Art of Awareness Wellness Center

05/25/2026

Join us this Wednesday May 27 at 3:30pm - join in person or online - sliding scale fee.

05/02/2026

03/27/2026

In honor of Brain Injury Awareness Month, our team attended the Brain Injury Conference at the Augusta Armory this past week.

This training deepened our understanding of neurodiversity, including both innate and acquired experiences, and the importance of nervous system-informed care.

Neurodivergence is not a deficit. It reflects the natural diversity of the human brain.

When we shift from judgment to understanding, and from correction to support, we create space for meaningful healing, regulation, and connection.

02/26/2026

Support Labs for Nervous System Regulation are here 💟🧠🫀

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, wired, exhausted, emotionally reactive, or just “on” all the time, this space is for you.

At Art of Awareness, our biweekly Support Labs are one-hour guided experiences designed to help regulate your nervous system through:

• Gentle somatic practices (movement, breath, sensory awareness)
• Simple, accessible nervous system education
• Creative expression (no pressure, no perfection)
• Time for reflection and connection

When the nervous system is regulated, it becomes easier to think clearly, sleep better, regulate emotions, and connect with others.

Everything is invitational. No prior experience required. Attend in-person or online.

🗓 Starting April 1
🕒 Wednesdays, 3:30–4:30 PM (biweekly)
💛 Self-selected pricing: $25, $20 or $15

Register at artofwareness.org under Classes, Labs & Workshops.

Come as you are. We’d love to have you.

02/14/2026

We’re Hiring: Full-Time & Part-Time Clinicians
📍 South Portland, Maine
$500 Sign-On Bonus for Full-Time

Art of Awareness is growing and looking for fully or conditionally licensed LCSWs, LCPCs, and LMFTs who want meaningful, sustainable work in a collaborative, trauma-informed practice.

🪴Why clinicians choose us:
• Full-time = 20–25 client hours/week
• Paid admin time
• Schedules built around your availability
• Sustainable caseloads
• Weekly supervision + peer consultation
• Monthly clinical trainings
• $300/month health stipend
• 4 weeks annual PTO + Paid Maine Family Leave
• Professional development stipend + scholarship opportunities
• Full admin & billing support

This role is primarily in-person (telehealth optional when available), with flexibility built in.

We especially welcome clinicians open to working with children, adolescents, couples, and families.

If you value clinical autonomy, relational culture, and work that feels sustainable long-term, we’d love to connect.

📩 Send resume + cover letter to [email protected]

🌿 artofawareness.org

01/24/2026

Trauma doesn’t only live in memory.
It shapes beliefs about safety, trust, responsibility, and control.

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is an evidence-based trauma treatment that helps clients identify and gently examine the beliefs that can keep them feeling stuck after traumatic experiences, often without realizing it.

Rather than pushing emotional flooding or forced reframes, CPT emphasizes:
• Meaning-making with safety and structure
• Compassionate, guided questioning
• Flexibility across trauma types, identities, and neurodivergent needs

When trauma-related beliefs soften, many clients experience reduced emotional intensity, less hypervigilance, and greater choice in how they respond to the world.

This post is drawn from an Art of Awareness clinical training on Cognitive Processing Therapy facilitated by our fantastic clinician Nicolas Blackman, LMSW-CC, and reflects our ongoing commitment to ethical, evidence-based trauma care.
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01/09/2026

Emotional Resilience: An Experiential Workshop

This workshop offers neuroscience-informed practices to support nervous system regulation, emotional balance, and recovery related to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Appropriate for individuals with lived experience, caregivers, and healthcare providers.

📅 January 23 | 3–5pm
📍 In-person at Art of Awareness (South Portland, ME) or virtual
Registration available via the link in our bio.

Trauma-informed classes, therapy groups & psycho-education workshops. Build skills & find connection at Art of Awareness.

12/13/2025

This educational content is drawn from a recent clinical training facilitated for the Art of Awareness team by Kiley Fine, LCPC-C, focused on perinatal mental health and trauma-informed care during pregnancy and the postpartum year. The material integrates current clinical research on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, alongside a systemic and equity-informed lens that acknowledges the impact of trauma history, social determinants of health, and structural inequities on perinatal experiences.

The perinatal period, pregnancy through one year postpartum, is a time of profound physical, emotional, and relational change. While often spoken about as a joyful season, it can also bring vulnerability, anxiety, identity shifts, and mental health challenges that deserve understanding and support.

At Art of Awareness, we are committed to ongoing clinical education that strengthens our capacity to offer thoughtful, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed care. If any of the themes shared here resonate with your experience, support is available.

To learn more or to seek care, please visit our website (link in bio) and complete a new client referral form. Our team will thoughtfully review your submission and follow up with next steps.

Thank you for taking the time to read this amazing content developed by Kiley ❤️.

12/11/2025

🧠Upcoming Workshop: Emotional Resilience for TBI & PTSD Recovery
January 23rd | 3–5 PM | Hybrid (In-Person or Virtual)
Recovery from traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress is complex, nonlinear, and deeply personal. This workshop is designed to honor that complexity while offering accessible, evidence-informed practices to support participants in cultivating stability, connection, and emotional balance.
Over the course of two hours, we will explore:
• Nervous system regulation skills grounded in current neuroscience
• Somatic awareness practices that center safety, agency, and choice
• Creative expression as a pathway for integration and meaning-making
• Vagus-nerve toning techniques to support resilience and restorative functioning
This space welcomes adults in any stage of TBI/PTSD recovery, as well as caregivers, providers, and community members seeking to better understand and support these healing processes. All bodies, identities, and lived experiences are recognized and valued here.
📍 Attend in person at Art of Awareness (South Portland) or join virtually through Google Meet
Cost: $75 | Certificate of Completion provided
Facilitated by: Julie Hews, LCPC-c | Samantha Mitchell, LCPC-c | Ida O’Donnell, LCSW
Register via our website under Classes, Labs, & Workshops: https://artofawareness.org/classes/
We look forward to holding a supportive, respectful, and empowering space for healing and learning together. ❤️

11/18/2025

Grief is not just about loss, it’s about change.
It shows up in relationships, identity, health, safety, and even within our work and communities. There truly is no “right” way to grieve.

Our experience of grief is shaped by the systems we live in, from our closest relationships to workplace policies, cultural expectations, and the support available to us. When we recognize these layers, we can respond with deeper compassion for ourselves and others.

💛Our wish is for all people to not feel the need to “get over” grief, but to move through it at one’s own pacing with care and support.

Clinical education content by our incredible Samantha Mitchell, LCPC-c, who facilitated this information at our most recent training at Art of Awareness.

To connect with Samantha or our other therapists, visit artofawareness.org