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Sheri Damon

Sheri Damon

LMHC, LPCC, LCMHC, NBCC

How I Might Be Able to Assist

Sheri Damon loves the experience, style of teaching and diversity that Cambridge College possesses. Sheri’s style of teaching is influenced by her varied experiences having worked in hospital, residential, school and clinic practice settings, work-life-wellness balance person-centered, mindfulness, CBT, DBT and positive psychology tools. Sheri presents the importance to each student that each clinician must go on their own journey to discover how they can best serve their clients.

Professional Projects or Initiatives of Interest

Sheri Damon is the Founder/President of FLIHHTM, the Foundation for Learning and Inspiring Health and Healing and its nonprofit arm the Butterflihh Farm Fund. Sheri designed the entirety of the programming at FLIHHTM which is a mind-body-spirit-environment practice for individual, group and family counseling, training, wellness consultation, workshops and retreats and is a leader of a dynamic team of therapists, dietitians, behavioral health workers, wellness teachers (including reiki, yoga, sound bath healing and life coaching) volunteers and interns possessing decades of experience using holistic practices. FLIHHTM specializes in treating eating disorders, anxiety and depression for all ages and genders in a holistic manner on a therapeutic farm. Sheri is the innovator of the COPER ModelTM used for teaching wellness and illness recovery and the TheraFarmTM Model and TheraFarmTM Certified Practitioner training program for professionals.

Background

Education

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, Boston, Massachusetts, M.S. in Counseling Psychology; Merck Scholarship
CLARK UNIVERSITY, Worcester, Massachusetts, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

Licensure and Certifications

  • Massachusetts Licensed Mental Health Counselor Ongoing since 03/09 MA License Number 6965
  • DESE Certified School Adjustment Counselor Ongoing since 06/11
  • National Board Certified Counselor Ongoing since 11/2021 ID #1164787
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor CA ongoing since 04/2022 and VT ongoing since 08/2022

Courses Taught

  • Multicultural Counseling: Children and Adolescents in Context
  • Personality and Counseling Theory
  • Group Work with Children and Adolescents
  • Trauma Interventions in Schools
  • Rogerian Basic Counseling Theory

Professional Experience

  • (FLIHH) FOUNDATION FOR LEARING & INSPIRING HEALTH & HEALING
    Founder & President
  • CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE
    Senior Faculty
  • CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    Part-Time Instructor
  • NORTH COMMUNITY CHURCH
    Director of Children and Youth
  • WALDEN BEHAVIORAL CARE
    Program Director, South Shore
  • NORTH RIVER COLLABORATIVE
    Co-Coordinator of the LAAMPS Initiative
  • BRIDGEWATER-RAYNHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
    Behavior Specialist/School Adjustment
  • NORTH RIVER COUNSELING, INC.
    Child and Family Therapist/Behavioral Consultant; Marshfield, MA; Marshfield, MA
  • ITALIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN
    Social Worker/Milieu Therapist; Jamaica Plain, MA.
  • NORTHEASTERN FAMILY INSTITUTE
    Program Director, Independent Living Program; Waltham, MA
    Assistant Director, Southside Transitional Apartment Program; Waltham, MA

Publications and Lectures

  • Mental Health (Diagnosis, Treatment, Counseling Theory)
  • Child Development/Developmental Psychology
  • The Power to Disconnect: Healthy Tech Relationships
  • Working with “Dysfunctional” Families
  • Parenting the “Difficult” Child
  • Strategies for Working with “Difficult” Children in the Classroom
  • Behavioral Interventions in Homes/Schools
  • Bullying & Harassment, Prevention
  • Healthy Attitudes and Healthy Behaviors in Schools
  • Bedtime Battles and Other Struggles
  • The Developing Child — What Schools Need to Know
  • Intuitive Eating/Eating Disorders
  • Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds
  • Mindfulness
  • Team Building
  • Social Skills Building
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • The Parent Support Workshop
  • Conflict Resolution
  • MCAS Bootcamp
  • Relaxation and Stress Reduction
  • Family Leading Your Healing
  • Strategies for Intervening with At-Risk Students not Serviced through Special Education
  • “Typical or Troubled” Teen Mental Health/Abnormal Psychology
  • Publication: Love Magazine February 2016 “I Promise to Love, Honor & Disconnect”: Balancing Healthy Relationships with Technology and Your Partner
  • Herself 360 Blogs
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