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Rachel Robb Avery, Phd

Cape Elizabeth Children's Play Therapy, Psychological assessments and Family Therapy

(207) 775-2131
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Rachel Robb Avery, Phd

Cape Elizabeth Children's Play Therapy, Psychological assessments and Family Therapy

(207) 775-2131
drrachelavery@gmail.com

Cape Elizabeth Children
Cape Elizabeth Children
Cape Elizabeth Children
Cape Elizabeth Children
Cape Elizabeth Children
Cape Elizabeth Children
Cape Elizabeth Children
Cape Elizabeth Children

Located in Portland serving Cape Elizabeth and surrounding areas

Who Am I

Rachel Robb Avery, Phd is a Maine-licensed psychologist. Dr. Avery provides individual and family therapy to children, adolescents and adults and child and adolescent psychological assessment services in Portland, Maine. With over 30 years of clinical experience and extensive training in evidenced-based intervention practices, Dr. Avery offers a broad range of intervention approaches included but not limited to Play Assessment and Therapy, Psychological Assessment, Well-Child Emotional Evaluations, Individual and Family therapy. In addition to being a clinical practitioner, Dr. Avery is the author of a children’s self-help book: Meet Thotso, Your Thoughtmaker: a book that can be used to teach young children, parents, and educators a curriculum of positive thinking skills. Rachel Robb Avery, Phd is co-owner of Smart Thot LLC with Dot Lucci, M.Ed., CAGS. Smart Thot is a company that designs and markets books and preschool curriculum that increase children’s emotional resiliency by teaching positive thinking skills. Smart Thot curriculm, Think Smart Feel Good is evidence-based and includes skills associated with cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness and relaxation techniques. Dot Lucci M.Ed. is currently teaching the Think Smart Feel Good curriculum for the 2012-2013 school year at the Fuse Preschool located in Lexington Massachusetts.

Meet Thotso

What I Do

Rachel Robb Avery, Phd provides confidential individual and family therapy, Psychological Assessment and School and Daycare Consultation Services.

  • Individual Therapy*
  • Child, Adolescent and Adult
  • Treatment approaches include:
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Problem-Focused Therapy
  • Relaxation Training
  • Psychodynamic therapy
  • Cognitive Developmental Therapy
  • Family Therapy
  • Parent-Child therapy
  • Co-Parent support and skill-based counseling
  • Sibling therapy
  • Child and Adolescent Psychological Assessment
  • School and Day Care Consultation

What We Do

When a child or adolescent is seen in psychotherapy, parent participation is required as intervention is focused on promoting the mutual satisfaction of parent-child communication, problem solving and emotional sharing. This involvement could involve either/or parent-child counseling sessions or parent education and support sessions. For parents of younger children, parents and children will usually be seen together in the playroom. Each parent-child session will be focused on the processes and successful resolution of current areas of conflict, confusion, disappointment or disconnect that disrupt feelings of healthy attachment and communication.

All interventions used are person-problem specific. Each patient participates in an individualized strength-based Intake assessment with the goal of identifying both the nature and dimensions of the problems for which they are seeking psychological help as well as for determining the most appropriate intervention strategies, consistent with the patient’s goals and personality style. Following the Intake assessment, treatment recommendations are made and a course of care is mutually negotiated.

Please Contact Rachel Robb Avery, Phd today to discuss your situation or to ask any further questions you might have about the services she can provide.