Resource Guide: CLINICAL

Last Updated; October 19, 2009

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 nonsigning counselors with a qualified interpreter 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 Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Noel Bonam
1-866-241-8639 (Toll-free TTY)
287-4272 (V)
E-mail: Noel.Bonam@maine.gov

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

John Shattuck
1-866-760-8430 (VP)
623-7957 (V)
1-888-755-0023 (Toll free TTY)
E-mail: John.G.Shattuck@maine.gov

Maine Center on Deafness

774-7777 (VP)
1-866-347-0275 (VP)
797-7656 (V/TTY)
1-800-639-3884 (V/TTY)
E-mail: info@mcdmaine.org

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Community Counseling Center

343 Forest Avenue
Portland, ME 04101
874-1043 (TTY)
874-1030 (V)
866-298-7410 (VP)
874-1044 (FAX)

6 State Street, Suite 612
Bangor, ME 04473
947-4682 (TTY)
262-4311 (V)
866-548-9987 (VP)
262-6044 (FAX) Web site: www.commcc.org

Shana Kelley-Cohen, LCSW, Program Manager
E-mail: skelleycohen@commcc.org

Therapists:

Kristine Dach, LCPC-C
E-mail: kdach@commcc.org

Terry Morrell, LCSW
E-mail: tmorrell@commcc.org

Colleen Owens, LCPC-C (primarily in Bangor region)
E-mail: owensc1@commcc.org

Adult Mental Health Case Managers (Community Integration Services):

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

Kelly Matthews, BSW (primarily in Bangor region)
E-mail: kmatthews@commcc.org

John Post, BSW (also working with transition age youth)
E-mail: jpost@commcc.org

Child Mental Health Case Managers (Targeted Case Management):

Melinda Smith, BSW
E-mail: msmith@commcc.org

Jolene MacDonald, BA
E-mail: jmacdonald@commcc.org

Kelly Matthews, BSW (primarily in Bangor region)
E-mail: kmatthews@commcc.org

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 offered in our Portland and Bangor offices. MaineCare, Medicare and most insurances are accepted; self-pay, along with a sliding fee scale, are also available.

Case management for children and adults is available in the Portland, Bangor, Augusta, Lewiston, and Sanford regions. All of our staff is fluent in American Sign Language. We work with individuals with minor hearing loss as well as those who are profoundly deaf. We support individuals and families in whatever communication mode that works best for them. MaineCare funds case management services.

Community Health and Counseling Services

P.O. Box 425
Bangor, ME 04402
Wendy Kimball, Clinical Case Manager
990-0496 (TTY)
947-0366, Ext. 567 (V)
942-4350 (FAX)

Clinical Case Management Intake Office:
947-0366, ext. 531 (V)

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.

Kennebec Behavorial Health (KBH)

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

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

Kathy Muzzy, LCSW

P.O. Box 63
Belfast, ME 04915
322-5540 (V)
E-mail: albatros@gwi.net

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: RalphSpragueMA@yahoo.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.

Westborough State Hospital

The Mental Health Unit for Deaf People
288 Lyman Street
Westborough, MA 01581
Deaf Unit (508) 616-2842 (TTY)
(508) 616-2322 or (508) 616-2327 (V) Nurses' Station
(508) 616-2843 (FAX)

The Mental Health Unit for Deaf People is a ten-bed psychiatric in-patient unit established in 1987 by the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health. The program accepts referrals for patients 14 and older who are in psychiatric crisis and who would prefer a sign language, visual-gestural communication-based treatment setting. The Deaf Unit provides acute stabilization, evaluation, and psychosocial rehabilitation in a specialized communication accessible milieu. Westborough State Hospital is a HCFA certified, JCAHO accredited facility.

For referral to other counselors with experience and/or training in working with deaf individuals, please call the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services at 1-866-241-8639 (TTY) or 287-4272 (V).

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