Molly Epps-Ouellette, CMHC

Clinician | they/them

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Collective liberation and speculative fiction

Clinical Interests:

My clinical interests are liberation psychology, decolonial psychology, disability justice and abolitionist mental health care.

Language(s) spoken:

English

What brought you into this field?

I came to this field from my own lived experience within queer, trans, neurodivergent, chronically ill and disabled communities with a desire to provide accessible, creative support and compassionate care.

Counseling style:

My therapeutic approach is collaborative and relational. I practice trauma-focused counseling within a liberation psychology framework, understanding people’s experiences within sociopolitical structures and historical contexts.

Modalities:

I practice bottom-up modalities such as parts work and somatics along with coherence and narrative therapies.

Specializations:

I work with individual adults. I specialize in trauma-focused, neurodiversity-affirming care for marginalized communities.

Education:

BA in Psychology
MA in CMHC

Past Experience:

I have been active in harm reduction and radical mental health for over a decade, with past experience at the Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center, Wildflower Alliance, and Triad Behavioral Health. I completed my graduate internship at Leaves of Change Counseling and have continued on as a clinician.

Trainings:

Narrative therapy, Religious trauma and cult recovery, Hearing voices and unusual beliefs, Alternatives to suicide, Substance use harm reduction, Trauma sensitivity, Institute for the Development of Human Arts curriculum
Certified Religious Trauma Specialist