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