Resource Guide: CLINICAL

Last Updated; June 6, 2008

If you were hurt by a teacher, staff or student while at 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 can be arranged at no cost to you.
Insurance or MaineCare will be billed first (if abused at 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)

Meryl Troop
1-866-241-8639 (TTY)
287-4240 (V/TTY)
557-0232 (CELL)
E-mail: Meryl.Troop@maine.gov

Department of Labor / Division of Deafness

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

Maine Center on Deafness

797-7656 or 1-800-639-3884 (V/TTY)
E-mail: info@mcdmaine.org

Do you.....
...have trouble sleeping?
...have bad dreams?
...still think of bad experiences from past?
...pass along the hurt to your children, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend or husband?
...find it hard to keep intimate (close) relationships?

You Can Feel Better. You are not alone.

Community Counseling Center

43 Baxter Blvd.
Portland, ME 04101
Mailing: 343 Forest Ave., Portland, ME 04101
874-1043 (TTY)
874-1030 (V)
874-1044 (FAX) Web site: www.commcc.org

6 State Street, Suite 612
Bangor, ME 04473
947-4682 (TTY)
262-4311 (V)
262-6044 (FAX)

Also offices in Augusta, Belfast, and Lewiston. Please contact main office in Portland for more details.

Program Director:

Jana Harbaugh, LCSW
E-mail: jharbaugh@commcc.org

Therapists:

Shana Kelley-Cohen, LCSW, Clinical supervisor
E-mail: scohen@commcc.org

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

Brett Russman, LCPC
E-mail: brussman@commcc.org

Kathy Muzzy, LCSW (Bangor and Belfast)
E-mail: kmuzzy@commcc.org

Adult Mental Health Case Managers (Community Integration Services):

Jennifer McCann, LCSW, Clinical Supervisor
E-mail: jmccann@commcc.org

John Post, BSW
E-mail: jpost@commcc.org

Child Mental Health Case Managers (Targeted Case Management):

Kristine Dach, LCPC-C, Clinical Supervisor
874-0099 (VP)
E-mail: kdach@commcc.org

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

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

Colleen Owens, MA (primarily in Bangor region)
E-mail: cowens@commcc.org

Individual couples, family and group counseling services, delivered by therapists fluent in American Sign Language in a licensed mental health clinic that is family-centered. MaineCare, Medicare and most insurances are accepted; self pay, along with a sliding fee scale, are also available.

Therapy and case management for families with a deaf member in Cumberland and York counties. Expanded services for the Augusta, Lewiston, and Bangor area. Fluent in American Sign Language. Provides in-home case management services for children and their families. MaineCare accepted.

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 of 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 almost 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 Valley Mental Health Center (KVMHC)

Community Integration Services
66 Stone Street
Augusta, ME 04330
Lori Gambino
626-3460 (V)
626-3614 (TTY)
E-mail: lgambino@kvmhc.org

Kennebec Valley Mental Health Center 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: kmuzzy@tmail.com

Provides family and individual therapy to children, adolescents, and adults. Experienced in working with survivors who experienced physical and sexual abuse at the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf.

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
892-6814 (V/TTY)
892-6602 (FAX)
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.

Lori Tully, LCPC

477 Congress Street, Suite 403
Portland, ME 04101
781-9012 (V/TTY)

Provides psychotherapy and consultation as a licensed clinical professional counselor. Services for adolescents and adults, including individual, couples, and group therapy. Office hours are flexible and by appointment. Most insurances accepted. Twenty years experience in the mental health field and fluent in American Sign Language.

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 287-4240 (V/TTY).

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