10 Langley Road, Suite 401, Newton Centre, MA  02459

Phone: 617-446-3009 Fax: 855-221-6644

Erin.stathis@shine-therapy.com

Profile

Licensed psychotherapist helping adults, adolescents and families achieve positive change, personal growth and psychologically stable lives. Experience includes providing comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, individual, group and family psychotherapy, clinical supervision and designing curricula for therapeutic groups.  Specialties include treating mood and anxiety disorders, adolescents, addiction, self-harming behaviors, codependency and relationship issues.  Knowledge and compassionate use of interventions based on scientific evidence provide effective interventions, helping clients achieve positive and lasting change.

 

Licensure/Certifications

• Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), State of Massachusetts # MA-7243-CC
• National Certified Counselor (NCC), certification # 286994
• Massachusetts Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) assessment provider: Certification # – FCD0773D-D2CF-4024-A33F-6F15ED3FA9C3

• CPR/AED Certification:  American Health Care Academy – A3080184

 

Education

May, 2007         Master of Arts, Mental Health and Behavioral Medicine, GPA = 3.8  (Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA)

Sept., 2004       Bachelor of Arts, Psychology  (Boston University, Boston, MA)

 

Professional Affiliations

• National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC)
• American Counseling Association (ACA)
• Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association (MaMHCA)
• Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA)

 

Clinical Experience

 

SHINE, LLC, Newton Centre, MA

     Jan 2012 to Present – Owner

Sole ownership of private psychotherapy practice providing individual, group and family psychotherapy, professional consultation and currently developing equine-assisted psychotherapy program.

 

Boston Public Health Commission, South Boston Collaborative Center, South Boston MA

Jan 2009 to Mar 2012 - Staff Clinician

Provided individual, group and family psychotherapy for adults and adolescents at the South Boston Collaborative Center. Specialized in providing counseling for high-risk population facing substance dependence, depression, anxiety, trauma and multiple and/or complex issues. One day per week, provided counseling services at Excel High School and the Green Academy in South Boston. Additional responsibilities included providing counseling services for South Boston Community Health Center’s Suboxone program, providing school-based and community crisis intervention and supervision of masters-level intern therapists.  Designed curricula and lead groups including school-based “Girls Anger Management Group” and “Women’s Recovery Group”, partially based on “SeekingSafety” model.

 

Boston Medical Center, South Boston Collaborative Center, South Boston, MA

August 2010 to Jan 2012 – Per Diem Clinician

    In an intensive after-school program at the South Boston Collaborative Center, developed curricula and provided group, family and individual therapy to high-risk, culturally diverse adolescents struggling with history of trauma, mood disorders, substance abuse, dual diagnoses, impulsive behaviors, self-harming behaviors and/or multi-problem family issues.

 

South Boston Community Health Center, South Boston, MA

June 2007 to Jan 2009 – Staff Clinician

Provided culturally competent and trauma-informed individual, couples and group psychotherapy for high-risk adults and adolescents in outpatient clinic, community and school-based settings.

 

Independent Consultant for Boston Medical Center, South Boston Collaborative Center, South Boston, MA

May 2008 – August 2010 – Clinician

For Boston Medical Center, provided evidence-based group, family and individual therapy and biopsychosocial assessments for high-risk adolescents and their families at the South Boston Collaborative Center.

 

South Boston Community Health Center, Intern: September 2006 – May 2007

As Intern, provided biopsychosocial assessments, multiaxial diagnoses, treatment planning and therapeutic interventions in community health center, outpatient clinic and school-based settings.

 

Boston Medical Center Intensive Residential Treatment Program (IRTP), Intern: January 2006 – May 2006                          As Intern, contributed to a multidisciplinary treatment team and conducted group and individual therapy in an inpatient setting.

 

Children’s Hospital Boston Richmond Psychiatry Inpatient Service, Intern: September 2003 – May 2004

Participated in providing group and art therapy.  Also designed pilot study on family violence history and relapse as part of “Family Violence” and “Independent Study” classes in Boston University Psychology Department.

 

Professional Development/Additional Professional Training

 

• Oct. 2013 – “Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Certification Program II”

Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA), Portland, ME

• Feb. 2012 – “Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Certification Program I”

Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA), Beaumont, TX

• Dec. 2011 – “Treating Anxiety Disorders”

Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, MA

• Dec. 2011 – “Meditation and Visualization Practices for Well-Being and to Enhance Peak Performance”

Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, MA

• April 2010 – “Men’s Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (M-TREM)”

Community Connections and Northeastern University, Boston, MA

• July 2009 – “Substance Use and the Adolescent Brain”

Institutes of Health and Recovery (IHR), Suffolk County Adolescent Project, Boston, MA

• May 2009 – “Meditation and Psychotherapy:  Cultivating Compassion and Wisdom” Including Panel discussion with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama

Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, MA

• Aug. 2008 – “Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)”

Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Adcare Education Institute, Boston, MA

• June 2008  – “Self-Harming Behaviors”

Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, MA

 

Awards

1999 Boston University Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities Grant (UROP Grant):  “Contribution of Rat Prefrontal Cortex to Serial Order Learning”