Wendy Ayotte, MA
(She/Her)

Responsive Therapy

Above all, I am interested in my client’s total well-being. This means offering a listening ear and therapeutic skills that work for who you are. While I commonly begin with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), my therapeutic style pulls from multiple schools of thought and theories to provide you with unique care. Are you facing a major change or transition that has you feeling scared and unsure? Are you looking for tools and skills to help manage anxiety? Do you feel a need to look more deeply at your life experiences to heal or grow? This is my job – to ask the questions, offer the tools, listen compassionately, and assist you in identifying what you need and how to get there.

“Adulting” for beginners

I love working with teens and twenty-somethings, at the starting line and emerging into adulthood. While I find this time of life exciting, you may be finding it frightening, anxiety-provoking, sad, troubling. You don’t have to figure it out alone. There are so many ways to find that inner voice, turn up the volume, and let it guide you to make choices that serve you. Your childhood may have involved struggles that you haven’t been able to move past. We can work together to process this. You can grow into the next phase of life in a way that feels better and more authentically you.

Supporting mothers

Whether you are hoping to become a mother, expecting a child, or have given birth, every stage of a women’s shift into motherhood is intense, full of emotion, and sometimes more than you feel you can navigate on your own. I don’t know anyone whose experience has been straight forward or simple. In this time, caring for yourself – even just knowing what you need – might be hard to discern. You may feel like you exist to care for everyone else. Let’s talk. I’ve been there. You can do this, but you don’t have to do it without support and care.

Ally for who YOU are

If you are examining issues around sexuality, gender identity, feelings of being separate or “other” I am here for you. Knowing who you are – and becoming not just comfortable, but proud of that person – can be hard. I want to create a safe space for you to talk it all out, ask the questions, entertain the ideas, and feel the feelings you need to in order to really know yourself. You are always accepted and celebrated here.

Processing change and loss

We all know that change and loss is part of life. Sometimes this is how we evolve, other times it means letting go. I will sit with you in this quiet, difficult space and offer support. You may need time to grieve a loss, ponder a significant life change, or examine options. I’m happy to help you move through it, and keep you company along the way.