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

Staff and Support

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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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Brittaney Valentino E-RYT 200, YACEP

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Brittaney Valentino E-RYT 200, YACEP

Brittaney started her yoga journey in 2012, not knowing that by the end of her first class she would be hooked. What started as awkward curiosity, rapidly transformed into passion and a self-discovery. Whether it is through mental or physical strength, buried emotion, or stress relief with every practice she learns something new about herself. Finding yoga started a new life and new path for her.

Brittaney’s new sense of self made her realize that she wanted to share and help others. She received her 200-hour certification through Empowered Yoga in March 2015 and went on to get a certification in Balanced Athlete 1 & 2 in January 2016. She is also a certified Meditation teacher under the guidance of her teacher David Nichtern and is currently pursuing her 300-hour certification through Shala Ananda.

Through her pregnancy and the birth of her son in May 2016, she once again found a new beginning through yoga. She found mommy and baby classes, to aid in finding new ways to move a new mom in a “new” body. Through this she found that she also wanted to share this gift with children. She completed a yoga for kids workshop in 2016 with Le Petit Yogi and has been leading youth classes, workshops and programs through the city of Wilmington, Delaware in collaboration with Flyogi.

Through her teaching in different populations and environments, she recognized a need to shift her focus to working to bringing communities together. In 2019 Brittaney opened Root Nest LLC., a home-based studio, where she can do just that. In her efforts to work towards this goal she has begun to expand her reach and has started collaborating with The Boston Center for Contemplative Practice, offering Family Yoga classes.

When not teaching or learning Brittaney enjoys making memories with her family, traveling, cooking, and gardening.

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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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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.