Get to know us!
Welcome to our counseling practice, where we are more than just a team of clinical professionals—we are partners in navigating your mental health journey. Whether you are a child, an adolescent, or an adult, we offer inclusive and culturally focused counseling and psychotherapy.
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At the heart of our practice is a deep commitment to relational safety, social connection, and inclusivity. We are dedicated to creating a space where everyone feels seen and accepted, and we proudly offer culturally mindful, gender affirming and LGBTQIA + supportive services.
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Your story matters to us. It is our privilege to walk alongside you as you explore, heal, and grow. Take that first step toward empowerment and reach out to us today. We are here to listen and to support your journey!
Clinical Specialties
Each member of our team has professional training and expertise to work with a range of mental health challenges.
Read below to see how we can help you.
Anxiety
Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic as well as difficulty functioning including at work, home, and in the community.
Depression
Providing support and promoting healing of helplessness, hopelessness, low motivation and self-esteem, chronic fatigue, sadness, irritability, sleep disturbance, and loss of interest and pleasure in life that results in masking.
Life Transitions
Coping with difficult or impactful life changes, such as moving to a new area, relationship transitions, child-rearing and parenting, or career changes; learning self-care to better manage resulting stress
Neurodivergence
Supporting families, individuals and loved ones navigating neurodivergent diagnosis, life adjustments, and support systems. Including Autism Spectrum, ADHD, and/or other neurodivergent super powers.
LGBTQIA+ Topics
Exploring and deconstructing gender bias such as topics of sexuality, gender, and identity; coping with discrimination and oppression; liberation, navigating relationship, family, and cultural challenges
Post-Traumatic Stress
Healing painful experiences and memories from the past that interfere with your ability to adapt and function across significant areas of your life.
Healthcare Professionals' Mental Health
Support navigating performance expectations and work-related stress; addressing issues of burnout, hierarchical pressures, and vicarious trauma
Our Team
By supporting our practitioners with resources and opportunities for professional and personal growth we help them to create a holding space that is both therapeutic and conducive for our clients.
Additionally, we believe representation matters and that all identities should be respected.
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Licensed Professionals
Dr. Anna Berin, LMHC, PsyD
Bethany Connolly, MSW, LICSW
Jennifer Spiess, MA, LMHC
Ginny Lindgren, MS, LMHCA
Carolyn Thompson, LCSW
Dr. Dawn Parks, LMHC
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Pre-Licensed Professionals
Danielle August, MA
Krista Jimenez, MA
Uchechukwu Iloanusi, MA
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Dr. Anna Berin earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2007. She went on to earn her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (PsyD) from William James College in 2013.
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Dr. Anna Berin founded Berin Psych Inc in July 2022 after completing a 15-year tenure in the non-profit community mental health sector. She was seen as a transformational leader who led by example. She performed within the boundaries of an institutional design aimed at executing the mission and vision to serve children and families across a myriad of clinical settings.
She has contributed to both local and systemic change in areas of program development, change management, and culture transformation. This led to successfully building teams and programs that shifted service delivery from a behavioral lens to trauma-informed practices across children's residential services.
For years, Dr. Anna Berin has valued and provided clinical supervision and mentorship to countless professional and paraprofessional staff. Her primary focus has been to build capacity and self-awareness. She embraced having both authentic and difficult dialogue about needs and strengths, identifying roadblocks and making way for change. In doing so, Dr. Anna Berin discovered that her passion extended beyond direct care service. This translated to her creating and developing opportunities for clinical practitioners to expand their access, skills, and professional reach.
Dr. Anna Berin established Berin Psych with multiple goals in mind: First, to meet clinical needs of children and adults in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Second, to ensure that that the community of clients served felt that the care they were receiving met their standards (and ours). Third, to offer mental health practitioners an opportunity to incorporate work-life balance into their life and to feel fulfilled in their career through compassion and meaningful connection.
Dr. Anna Berin continues to pave the path in shifting the paradigm of work culture to emphasize employee voice and visibility, inclusivity, and mental health awareness. She believes that to improve job satisfaction, employee retention, and productivity there must be shared values in establishing and maintaining healthy relationships.
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Similarly, Dr. Anna Berin understands that the care of all clients' is dependent on the health of the providers. This parallel process comes full circle to ensure that the care our clients receive is comparable to the work and efforts that are channeled into our healers.
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