PSYCHOTHERAPY
The Meeting Point is a collective of independent body workers and psychotherapists.
Although many Meeting Point therapists specialize in working with LGBTQI individuals, disability, and trauma, each of our psychotherapists have their own interests and areas of expertise.
We invite you to visit their individual pages below to learn more about their background, availability, and what insurance they take, so that you may reach out directly to anyone who seems like they might be a good fit.
Are you looking for gender-affirming care letters? These providers are available to meet with you and write them:
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Aida Manduley, LICSW
They/Them + Elle/Le
For many of us, finding help (or even asking for it) isn’t easy. Whatever your reasons for pursuing counseling/ therapy, Aida’s goal is to collaborate with you on the path to wellness and fulfillment. Aida wants to help you lead a life that feels nourishing, however you define that for yourself.
Servicios disponibles en español.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Out Of Network
• Private Pay (with sliding scale) -
AJ Guerrero, LMHC
She/Her
AJ primarily sees adult clients addressing anxiety, depression, life transitions, and LGBTQ+ related issues.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Aetna
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Out of Network
• Private Pay
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Alex Gerrish, LICSW
They/Them
Alex is a queer, trans therapist who takes a collaborative and non-pathologizing approach to therapy. Alex provides affirmative therapy for LGBTQ+ folks who are looking to explore their identities in a supportive, non-judgmental, trauma-informed space. They have a particular interest in collaborating with folks interested in gender identity exploration.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Allways
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
• Optum
• United Healthcare
• Out of Network
• Private Pay (with sliding scale)
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Aliza Kenney, Expressive Arts Intern
They/She
Aliza specializes in expressive arts therapy, with a focus on play therapy and liberation through artistic expression. They are queer, transgender, fat and disabled, and strive to work from a non-pathologizing, anti-oppression perspective, collaborating with clients to find their journey of healing and self understanding. They are currently pursuing their Masters in Expressive Arts Therapy at Lesley University, and subsequent licensure.
They are also running a number of groups at The Meeting Point and also helps facilitate our regular Queer Crafts Nights.
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AndreAs Neumann-Mascis, Ph.D.
He/Him
AndreAs does individual and relationship therapy as well as group therapy, training and consultation.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
•Aetna
•Allways
• BMC Health Net
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Cigna
• Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
• Optum
• Tufts Commercial and Public
• United Healthcare
• Out Of Network
• Private Pay (with sliding scale) -
Aneesa Wermers, LCSW
Aneesa works with those across young adulthood into later adulthood through a range of different modalities; their work aims to be collaborative, strengths-based, trauma-informed, and neurodivergent affirming.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Self Pay (with sliding scale)
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Anna Tarkoff, LICSW
She/They
Anna draws from many different therapeutic styles, with the idea that it is valuable both to know how and why we got here, and to learn how to act differently now.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Tufts Commercial
• Out Of Network
• Self Pay (with sliding scale) -
Chris Medeiros, LMHC, M.Div.
He/Him
Chris’ approach incorporates mindfulness/self-compassion practice, psychodynamic and cognitive behavior therapy, and spiritual development.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Cigna
• Out Of Network
• Private Pay -
Dr. Crystal Hopkins, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
She/Her
I specialize in both Family and Psychiatric Mental Health, offering comprehensive care tailored to my patient’s needs. I believe in treating the whole person, not just the symptoms. My goal is to create a supportive environment where you feel heard, understood, and empowered on your journey to better health.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Aetna
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Cigna
• Out of Network
• Private Pay
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Clare McBee, LICSW
They/Them
Over the course of Clare’s career as a clinical social worker, they have increasingly focused their work on providing LGBTQI-affirming psychotherapy to individuals who have experienced trauma, in its many interpersonal and systemic forms. As a white queer nonbinary femme therapist, Clare continues to educate themself on the privileges and power dynamics inherent in her own social position in relation to their clients, and openly works from an anti-oppression framework.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Aetna
• Allways
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Cigna
• Optum
• Tufts Commercial
• Tufts Health Direct
• Tufts Health Together
• United Healthcare
• Self Pay (with sliding scale) -
Elliot Hutton, LICSW
They/Them
I am a queer, transgender, fat-positive, liberation-oriented therapist. I strive to practice from an anti-oppressive, non-pathologizing perspective with the understanding that the mental health field is steeped in colonialism and white supremacy.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Aetna
• Cigna
• Optum
•Self pay (with sliding scale)
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Gaby Nunez Santiago, LMHC
She/They, Ella/Elle
My name is Gaby Nunez Santiago (she/they, ella/elle). I’m a bilingual (Spanish/English) expressive arts therapist with a deep love for and commitment to culturally resonant and liberatory practices. As a born and raised Boricua*, queer, and nonbinary survivor, I am dedicated to co-creating healing spaces where folks who have experienced oppression, abuse, and other kinds of trauma can feel free to show up fully and authentically. It is my mission and honor to serve people who are immigrants, Latines, Spanish-speaking, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, polyamorous, students, activists, sex workers, and/or part of kink community.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Aetna
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Cigna
