You've really helped me get my priorities straight and focus on what I want to accomplish in life.
Online Counseling
for residents of Maine and Pennsylvania. Get counseling from the comfort of your own home. It's convenient and confidential.
Intensive Therapy
featuring longer, possibly more frequent sessions over a shorter period of time. Perfect for EMDR, available online or in Phillips, Maine.
ADHD Coaching
to implement the skills and strategies you need to overcome your attention-related challenges. Available worldwide via phone or video.
You’re intelligent, hard-working, and creative. Life is good – on the outside. But on the inside, you feel like there’s something wrong with you. You can’t quite reach the potential you know you have. Your inner critic is relentless. Sound familiar? It’s a common scenario for adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD/ADD). It’s also common for those who’ve endured trauma, abuse, or neglect in childhood. There’s a lot of overlap between the two. I specialize in both.
My name is Beth Main. I’m a professional counselor licensed in Maine and Pennsylvania, and registered as a teletherapy provider in Florida. I offer online therapy (a.k.a. virtual counseling, video counseling, or telehealth) to clients anywhere in those states. I’m also a certified ADHD coach and provide coaching worldwide. In-person sessions can be held in Phillips, Maine.
Talk therapy can provide insight, validation, and hope. But sometimes, talking isn’t enough. Especially with trauma. (Not sure if what you experienced qualifies as trauma? Read this.) I offer a variety of innovative approaches that get to the root of the problem, including:
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) / Tapping
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Ego State / Parts Work
- Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (using the Natural Lifemanship model)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Mindfulness and somatic exercises
- For ADHD: Coaching and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
If you have Adult ADHD, you’ll learn - and actually implement - proven skills and strategies for problems like time management, focus, and organization. Check out my other website, adhdsolutions.net to find out more.
If disturbing events from your past are still interfering with your life, we will harness the mind’s ability to heal itself and put those memories to rest.
If you're ready to work on your stuff at a deeper level, contact me to schedule your free consultation to see if I'm the right therapist for you.
I'm looking forward to connecting with you.
Services
Psychotherapy
Healing. Feeling better about yourself and the world. Treatment for mental health issues. Psychotherapy deals with the messy stuff in life and the emotions that go along with it. As your therapist, I will help you process feelings and develop healthier ways of looking at the world.
ADHD Coaching
Being organized. Getting stuff done. Developing skills, systems, and strategies for managing Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder. As your ADHD coach, I'll help you create the tools you need to live in harmony with your ADHD. Learn more at adhdsolutions.net.
Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Sometimes talking about problems isn’t the way to solve them. Sometimes there are no words. As your Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) mental health professional, I will help you connect with your inner wisdom through connection with a horse.
About Me
I've been a professional ADHD coach since 2006. It didn't take long before I realized that many of my clients had emotional issues that went beyond what could be addressed in coaching. So a few years later, I decided to get a master's degree in counseling so I could offer therapy as well. Then it became clear that almost every client I saw had suffered adverse childhood experiences. Those experiences had to be addressed in a different kind of way. So I went on to get specialized training in the most effective treatments available for complex developmental trauma, including certification in EMDR. Now I'm a professional counselor licensed in both Maine (LCPC) and Pennsylvania (LPC). I maintain the Board Certified Coach (BCC) credential as well.
My approach to therapy and coaching is very solution-oriented. I don't want you to just come in and vent, I want you to solve problems and make constructive changes in your life. Changes in the way you do things, feel, and think. That said, I recognize that not everyone knows what they want to change, or even what elements of their life are unhealthy. So we start where you are right now. Some of the disciplines I draw from when determining the approach to use with a client include Solution Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) / Tapping, Ego State/Parts therapy, and Natural Lifemanship / Equine Assisted Psychotherapy.
Before becoming a coach / therapist, I was a successful Information Technology Project Manager / Business Analyst for a retirement services firm. I worked there for 18 years, holding progressively responsible positions and helping people get what they want. It was there that I first learned to listen for problems, think in terms of systems, and help people become comfortable with change.
On a personal level, I live on a hobby farm in the mountains of western Maine with my husband, chickens, cats, horses, and goats. My adult son still lives in Pennsylvania, where we're from. I'm an INFP. I enjoy horses, backpacking, hiking, kayaking, photography, and creating mosaic art.
Testimonials
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I am very grateful for your heart to share with me... God must have given you a special laser beam. You are reaching untouched territory.
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Sometimes the things that arise are totally unexpected and end up focusing you on the root of an issue you didn't even know was on your mind......
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I want to thank you for being an inspiration, a teacher, a source and a wonderful beacon of light.