My name is Michelle L. Messier. This is my 11th year of practice and I have more than 17 years experience in the field of social services. In 1993, I received my Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Boston College in the field of Human Development in the School of Education. After earning my BA, I was employed at a Domestic Violence Shelter providing legal advocacy and counseling to female residents and their children. While earning my Master of Social Work (MSW) Degree from Boston College, I trained in the Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital providing clinical social work services to female and male Veterans. In 2000 after earning my MSW, I provided clinical treatment services to female adolescents and their families at an Intensive Residential Treatment Program (IRTP) in Massachusetts. In addition, I worked at several local Hospitals in the Emergency Room Department providing clinical evaluations and coordination for clinical services for patients of all ages. Over the past seven years, I have been working in a Psychiatric Hospital with Children, Adolescents, and Families in Rhode Island. I have extensive experience working with children and adolescents, who have been placed in acute psychiatric inpatient settings, residential placements, foster care placements, and adoptive homes. Furthermore, I have clinical expertise providing family therapy. I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and State of Rhode Island. My approach to therapy is to embrace a client’s strengths by supporting and guiding a client to discover new directions and solutions. I use a thoughtful, caring, respectful, and strength-based approach. A client can change his or her direction and begin a new chapter in his or her life. Together with a client, treatment goals are developed and pathways to reach these goals are revealed.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, comments or need more information. We look forward to working with you. Please contact us at (508) 689-7888 to schedule your first appointment.