Staff-Therapists:
Deborah Rancourt, LMHC, LADC 1
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and meet the requirements for a Licensed Substance and Drug Counselor. I am trained to work with children, adults and couples. My area of expertise include Women’s Issues, Mood Disorders ,Substance Abuse and the Forensic Population.
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”
-Helen Keller-
I use the following types of therapy in my counseling practice.
Solution Focused Therapy: I feel it is important to focus on change and the possibilities by building on strengths, skills and resources. I am respectfully curious and like to look at what is right and what is working in a person’s life. I like to use humor and consider myself creative.
Person Centered Approach:
This approach is built on the concept that the therapist trusts that individuals can set their own goals. I want the client to choose the frequency and length of their therapy; to talk or to be silent; to decide what they are comfortable to explore. In other words feel safe and not pressured.
Cognitive Therapy:
I feel that people respond to life’s events. In therapy I work with how the individual perceives, interpret and assign meaning to their life’s events. I will examine the individual’s beliefs about himself, other people and the world.
Behavior Therapy:
In this therapy I emphasize corrective learning experiences in which the individual acquire new coping skills, improve communication, or learn to break maladaptive habits and overcome self- defeating emotional conflicts.
My training:
I received a Bachelor Degree in Human Services from Lesley College in Cambridge
My Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology is from Framingham State College
I hold certificates as a Substance Abuse Counselor from Middlesex Community College and a Special Needs Teacher Certification from The State of Massachusetts
My counseling work experiences have been in Hospitals, Courts, Outpatient Clinic, Correctional Institute and private practice.
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Phone: (978) 658-9889
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