Patricia T. Graves, LCSW
Psychotherapist
Counselor
Focusing Trainer
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About Pat
Since graduating from Simmons College School of
Social Work in 1986, Pat Graves has been working as a psychotherapist
providing therapy to individual adults and couples, clinical
consultation to other therapists and Focusing* Workshops. Pat is a
Licensed Clinical Social worker in Maine and New Hampshire and
credentialed by the Academy of Certified Social Workers. She is also
certified by the Focusing Institute as a Focusing Trainer and has
completed Level II Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
training.
Over the past twenty plus years, Pat has learned from experiences in several different settings. For seven years she worked as a therapist for an organization that provided psychotherapy and sprituality services. This deepened her appreciation of the many ways we make meaning of our lives. As a result, she is particularly open to integrating the spiritual dimension into the therapy process for those who would like to do so.
As a therapist for a community mental health center, Pat provided counseling to people with varied needs. She especially gained valuable experience in helping individuals to heal from the effects of trauma and to learn more adaptive ways of relating to others.
Having been drawn to social work through being a hospice volunteer, Pat has also served those coping with medical illness, grief and end-of-life issues as a social worker for Massachusetts General Hospital and two hospice organizations, as well as, in her therapy practice.
Pat has gratefully built upon the foundation of these experiences in establishing her private practice---first in Keene, NH and now in York, ME. Due to her belief that we all know on some level what we need to heal, she makes a particular effort to offer therapeutic approaches,such as Internal Family Systems Therapy, EMDR and Focusing, that help in accessing this inner wisdom.
Over the past twenty plus years, Pat has learned from experiences in several different settings. For seven years she worked as a therapist for an organization that provided psychotherapy and sprituality services. This deepened her appreciation of the many ways we make meaning of our lives. As a result, she is particularly open to integrating the spiritual dimension into the therapy process for those who would like to do so.
As a therapist for a community mental health center, Pat provided counseling to people with varied needs. She especially gained valuable experience in helping individuals to heal from the effects of trauma and to learn more adaptive ways of relating to others.
Having been drawn to social work through being a hospice volunteer, Pat has also served those coping with medical illness, grief and end-of-life issues as a social worker for Massachusetts General Hospital and two hospice organizations, as well as, in her therapy practice.
Pat has gratefully built upon the foundation of these experiences in establishing her private practice---first in Keene, NH and now in York, ME. Due to her belief that we all know on some level what we need to heal, she makes a particular effort to offer therapeutic approaches,such as Internal Family Systems Therapy, EMDR and Focusing, that help in accessing this inner wisdom.
Pat Graves
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Psychotherapist
Certified Focusing Trainer
What is Focusing?
*Focusing*, as conceptualized by Eugene Gendlin, is a gentle mind-body process that is helpful in easing disturbing feelings, facilitating decision-making, addressing interpersonal issues and moving beyond the "I-want-to-but- can't" feeling associated with blocks to creativity. It involves attending to the place inside the body where you experience an issue and acknowledging what comes to your awareness. When something that was formerly vague becomes clearer, there is release in the body and positive life changes often come about.
*For more information go to: www.focusing.org
*Focusing*, as conceptualized by Eugene Gendlin, is a gentle mind-body process that is helpful in easing disturbing feelings, facilitating decision-making, addressing interpersonal issues and moving beyond the "I-want-to-but- can't" feeling associated with blocks to creativity. It involves attending to the place inside the body where you experience an issue and acknowledging what comes to your awareness. When something that was formerly vague becomes clearer, there is release in the body and positive life changes often come about.
*For more information go to: www.focusing.org
