Buddhist therapists in Portland, ME
Browse Buddhist therapists in Portland, Maine. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
Serving Buddhist
Abelee Groff
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LICSW
My practice is grounded in trauma-informed, attachment-based therapy that emphasizes emotional safety, collaboration, and respect for each client’s values and relationships. I work with adults navigating anxiety, complex trauma, emotional regulation challenges, and relationship stress among other issues.
I take an integrative, evidence-based approach that incorporates Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic and nervous system–informed therapy, attachment-focused work, and emotion-focused interventions. While my work is rooted in clinical research, I also recognize that not all healing can be fully explained by science alone. I remain open to the many ways the mind, body, and inner world interact, honoring intuition, meaning-making, and embodied experience as part of the therapeutic process.
I provide affirming, nonjudgmental care for clients from diverse backgrounds, including LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent adults. Many clients seek my practice for support around relationship dynamics, intimacy concerns, and navigating relationships that may not follow traditional models. I aim to create a space where clients feel understood without needing to educate their therapist.
My goal is to help clients develop greater emotional resilience, healthier relationships, and a more secure connection with themselves and others.
5 Years Experience
Online in Portland, ME (Online Only)
Serving Buddhist
Michelle Bloom, PsyD
Psychologist, PsyD, PsyPact
I specialize in working with clients from the ages of 14 to adulthood, who are inquisitive, self-aware, and deeply motivated to understand themselves better, improve their relationships, move into a place of self-respect/love, and develop adaptive ways of coping, communicating, and problem-solving. I have worked for many years with children, teens, adults, and families dealing with trauma and change and searching for authenticity, often in a world that values the superficial. Therapy is a process of seeking meaning, managing change, letting go of what no longer makes sense for who we are and what we want, healing, and growing.
I am most suited to help clients dealing with loss, prior childhood trauma, depression, anxiety, ADHD, identity (in all its manifestations), divorce, self-esteem, grief, and emotional regulation. The goals are different for everyone, yet I believe that we all want to feel more balanced, more joyful, and more healthfully connected with others.
As a psychologist with 25 years of post-doctoral experience, I’ve been exposed to various modalities, settings, and clients dealing with differing issues, life changes, and developmental expectations. I’ve also found that my professional practice has evolved as I’ve matured, raised children, and survived losses and challenges. We are in this together.
29 Years Experience
Online in Portland, ME (Online Only)
Serving Buddhist
Mary Knoblock, DNH
Hypnotherapist, DNH, RTT Practitioner, Hypnotist, Holistic Naturopath Practitioner, Spiritual Counselor
Mary Knoblock, Holistic Health Practitioner, Doctor of Natural Health DNH, Duke Certified Integrative Medicine Health Coach, Emotion Code Practitioner and Hypnotist, Clinical Rapid Transformation Therapy Practitioner and Kings College London MSc Psychology & Neuroscience Candidate 28’ with over 10 years experience helping clients with Depression, Anxiety, Addictions, Anorexia, Sports Performance, Chronic Pain, Mood Disorders, PTSD, Complex Trauma, Health and Wellness Goals, Childhood trauma, Fibromyalgia, Auto Immune disorders, Panic Disorders, Cancer, End of Life, Bipolar Disorder, and more - offering modalities that are highly effective all via online sessions from anywhere in the world.
11 Years Experience
Online in Portland, ME (Online Only)
Serving Buddhist
Dina Hijazi
Psychologist, PhD, CSAT
Therapy is not only about overcoming difficulties such as past traumas or current anxiety or depression - it's also about discovering your strengths, building your resilience, and creating a fulfilling life. Reaching out for support is a courageous step and I'd be honored to walk with you on your journey of healing and growth. I believe in equipping my clients with practical tools and a deeper understanding of self to empower them to be the best version of themselves. I look forward to hearing from you.
35 Years Experience
Online in Portland, ME
Serving Buddhist
Dr. Stéphanie Gamache, PhD
Hypnotherapist, PhD
Something in you knows that what you're carrying runs deeper than the presenting problem.
Many of the people I work with are thoughtful, capable, and outwardly composed-yet internally they live with anxiety, depression, chronic tension or pain, relentless self-criticism, or a sense that something essential is blocked, muted, or just out of reach. These struggles may surface in mood, in the body, in behavior, or in relationships-including sexuality and intimacy-but they are rarely contained to any one area. They tend to reflect deeper emotional and relational patterns formed early in life, often before language, that continue to shape how a person approaches closeness, vulnerability, agency, pleasure, and self-expression.
My work centers on how early experience shapes the capacity for self-regulation, desire, connection, and meaning throughout life-and particularly on how people come to know what they need and want, how they learn to express or inhibit those impulses, and what happens when these capacities become conflicted, constricted, or difficult to sustain.
I integrate psychoanalytic hypnotherapy, somatic awareness, and clinical sexology within a reflective, depth-oriented process. Hypnosis functions as a central clinical tool-creating conditions for deeper internal contact with emotional, bodily, and unconscious experience that can be difficult to reach through conversation alone. The aim is not only relief from symptoms, but the development of a more coherent and compassionate relationship with one's inner life: sensations, emotions, impulses, and desires.
This work is oriented toward lasting psychological change-and toward greater freedom in how one relates to oneself, one's body, and one's capacity for connection, authenticity, and vitality. It is best suited to those ready to move beyond symptom management toward something more fundamental.
7 Years Experience
Online in Portland, ME (Online Only)
Buddhist therapists in Portland, ME Statistics
Buddhist therapists in Portland, ME average 16 years of experience and charge around $236 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Anxiety or Fears (82%), Self Esteem (71%), and Depression (68%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$236
Accept insurance
24%
Offer sliding scale
59%
Gender ID
| 59% |
Female |
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| 35% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 56% |
Online Only |
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| 44% |
In Person and Online |
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Top Specialties
| 82% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 71% | Self Esteem |
| 68% | Depression |
| 68% | Loss or Grief |
| 68% | Stress |
| 68% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 50% | Spirituality |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 85% | Young Adult |
| 76% | Senior |
| 32% | Teen |
| 12% | Children |
Client Focus
| 100% | Buddhist |
| 88% | Women |
| 82% | LGBTQ+ |
| 79% | Men |
| 76% | Christian |