Our clinical and social work interns are graduate students in mental health counseling or social work, completing their clinical training in the Counseling Center. They conduct individual and group counseling, and facilitate various academic and mental health programs across campus.
Shannon Sullivan
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Intern
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Shannon believes healing happens in relationships and in this way, therapy can become a collaborative process where clients reconnect with their own inner strengths, with others, and with life in meaningful ways. Shannon draws from person-centered, emotion focused, and mindfulness-based practices to help clients manage stress and anxiety, while exploring their indentities as they move through life's many challenges. Her work is grounded in her core values of honesty, compassion, and creativity to cultivate a safe and empowering space for clients to explore what matters to them.
Shannon is in the final year of her master's program in Mental Health Counseling at Lesley University. Outside of work, Shannon loves to meditate, read, watch movies, and spend time with her friends and adorable cat named Mudi.
Sam Bourassa
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Intern
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Sam pulls from numerous approaches to support students in finding meaning within their own stories. He strives to help students answer questions like "Who am I?" or "Who do I want to be?" by highlighting each student's unique strengths and helping them reconnect with their own inherent self-worth. Through existential and narrative-based lenses, Sam believes that each student is the expert of their own life and has the tools necessary to uncover their "Why." Sam particularly enjoys helping students explore questions of identity, relationships, and purpose.
Sam is currently finishing his final year of graduate school at Lesley University; and in recreation, he enjoys physical activities like soccer, surfing, and snowboarding. Sam is also an avid reader.
Rachel Rowsey
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Intern
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Rachel's approach to counseling is integrative and individualized, drawing from a variety of theoretical frameworks rooted in helping people develop insight and direction based on their personal values. These frameworks include narrative therapy, ACT, and solution-focused therapy.
Rachel's clinical interests include anxiety, depression, stress, ADHD, autism, identity exploration, and emerging adulthood. She has experience as a relationship and sexual violence prevention advocate, educator, and crisis hotline volunteer. Rachel is in the final year of Lesley University's graduate Clinical Mental Health Counseling program.
In her free time, Rachel enjoys playing volleyball, watching reality TV, and hanging out with her cats and dog.
Madison Torregrossa
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Intern
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Madison believes therapy is a space where you can show up exactly as you are. College can be exciting, overwhelming, confusing, and everything in between. You do not have to navigate it alone. Madison provides a warm, welcoming environment and strives to make clients feel heard, grounded, and at ease. She is passionate about supporting clients through self-exploration, carrying the weight of everyday anxiety and stress, life transitions, relationships, and current challenges. Her style is collaborative, person-centered, and judgement-free with plenty of room for laughter and curiosity.
Outside of work, Madison enjoys being with friends, doing yoga, watching reality TV, and going for walks along the Boston Harbor.
Nicole Holland
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Intern
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Nicole is passionate about helping clients connect to their innate worth, strengths, and values. She utilizes a holistic approach that considers the client's mind, body, and spirit. Nicole incorporates mindful-based practices to regulate, build coping skills, and help the client return to safety. She is particularly interested in supporting clients navigate everyday stress, identity development, and relationship challenges. Nicole is in her final year at Lesley University studying Mental Health Counseling.
In her spare time, Nicole enjoys nature walks, teaching yoga, being around friends and family, and going to the beach.
