Christina Metri
My mission is to help you feel seen, heard, and truly understood. Growing up in Lebanon, where mental health was rarely discussed, sparked a deep passion for understanding human emotions and resilience. Moving to the U.S. at 17 brought the challenges of navigating between cultures, which shaped a commitment to supporting those who feel unseen or disconnected. Together, we’ll delve into your story, confront challenges, and foster resilience. This is a journey toward finding balance, joy, and the strength you deserve.
Educational Background and Professional Activites
With a Bachelor’s in Psychology from UMASS Dartmouth and a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Southern University of New Hampshire, Christina combines traditional therapy with holistic approaches tailored to each individual. Christina’s experience spans working with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, dual diagnoses, and life transitions, providing both individual and group therapy. Creating a safe, non-judgmental space is at the core of every session. Christinas’ Lebanese descent and immigration to the US drives a passion for breaking the stigma around mental health, especially within Middle Eastern communities. Christina is culturally sound and competent and can aid to diverse populations via speaking fluent Arabic and English. Christina is a member of the American Counseling Association and won an award from the National Society for Leadership and Success for demonstrating exceptional leadership qualities and commitment to personal and professional growth (2023).
Maria Elena Meidanis
Maria puts a new spin on therapeutic services; integrating holistic, spiritual and individualized approach to treatment. Maria is passionate about helping her client's access and strengthen their intuition, limit anxiety, depression and stress, hone into their internal intelligence and use more of their potential to overcome challenges related to addiction, trauma, eating disorders and relationships. Through changing the beliefs that inhibit the desired outcome, Maria can assist her clients in changing the reactionary patterns which influence the way one experiences reality-changing limiting patterns into empowering patterns. Maria may also integrate yoga into her therapy as a means to enhance the mind-body connection.
Educational Background and Professional Activities
Maria is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Maria earned her Master's Degree (MS) in Counseling as well her Certificate after Graduate study (CAGS) in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Suffolk University. Maria gained clinical experience through Judge Baker's Children's Center, Mass. General Hospital's Psychiatry Department, MCI-Framingham Prison, Riverside Community Care and Bay State Community Services. Maria has pursued training in modalities that emphasize mind-body connection, including pursuing her Reiki Mastership and Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) Certification. She has additional training in Y-CBT (Yoga-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and Motivational Interviewing specific to Addiction, Eating disorders, Trauma and relational conflict. Maria is also a certified yoga teacher. She is one of seven co-authors of a scientific poster presentation Parental Self-reflection in Adolescence Predicts Adolescent Offspring Self-Reflection. License #11067; #4642
