Prior to the development of her private practice, she worked for public health agencies. Privileged to have been invited into the lives of many families for over twenty-five years she views her work as a sacred trust.
Connie earned her Master’s Degree from Rivier College and has received advance training in Internal Family Systems Therapy, EMDR and Experiential forms of psychotherapy.
She has co-authored two books as well as professional journal and magazine articles. This is Connie’s First venture into the film industry.
A lover of animals and the out of doors, she currently lives beside a serene New Hampshire pond where she kayaks and walks in the woods with her dogs. She is a wife, mother and grandmother to 11 extra-ordinary young adults and children ranging in age from eighteen to one.
It’s summer. All that can be heard is the cry of seagulls’ against the crashing waves of a New England beach. “The Girl”, who, in part, represents the innocence of children, runs playfully on the wet sand and builds sandcastles. Connie, a New Hampshire psychotherapist, opens up a door into her abusive childhood. She reveals the long-term battle with her uncle who would molest and rape her. “When he died, I remember feeling a sense of great loss because I never really got to convince him that it was not my fault.”
“The Boy” throws bread to the seagulls. Marcel, Connie’s partner, also a psychotherapist and also a healer of abuse, introduces himself and talks of his early discoveries, topics that were not to be mentioned, and being protective of his mother and father’s emotions.
The range of trauma is endless - and the healing process can be long and painful. By digging deep and finding creative ways to deal with trauma, Connie admits that she is not her experiences. Marcel, though still healing, is ready to move on and confront other obstacles in the way of becoming his ‘true self’. He enters the last quadrant of his life positive and hopeful that “Life is beautiful. And even with all the hurtful things that occur, inside, one can discover beauty.”
Once referred to as a renaissance man, he enjoys writing, painting, carpentry and music.
A life long learner he brings his study of Pastoral Psychotherapy, Jungian Analytical Psychotherapy, Core Energetic Evolutionary Therapy, EMDR and Internal Family Systems Therapy to his psychotherapy practice and to his life.
He finds pleasure and meaning in the spiritual disciplines of golf, cooking and cleaning simple outdoor manual labor, travel, conversation and friendships.
He is still on his path walking the labyrinth to the still point as an unfinished man.