’s clinical experience includes outpatient counseling as well as counseling in the medical setting.
“We all tell ourselves stories that make it hard for us to act, believing we’re not good enough to try. Often this is rooted in difficult past experiences. My goal is to create a safe, non-judgemental environment to work through this, where you feel supported to challenge these negative beliefs, build on strengths and change the endings to these stories.”
Alina’s style is active and engaged, sensitive and down to earth. “I believe in humor, as laughter can sometimes be the best medicine.”
MICHELLE SELBY, LCSW has provided services to children and families for over 25 years. Whether working with toddlers or grandparents, she believes that we all have great strengths within us. Many people need support to deal with anxiety, depression, trauma, family conflict or goal setting. Through the use of multiple therapy approaches, humor, strength-based perspectives, multi-cultural awareness, and genuine interest in human nature, she helps people find a stronger sense of self, personal satisfaction with life and concrete skills for dealing with difficult times. She enjoys incorporating non-traditional techniques into her therapy practice including art, music, nature and play. Life with her own family of 5 children has taught her to be patient and to understand that we are all unique in our ways of learning and communicating.
While most of her work hours are during the weekday, she occasionally offers early evening or weekend times for sessions. She practices in a lovely, relaxing partnership where people are encouraged to be open and develop connections with others. She offers individual, group and when appropriate, family sessions.
During our first session, Michelle says, “you should expect individualized time to share your story, state your desires and have a chance to determine if we are a good fit for each other. There may be laughter, there may be tears, we may drink tea, go for a walk, share personal interests, do something creative, or simply talk. I look forward to our journey together.”
ANDREA BREWSTER, LCPC, CCS describes her work as: Unraveling the wisdom of habits which saved you once, and today, distances you from your dreams. Having someone actively joining with you as you travel toward your dreams, can be powerful.
Andrea is a whole-hearted, fun and flexible therapist, who designs your interventions collaboratively. Join in the humor of being human together. Finding joy and laughing together means it’s we are playing and playing is creative and creativity can be the palette for growth. In practice since 2001 she brings experience from community mental health, supervision and leadership. Whether you are in a helping field facing the stress of our times, creating your career goals, or putting your life together after break up, divorce or loss, or facing college or mid-life, she knows tackling life at the point of transition can be hard but rewarding. Doing so with trauma, depression, anxiety or addictive thinking can be very challenging. Why not do it together?
Andrea holds a Master’s Degree from Antioch New England Graduate School with a concentration in Expressive Arts Therapy. She studied with Penny Lewis, an expert in the Expressive Arts. She began her career as a child and family therapist . She developed expertise on the impact of early attachment trauma, across the lifespan. Studied with Dan Hughes a Maine expert on Child Attachment. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Trauma focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cognitive Processing Therapy, inform her treatment approach for adults affected by disruptions to their child development. Skills training and Parenting groups, substance recovery, eating disorder and schizophrenia have been other areas of expertise over the years.
You can expect that beginning therapy will be about; learning how you learn, motivate, change, grow or become stuck. Exploring strengths is what will raise us up, so we spend time in your great moments. We spend time hearing what your difficult moments are saying to you. There is nothing like good long chats with the parts of yourself that have been championing you for so long, quietly, in the background. Then therapy starts to form as you try, together, to think and do things which support and nurture you.
AMY GOODE, LCSW provides individual therapy for adults in addition to being a skilled non-profit leader, an experienced support group facilitator, an Advanced Trauma First Aide responder, an Empowerment Self-Defense instructor, and a model for forensic nurses in Maine.
She has spent the last 14 years primarily working with people experiencing housing instability, sexual violence survivors, and training and consulting with helping professionals exposed to trauma in their work. Amy is particularly interested in continuing to work with the perinatal population, helping people anywhere in their journey of conceiving, to loss, birth trauma, and beyond.
Amy has a BA in sociology from the University of Arizona and a Masters from the University of New England School of Social Work. While utilizing a variety of therapeutic modalities, Amy loves to invite you to explore mindfulness and body based approaches to work through traumatic experiences and reconnect with your body and mind safely to find healing and regulation. Amy offers Brainspotting (BSP) as one specialized approach to healing trauma.
Rachel Webb, LMSW-cc (She/her) understands trauma as the combined neurobiological, psychological, and social impacts that result from a traumatic experience or pattern of experiences. She believes that trauma changes the way that our brains and bodies process the world around us, and that the work of trauma therapy is to hold space for people to process and heal “from the ground up”.
Rachel approaches the work with the belief that everyone has the right to agency in their own life story. She believes that relationships have the power to be medicinal and transformative, and that a therapeutic relationship built on trust, curiosity, and empathy is the most important aspect of therapy. At the heart of her practice is the idea that therapy is a partnership in making space for hope, joy, and healing with each individual.
Rachel received her Bachelors in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Vermont. Her previous work includes therapy and advocacy with survivors of domestic and sexual violence, New American Refugees, and school-based therapy. Her treatment approach is most influenced by Attachment Theory, Narrative Therapy, and Strengths-Based Approaches, and is rooted in honoring each individual as the expert in their own life story.
Kate Perrin (she/her) is the current clinical intern for the practice as a second year MSW student. She is formally trained in Brainspotting for trauma processing and Narrative Therapy.
She believes in using honesty, possibility, and realism to support her clients in breaking negative thought patterns by creating larger positive experiences in their daily lives. Kate approaches therapy with the knowledge that trauma changes us, but that we all have the ability to heal.
Kate is a trained sexual assault advocate and she holds a Bachelors in Science from The University of Southern Maine and is scheduled to graduate from The University of New England School of Social Work in May 2022’. Kate is anticipated to be joining the practice as a full time LMSW-CC this summer.