Meet Joel
Joel is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the state of Massachusetts and a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC). He has been in the field of mental health and sport psychology for just over 5 years. It is important to know about your therapist - some background about Joel is below.
Joel has supported and supports adolescents, athletes/performers, young adults in life transitions (college), folx from the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC community, and people with justice involvement. Within these groups Joel has also supported people who experience relational struggles, substance misuse, ADHD, OCD, anxiety, depression (self harm/suicidality), trauma, and more.
Services Provided
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No one is crazy, insane, dumb, stupid, or an idiot (or other synonyms similar to these adjectives). There are times we might feel these ways^^ but that is not our true selves. There are times we feel out of control or feel like we are "too much". Times when our mind is moving so fast, we are on edge, or we are hooked/stuck by our thoughts. Times when we are reactive or lash out; times as if there are rubber bands pulling us back, a heavy jacket is weighing us down or we feel like we are just drifting along and not in our body. There are also times when we are doing well, feeling stable, motivated, purposeful, and we still feel things are not fully "clicking" and we can continue to evolve and learn more about ourselves. These are all areas Joel can support with.
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Joel offers mental performance coaching with a couple things in mind.
Athletes and performers are complex and multidimensional (we are more than just what we do).
We must learn to be courageous. compassionate, creative, calm, clear, confident, connected, and most importantly, curious,
Whether it is on the field, during a presentation, in the classroom, we must be able to use skills to slow down and regulate our nervous systems to access our wise mind, self energy, and implement our values.
Whether it is recovering from an injury, learning how to bounce back after a mistake, collaborating with teammates or peers in the performance arena to feeling like there is SO much pressure that sport is unenjoyable, the mental side of sport can offer the tools to get you where you want to be.
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Joel offers groups session for folks who are seeking additional mental health treatment from their 1on1 outpatient and or they are stepping down from IOP or PHP level of care. These groups are continuous and plan to be process and task oriented to continue to build and maintain your skill use/development as you step down from having 9+ hours of support per week. Joel understands this is a stepping stone to eventually only needing 1hr/week of 1on1 therapy, but sometimes we need the extra support to get there. The aim of this group is to
Continue to build and reinforce skills.
Find support and connection in your mental health journey as you continue to build your social supports outside of mental health treatment
Learn to be your own leader
Fees for Services
About private pay:
The goal of offering a large sliding scale is provide more access to folks, while also acknowledging the power insurance plays in our health care and how they underpay/undercut behavioral health clinicians. I am very open to a conversation about the sliding scale to hopefully find a nice middle ground for us both.
I like to frame private pay into 2 buckets.
Reparations - people who do not have the means to pay the full rate, but still want meaningful outpatient treatment
Redistribution - people who have the means to pay the full rate and or more
This is all about honesty. The aim is for these 2 groups to balance each other out so people who can pay the full rate support people who cannot and the cycle can continue if the person in the reparations eventually earns more, they can then increase their rate to support another person who cannot pay the full rate.
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1on1 therapy using a virtual platform
50 minute sessions start at 150$/session
Sliding scale is based on income level (this is not adjusted for dual income):
1. Less than 50k/year: 50$/session
2. 50k - 75k/year: 75$/session
3. 75k - 90k: 100$/session
4. 90k - 105k: 125$/session
5. Above 105k/year: 150$/session
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1on1 consulting using a virtual platform.
50 minute sessions start at 175$/session
Sliding scale is based on income level (this is not adjusted for dual income):
1. Less than 50k/year: 50$/session
2. 50k - 75k/year: 75$/session
3. 75k - 90k: 100$/session
4. 90k - 105k: 125$/session
5. Above 105k/year: 175$/session
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Starting at 75$ per session.
Sliding scale as low as 25$ per session.
Resources
Book recommendations: General Mental Health/Mental Performance
You Are the One You Have Been Waiting For
No Bad Parts
The Body Keeps The Score
Mentality Wins
Think Again
Give and Take
The Mindful Athlete
The Rock Warriors Way
All About Love
The Will to Change
For the Love of Men
My Body is Not an Apology
Unbroken Brain
The Gifts of Imperfection
Dare to Lead
Mindfulness in Plain English**
The Miracle of Mindfulness
Scattered Minds
Brain Energy
Relationship resources
You Are the One You Have Been Waiting For
Come as You Are
Come Together
Emergency Resources
988 Suicide Hotline (Call or Text)
MA Behavioral Helpline - 833-773-2445 (call or text)
Mobile Crisis (BEST)) Team 1-800-981-4357
Mobile Crisis Intervention (Advocates) (800) 640-5432
Resources for Parents
Be All In
Mentality Wins
I-Minds
The Culture Code
LGBTQIA Resources
The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook
The Trevor Project
Gender Queer
Santa Barbara LBGTQ Resource
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Books
Black Skin, White Masks
White Fragility
Decolonizing Therapy
The New Jim Crow
Hood Feminism
So Now You Want To Talk About Race
The Privileged Poor
The Color of Law