Roula Germain (she/her/hers)

I have worked with teens and adults with all types of substance abuse issues. I also have passion for working with the family members affected including spouses and helping them with issues around self care, codependency, the road to recovery and their role in family members recovery and reclaiming their lives. I have knowledge of the 12 step program and believe therapy is another resource for those in recovery.

I have experience working on parent/child relationships, especially with teens and young adults. I have experience doing family & couple's therapy around many issues, including infidelity, substance abuse issues, and depression. I have training and experience with couple's interventions such as Emotionally Focused Therapy and the Gottman Method for Couple's Therapy.

I have worked with teens and young adults transitioning into stress times in their lives and during which they are trying to develop their identity and identify what they value. I have also worked with adults for years in various settings that are adjusting to loss of a job, loss of a loved one, dissolution of a marriage, or a recent diagnosis of a medical condition. I have helped them cope with the grief and shock around and learning to cope with this significant change in their life.

Trained in EMDR and successfully completed EMDR Basic Training.

Have many years of experience working with teens and adults struggling with substance abuse and/or dependence, as well as family members of those affected. I have run multi -family groups, couples sessions, individual sessions, and psychoeducational groups to educate about addiction and support people through their recovery. Knowledge of the medical model of addiction and 12 step program. Worked in residential , IOP and PHP programs for Addiction for several years during in my career.

Experience working with adolescents and adults struggling with anxiety and other mood disorders throughout my career. Interest and education in mindfulness and meditation techniques to help reduce and cope with anxiety as well as trauma informed techniques to assist with healing past trauma that may be a contributing factor to the anxiety.

Experience working with adolescents and adults struggling with anxiety and other mood disorders throughout my career. Interest and education in mindfulness and meditation techniques to assist with anxiety disorders as well as trauma informed techniques to assist with past trauma that may be causing anxiety.

I have worked with many clients struggling with codependency as a result of various types of abusive relationships in their past.

Have received training in both: The Gottman Method for Couple's Therapy Method & Sue Johnson's Emotionally Focused Couple's Therapy.

Educated and Utilize Mindfulness Practices with all my clients within their comfort level.

We all experience life transitions and it is understandable that sometimes we need extra assistance with coping with the feelings and changes associated with the life event. I’ve worked with clients along the entire life span and assisted with a multitude of life changes.

Completed EMDR Basic Training and received supervision to complete training requirements.

Many years implementing CBT to help clients understand relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. CBT can be used for depression, anxiety, addiction and other situations. This is a top down approach, which has been around for along time and is highly effective and will be combined with somatic and other techniques for a holistic approach to healing.

Most people will experience symptoms of depression at least once in their life, often due to a loss or change which can be seen often as an expected reaction. I have experience working with clients all along the spectrum of depression from mild to severe. I am also familiar working with clients struggling with another diagnosis along with depression. Research has shown that therapy and exercise combined as as effective as medication for mild depression.