Sherie

Ruppersberger

,

LCSW

Clinical Services Specialist, Psychotherapist


Insurance plans accepted: Aetna BlueCross and BlueShield
Cigna: Wellfleet Medicare  Optum: Allways, VACCN, UnitedHealthcare, Health Plans Inc, Oxford, UMR, Mass General Brigham Point32: Tufts Public, Tufts Health Plans, Harvard Pilgrim Tufts Commercial Tufts Public Out-of-Pocket/Self-Paid

Location: Northampton, Hybrid

My work is grounded in relational, psychodynamic, and anti-oppressive theories. My previous experience as a somatic bodyworker informs my belief that tuning into our felt sense with curiosity is essential for healing. Therapy is a place where together we can safely explore challenges and patterns of relating (reactions, impulses, emotions) that occur both inside and outside the therapeutic dynamic. This work can help you deepen your sense of self-understanding, agency, and connection. 

I enjoy collaborating with clients who want to address relationship issues, identity development, life transitions, sexual health and wellness, grief, and depression. I have worked with college students, with terminally ill people and their families as a hospice social worker, and in a substance abuse rehab setting. My personal love of movement, play, experimentation, creativity, and community enriches my therapy practice and daily life.

I hold a master’s degree in clinical social work from Bryn Mawr College and was a post graduate fellow at the Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. I have additional training in the NeuroAffective Relational model for healing attachment trauma. In our work together, I may also draw from parts work and use somatic practices to help you learn to be with yourself with awareness and compassion, knowing that trauma and systems of oppression do not make this an easy feat.