Mental Health, Meditation, Group Facilitation, Staff and Support, Operations, Yoga & Movement, Yoga
Noel Coakley
Noel Coakley, MEd, LMHC

For those seeking an alternative to traditional psychotherapy, Noel offers a unique approach rooted in Buddhist psychology and meditation practices.

For those seeking support in their meditation practice, Noel offers an approach established in lineage traditions that is balanced with trauma-informed Western psychology.

Noel is an independently licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with a Master's degree in Counseling from Lesley University and Special Education from UMass Boston.

He is also a certified yoga instructor, supporting a holistic, mind & body approach to wellness. His experience from years as a special education teacher benefits his ability to support differentiated learning styles and needs.

Noel has been practicing meditation since 1996, beginning initially with the Indo-Tibetan traditions and then the Yundrung Bön tradition since 2013. Over the years, Noel has been fortunate to learn from over 100 teachers, including HH the Dalai Lama and HH the 34th Menri Trizin.

HIs first teacher was Lama Tsering Ngodup Yodsampa, from the Karma Kagyu lineage. He later studied with the psychologist and meditation teacher, Dan P. Brown, who introduced him to Mahamudra, Dzogchen, and a Rime a style of practice.

Noel’s main practice lineage is currently the Yundgrung Bön tradition, with his root lama, Geshe Tenzin Gelek Rinpoche, studying Bonpo Dzogchen from the Zhangzhung Nyengyud.

In addition, Noel is a student of David Nichtern, founder of Dharma Moon, with whom Noel works as an assistant director for the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training program.

As the founder and director of the Boston Center for Contemplative Practice, Noel has created a welcoming space where individuals can explore their own paths to healing, recovery, development, and flourishing.

Beyond his professional life, Noel is a loving father, husband, brother, musician, and friend to his dog, Clementine.

Noel Coakley, MEd, LMHC

Mental Health

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Anna-Maria D'Cruz, Ph.D.

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Anna-Maria D'Cruz, Ph.D.


About Me

Healing spaces are portals of transformation

I am a clinical psychologist, committed to co-creating relational spaces with my clients that support them in the personal journey. I believe in a holistic approach that supports equitable, integrated healing for individuals and their communities.

I work from a trauma-informed perspective: by recognizing the systems that perpetuate harm to individuals and communities, and actively striving to dismantle those in order to heal and be whole. I strive to create help my clients create narratives that honor and uphold their past, present, and future selves.

I create healing spaces that welcome and affirm individuals in all their intersecting identities and how those can evolve over time. I work from an anti-racist, sex-positive, gender-affirming, feminist perspective.

My approach uses tools from several therapeutic modalities to develop a plan that works best for each individual, as well as including contemplative practice, play, and nature-based sensory reintegration. I am passionate about music, art, and nature, and will use these as mediators of expression and change with clients whose interests overlap.

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Amy Morgan, MSW, LICSW

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Amy Morgan, MSW, LICSW

Amy Morgan, MSW, LICSW

Social Worker, Individual and Family Therapist, Consultant and Trainer

Amy Morgan is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and a certified Open Dialogue practitioner providing support, therapy and in-home services for individuals, families, and social networks. She received her master’s degree in social work from Boston University in 2005.

Through developing meaningful connections, Amy is focused on helping people in the ways they want to be helped and feel helped. She believes that each person is the expert on themselves. She offers the space, time, support, and guidance for greater understanding of their distress and emotional suffering. She values the collective wisdom within a person, a family and/or a social network of supports and welcomes the inclusion of important people in the therapeutic process if the person seeking help so chooses.

Prior to starting her private practice, Amy’s professional experiences and training include clinical, administrative, and senior leadership roles within a large, non-profit organization for 28 years. She works with adults with an array of mental health struggles; people who have had major disruptions and traumas, and who have endured significant turbulence in their lives; adults who utilize self-injury; adults with suicidal ideas and intent; adults with distressing experiences often labeled as “psychosis”; adults with substance use challenges; and adults with difficulties in managing their relationships and maintaining their home environments. Utilizing appropriate communication access and American Sign Language interpreters, Amy works with adults who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing and is understanding of Deaf culture. Additionally, she is a trained therapist and skills group facilitator for Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

While both Zoom and in-person office meetings are available, Amy also provides the unique service of in-home sessions. In addition to counseling, Amy provides consultation and training to agencies.

Amy lives in the Boston area. She is a mother of two young adults, a lover of animals and finds peace and solitude from the ocean. Amy is described as kind and compassionate with an unwavering commitment to advocacy and the protection of human rights.

