Portland, Maine · Individuals, couples & families
Tide Mill Counseling is a Portland practice for anxiety, depression, relationships, and the things that are hard to say out loud. We work beside you — tying new knots where the old ones have slipped.
In person in Portland, Maine, or over secure teletherapy video.
What we mend
A net holds because of how it's knotted, not because it's perfect. Whatever brought you here, we'll find the shape of it together and start tying.
Individual therapy for the racing thoughts, the flat weeks, and the loop that won't quit. We slow it down and look at what's feeding it.
Two people, one net. We work on the tears that keep reopening — communication, trust, the recurring argument — and re-tie them together.
The teenage years pull hard on everyone in the house. Sessions for teens, and for the families trying to stay connected to them.
For what happened and won't stay in the past. EMDR and trauma-focused work, at a pace you can actually hold.
Someone is missing, and the world keeps moving. A place to carry the loss without carrying it alone.
Video sessions when getting to an office isn't realistic. Same room, same work — wherever you can close a door.
How the work goes
Therapy here is collaborative and unhurried. You don't need a diagnosis, a script, or the right words — you need somewhere to start, and we'll find that together.
Send a short note or leave a message. As much or as little as you'd like to share — just enough to begin.
We meet for a first session and get a sense of what's going on. You set the pace; nothing is forced.
Together we look at where the strain keeps landing — the thought loops, the arguments, the places it hurts.
You leave with something practical to try between sessions. Over time, the repairs hold.
Why mending
It's made stronger — the knot holds exactly where the strand once pulled apart.
The practice
Tide Mill Counseling is a Portland practice built around a simple idea: people do better when they're not doing it alone. We're warm without being vague, and practical without turning your life into a worksheet.
Sessions are in person in Portland, or over secure video when that's what fits your week.
Teletherapy
Secure video sessions are a full version of the work — not a lesser one. Useful on a week with no lunch break, a long commute, or a winter that keeps you home.
Start here
Tell us a little about what's going on, and we'll be in touch to arrange a first session — in Portland or over secure video.
A short note is enough to start. You don't have to explain everything to ask, and there's no obligation after the first conversation.