• Optum
•Self pay (with sliding scale)
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Julia Ozog, LMHC
She/Her
Julia works primarily with adolescents and adults in their 20s and enjoys helping clients navigate early adulthood and the specific issues that tend to feel overwhelming at that particular point in life.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Allways
• Aetna
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Cigna
• Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
• MassHealth/MBHP
• Optum
• United Healthcare
• Private Pay (with sliding scale)
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Karen Enegess, LMHC
She/Her
Karen’s approach is collaborative, strengths-based, and holistic, that is, she sees you as a whole person, and believes in the interconnectedness of body, mind and spirit.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Allways
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
• Optum
• Tufts Commercial
• United Healthcare
• Private Pay (with sliding scale) -
Kate Bryant, LICSW
She/Her
I believe in person centered, trauma informed therapy that goes at whatever pace you feel most comfortable with.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Aetna
• Cigna
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
• Mass Health
• Tufts
• United Healthcare
• Self Pay
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Katie Byron, MDiv, LICSW
(They/Them)
Katie Byron, LICSW is a warm, playful, and compassionate therapist who enjoys co-creating a space with clients to try on new ways of being and relating. They provide individual psychotherapy and work with adolescents and adults. Katie is a white, queer, fat, nonbinary femme.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Aetna
• Cigna
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
• Optum
• Tufts
• Out of Network
• Private Pay (with sliding scale)
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Kelly Reed, LHMC, RDT
They/ Them
Kelly is a licensed mental health counselor and registered drama therapist. They provide LGBTQIA- and neurodivergent-affirming somatic and expressive arts therapy for people navigating anxiety & perfectionism, relationship concerns/ questions, navigating grief, change, loss, or transition of any kind, and trauma recovery. They love supporting creatives, organizers, and other changemakers.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Out Of Network
• Self Pay (with sliding scale)
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Kirbie MacEwen, LICSW
They/Them
Kirbie specializes in working with clients experiencing trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, gender exploration, and life transitions.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
• Optum
• Tufts Commercial
• United Healthcare
• Self Pay (with sliding scale)
• Out-of-Network
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Liz Eanniello, LICSW
She/Her
Liz's practice is rooted in the notion that connection heals, and that trauma, anxiety, and suffering are stored and live within the body.
All services are Private Pay/Self Pay
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Margot Meitner, LICSW
She/Her
Margot brings a warm and interactive style to her psychotherapeutic practice, which can best be described as “eclectic,” as she believes that not one type of therapy is right for everyone.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Out Of Network
• Self Pay (with sliding scale) -
Marlo Pedroso, LICSW
He/Him
Marlo specializes in integrative work, using evidence-based approaches like Somatic Focusing, Psychedelic Assisted Therapy and Internal Family Systems. These mindful approaches bring body and mind together in the process of therapy. Bodies are sacred sources of intelligence, pleasure, and vitality. They also store our pain and trauma. Because of this they need to be privileged in the healing process. Marlo uses mindful, somatic (body) orientation to deepen the process of healing and create lasting change.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Out of Network
• Self Pay (with sliding scale)
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Molly Robson, LICSW
She/Her
Molly is a white, queer, fat, cis woman and licensed independent clinical social worker who loves to work with adults navigating complicated relationships with their bodies. Her approach is rooted in body liberation, fat acceptance, and gender-affirming care.
All services are Private Pay with Sliding Scale
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Robin Haas, LICSW
They/Them
Robin has done extensive work with those struggling with eating disorders, depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, adoption, separation and divorce, child custody, learning disabilities, sensory motor issues, coming out, questioning identity, and life adjustment issues.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Out Of Network
• Private Pay (with sliding scale) -
Sam Sheffield, MD
He/Him
Sam is a psychiatrist offering medication management and/or psychotherapy. He specializes in treating depression, anxiety, and ADHD in college/graduate students, young adults, and LGBT+ individuals.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Out Of Network
• Private Pay (with sliding scale)
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Shannon McCarthy, LICSW
She/Her
Shannon’s expertise is in counseling people through crisis, trauma and other life transitions by helping them claim their personal power so they can become more fully themselves.
Insurance/Payment Accepted:
• Allways
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
• Optum
• Tufts Commercial
• United Healthcare
• Out Of Network
• Private Pay (with sliding scale) -
Viergelyn Chery-Reed, LMHC, ET
She/Her/They
Viergelyn is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Expressive Arts Therapist, and Professional Intuitive Life Coach. She specializes in supporting individuals who are seeking to reclaim, integrate, and heal from traumatic and challenging life experiences. Her work focuses on helping clients cultivate healthy relationships and navigate through intersectional identities and social structures.
Insurance/Payment accepted:
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Private Pay
If you are seeking information for other than receiving therapy services from The Meeting Point (space rental, trainings, internships, or collaborations, etc), please email us at themeetingpointboston@gmail.com
If you are interested in being seen for psychotherapy at The Meeting Point, please see our directory of individual providers for direct contact information.
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