Contact Information:

msacmorgan@gmail.com

508-612-5780

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Dominique Malebranche, PhD

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Dominique Malebranche, PhD

Dominique Malebranche, PhD, RYT-200 is new to The BCCP Collaborative and excited to offer trauma sensitive yoga classes for the community. She completed her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri and a 200-hour Vinyasa yoga certification in the Bay Area. She is currently completing a postdoctoral fellowship specializing in mind-body interventions for complex trauma and PTSD at the Trauma Center at JRI and a 300-hour certification in the Evidence Based Practice of Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY). She brings authentic presence and a passion for social justice issues and access to mindful healing, wellness and body-based practices for diverse populations. She is a mindfulness meditation and yoga practitioner, with special interest in Ayurveda and traditional healing practices.

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Keyona Aviles, LMHC

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Keyona Aviles, LMHC

Keyona Aviles, LMHC, earned her Masters degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a specialization in holistic practice from Lesley University. Her belief in the body as instrumental in mental and emotional healing led her to become an ACE certified personal trainer in 2003, AFAA certified Group Exercise Instructor in 2006​, Vinyasa Yoga instructor in 2009, and to train with Project Adventure in Adventure Based Counseling

When she is not counseling or guiding workshops, Keyona enjoys spending time with her family, dancing, and creating expressive art pieces.

Keyona Aviles, LMHC, founder of Inspired Release, recently opened a home-based wellness boutique / private practice where she provides therapy and treatment to women, youth, and their families. She has integrated her 15 years of clinical mental health experience with what she knows to be true for herself and so many others: awareness of the body, movement, and curiosity are crucial to emotional/mental well being and soul level healing.

“I am Keyona Aviles, LMHC ~ an actively healing daughter, sister, mother, friend, wife, and healer. I consider it the highest honor to be invited into the vulnerable, static, and sometimes dark, places of people’s lives. With earned permission, I help everyday people touch the places where the possibility for exploration, change, and understanding has often been overlooked. Through my wellness boutique and private practice, Inspired Release, I help everyday people to put in the work necessary to allow healing and fullness of life to flow free. “

“By truly integrating contemplative, holistic practices into our everyday lives we allow healing and fullness of life to flow free.”

Practices like mindful movement & dance

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“In my family movement/dance was how we expressed our deepest emotions, how we praised our God, how we shared ourselves when words failed. So when vinyasa yoga came to me, a practice that joins breath, movement, and creates reflective space, it felt both foreign and very familiar. It was a new way to access the healing available within myself; a way into mySelf through simple body movements.

“The way I teach is heavily influenced by the shapes, sizes, and flows found in my large family, the many forms of water around our New England and island homes, and my own body. I am grateful for gifts gained from learning with Rolf Gates, Micheline Berry, Leslie Salmon Jones, Carrie Tyler, Sue Jones, Tom Myers, Antigravity and Aerial yoga.”

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Yenkuei Chuang-Lundberg, PhD

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Yenkuei Chuang-Lundberg, PhD

Yenkuei Chuang-Lundberg was born in Taiwan and grew up in the U.S. She is a mindfulness-based psychologist and an ordained member of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing. She received her M.Ed. in Human Development from Harvard University and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Stanford University. Also a Fulbright Fellow, she wrote her dissertation on Bicultural Competence. Previously she worked as a clinical psychologist at Harvard University Health Services, a diversity consultant at Harvard Pilgrim Foundation, and mindfulness instructor at DownUnder Yoga.

With over twenty years of experience in meditation, yoga, and cognitive behavioral therapy, Yenkuei is interested in helping people develop mindfulness and wisdom to meet the challenges of work and relationships in everyday life. She brings a culturally sensitive lens to her work, and she cares deeply for her students and clients. When not working, she enjoys being a mother to her four children, writing, cooking, and dancing.

Please visit Yenkuei's website

Everyday Mindfulness Everywhere:
www.yenkuei.org
yenkuei@lundberg.org

617-794-9591

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Elisa Rodriguez LICSW

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Elisa Rodriguez LICSW

I feel honored to be able to work with individuals, couples and families and believe we all have the ability to heal and feel abundant joy in our lives. In our work together, we will co-create a safe space to look at what your most pressing concerns are, while identifying ways that you can feel most empowered to resolve them.
My style of treatment creates an empathic and welcoming space for each client. It is an approach that welcomes curiosity and exploration for change. My therapeutic approach is rooted in self-compassionate, relational and culturally-informed frameworks. Working with couples and families, my aim is to help individuals create deep empathetic listening skills to strengthen relationships.


I am a native Spanish speaker and can provide bilingual care. I have worked in addictions services, community-based mental health clinics, elementary and high schools and a college counseling center. I have been trained as a mediator, diversity group facilitator and have completed training in Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Trauma Informed Care, Kabbalah and Mindfulness. I have a particular interest in the intersection of spirituality and social work.


