MEET COLLEEN

LCPC, NCC

Colleen Clark is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and practicing therapist in Portland, Maine. Her approach to counseling integrates classical therapeutic approaches, mindfulness and artistic modalities. Colleen believes strongly that any therapeutic relationship in which the therapist is held up as an expert is innately flawed. You are the expert on you. In sessions, Colleen will work with you to build a relationship built on mutual respect and trust, and seek to create a safe and nurturing space in which you can uncover and listen to your own intrinsic wisdom.

Throughout our lives we are repeatedly told who we are or who we ought to be by others and then, in turn, we repeat those messages to ourselves. These repeated messages can often be damaging, detrimental and deeply ingrained. In sessions you will work together to differentiate between your true experience of self and that which was imposed on you. This process can often be challenging and painful, but Colleen will work with you at your pace to process those challenges and pains as they arise. Ultimately, through your work together, Colleen hopes that you will conclude therapy in a place of greater congruence, self-actualization and peace.

Colleen specializes in working with those who are struggling with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, communication, substance use, disordered eating, transitional periods of life, difficulties in interpersonal relationships, and persons healing from trauma. She is experienced in working with adults, couples, and adolescents ages eleven to eighteen.

Colleen and the fellow practitioners at Ritual Art of Wellness applaud you for your courage in exploring this new chapter. Change is challenging and we are honored to be a part of helping you enact that change. Thank you for considering us to help you on your journey. We look forward to working with you.

work with Colleen