Ultimately, I guide clients to turn inward to find their own unique solutions and feel empowered to create positive change in their lives. I have been providing clinical services for over 15 years and work with a wide range of mental health issues, trauma, interpersonal/relationship difficulties, identity and adjustment struggles.

For a free consultation please contact me at (617) 935-1739 or email me at lightbridgeservices@gmail.com

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Laura Knudsen, MA, LMHC

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Laura Knudsen, MA, LMHC

Laura Knudsen is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Lesley University. She has worked as a group therapist, program manager, and individual therapist in a community mental health setting at Aspire Health Alliance, focusing on working with clients 18+ struggling with chronic and persistent mental illness. As a psychotherapist in private practice, Laura specializes in anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addiction, ADHD, trauma/PTSD, and personality disorders. She is allied with the LGBTQ community and passionate about women’s issues and relationship issues. Laura offers a dynamic, person-centered, nonjudgmental approach to therapy that is both direct and compassionate, with a healthy sense of humor as needed. Her style is tailored to the individual needs of the client, often incorporating concepts drawn from mindfulness practices, creative arts, DBT/CBT, and active listening.

Phone: 857-308-2088
Email: laurakknudsen@gmail.com

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Ling Beisecker, MS, E-RYT 200

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Ling Beisecker, MS, E-RYT 200

Ling Beisecker is a psychotherapist, yoga teacher, and fitness consultant. She offers individual, couples, and group therapy. With a supportive and accepting style that help her clients feel warm, welcomed, and lighter, she specializes in sports psychology, anxiety management, relationship dynamics, and wellness choices. Her sessions can expand beyond traditional talk therapy to include techniques influenced by yoga and meditation.

From her feminist collective roots, she has a deep appreciation and understanding of the needs specific to women and members of the transgender communities. She respects it can be intimidating to start something new and invites you to be brave.

www.summit-wellness.com

labeisecker@gmail.com

540.302.2719

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Jada Willard, MA, LMHC

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Jada Willard, MA, LMHC

Jada has offered therapeutic support to adolescents and adults across a continuum of mental healthcare settings in the Boston area over the past decade, including outpatient community mental health, university counseling and consultation,

public school systems, residential treatment, and in-home therapy.

As a holistic psychotherapist in private practice, Jada draws from evidenced-based therapeutic practices as well as insight and physiological approaches to health and healing to support integrated wellness of mind, body, and spirit. Her practice is further informed by nearly two decades of studies in meditation, yoga, music, and visual art.

Jada works collaboratively with her clients to engage a healing process that is sustained by growing insight, understanding, and compassion. She views each person within the context of their environment and circumstance, while distinguishing the illnesses present in society from one's own. She strives to empower individuals, families, and groups to transform their relationship to their pain in order to reduce suffering and experience lasting healing. Jada will meet you where you are in your process and compassionately assist in building upon your inherent strengths to increase your capacity for growth and connection.

She offers Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy approaches, relaxation strategies, guided meditation, and creative arts-based therapy for clients interested in healing through artistic expression.

https://www.jadawillard.com/connect
jada@jadawillard.com

617.863.2533

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Noel Coakley, MEd, LMHC

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Noel Coakley, MEd, LMHC

For those seeking an alternative to traditional psychotherapy, Noel offers a unique approach rooted in Buddhist psychology and meditation practices.

For those seeking support in their meditation practice, Noel offers an approach established in lineage traditions that is balanced with trauma-informed Western psychology.

Noel is an independently licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with a Master's degree in Counseling from Lesley University and Special Education from UMass Boston.

He is also a certified yoga instructor, supporting a holistic, mind & body approach to wellness. His experience from years as a special education teacher benefits his ability to support differentiated learning styles and needs.

Noel has been practicing meditation since 1996, beginning initially with the Indo-Tibetan traditions and then the Yundrung Bön tradition since 2013. Over the years, Noel has been fortunate to learn from over 100 teachers, including HH the Dalai Lama and HH the 34th Menri Trizin.

HIs first teacher was Lama Tsering Ngodup Yodsampa, from the Karma Kagyu lineage. He later studied with the psychologist and meditation teacher, Dan P. Brown, who introduced him to Mahamudra, Dzogchen, and a Rime a style of practice.

Noel’s main practice lineage is currently the Yundgrung Bön tradition, with his root lama, Geshe Tenzin Gelek Rinpoche, studying Bonpo Dzogchen from the Zhangzhung Nyengyud.

In addition, Noel is a student of David Nichtern, founder of Dharma Moon, with whom Noel works as an assistant director for the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training program.

As the founder and director of the Boston Center for Contemplative Practice, Noel has created a welcoming space where individuals can explore their own paths to healing, recovery, development, and flourishing.

Beyond his professional life, Noel is a loving father, husband, brother, musician, and friend to his dog, Clementine.