Anchor Your Healing
Feeling a little adrift? We’re here to help you find your steady.
Life can feel heavy.
Whether you’re facing anxiety, depression, grief, or working through trauma and identity shifts.
At Shore Thing Therapy, we offer grounded, evidence-based counseling with a personal touch. We specialize in supporting teenagers and adults navigating loss, trauma, women’s and men’s issues, and major life transitions. If you're feeling overwhelmed or stuck, you're not alone. You don’t have to figure it out by yourself.
We're here for you, across Rhode Island.
Meet the Crew
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Co-Founder & Licensed Mental Heath Counselor AssociateEmily is a Co-Founder of Shore Thing Therapy and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate who believes growth is possible for everyone. She earned her graduate degree from Northwestern University and brings more than a decade of experience working in community organizations. Her clinical background spans prenatal and postnatal support, child and adolescent development, family dynamics, and individual counseling across the lifespan.
Emily specializes in holistic, person-centered counseling that emphasizes the connection between mind and body. She is especially passionate about supporting women in periods of transition, parents navigating new roles, and individuals balancing the many demands of daily life. As both a counselor and a new mom herself, Emily understands how overwhelming life’s stressors can feel and strives to create a space where clients know they do not have to face them alone.
Clients describe her approach as warm, collaborative, and empowering. Emily fosters a supportive environment where people can explore their experiences, strengthen resilience, and move toward lives that feel more balanced, authentic, and fulfilling.
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Co-Founder & Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate
Jayme is a Co-Founder of Shore Thing Therapy, a National Board Certified Counselor, and a PhD Candidate in Counselor Education and Supervision. She earned her graduate degree from Northwestern University and brings an integrative approach that blends narrative therapy, person-centered work, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
Jayme specializes in helping adolescents, young adults, and individuals navigating grief, loss, or complex relationships. As a Certified Military Trauma Counselor, she also has extensive experience supporting service members and their families through the unique transitions and challenges of military life.
Her clients describe her as collaborative, warm, and grounding. She creates a supportive space where people can explore identity, process past experiences, and build resilience. With a focus on self-discovery and storytelling, Jayme empowers clients to live with authenticity, clarity, and purpose.
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Licensed Mental Healt Counselor
Hi I’m Olivia!
I am a therapist for children, teens, and adults. I specialize in trauma, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. I’m here to help you find healing and growth through your life journey! I offer a person-centered and psychodynamic therapeutic approach. I also am certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.
In my free time I enjoy working out, reading, trying new foods, skiing, and hiking!
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Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Joyce Calderon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who brings compassion, cultural humility, and evidence-based practice to her work with people across the lifespan. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), trauma-informed care, mindfulness, and strength-based approaches into her clinical work. Joyce supports individuals, couples, families, and LGBTQIA+ clients in navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, personality concerns, life transitions, grief, and stress with practical tools and collaborative care.
Joyce’s approach is grounded in person-centered collaboration, self-compassion, and empowerment. She creates a supportive therapeutic environment where clients can feel heard and work toward meaningful change. Joyce honors lived experience and cultural identity, and she strives to help clients build resilience, improve well-being, and thrive in their lives.
Beyond clinical work, Joyce draws on her own background as a first-generation Peruvian-American Latina to bring cultural awareness and relatability to her practice. She is committed to growth, healing, and creating therapeutic space that values authenticity, empowerment, and connection.
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Licensed Independant Social Worker & Clinical Supervisor
Kati Tavares, LICSW, is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Rhode Island who has been practicing since 2009. She brings extensive experience working with individuals and couples navigating chronic illness, life transitions, relationship challenges, depression, and anxiety. Kati’s approach is grounded in compassion and presence, helping clients feel supported as they move through life’s complexities.
As both a clinician and a supervisor, Kati is committed to fostering growth and resilience. She works with supervisees in a way that honors their unique journey, encouraging trust in the process, intentional self-care, and the recognition that they already carry the tools they need within themselves.
Outside of her professional work, Kati is a wife and mom who values time with her family. She also enjoys yoga and has a long-standing passion for animal rescue, having once served as the volunteer director for a rescue organization in Dallas, Texas.
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Director of Practice Operations
Kristyn is the Director of Operations at Shore Thing Therapy, where she helps oversee the systems, organization, and day to day operations that keep the practice running smoothly and intentionally. With a strong attention to detail and a collaborative approach, she supports everything from administrative workflows and clinician support to payroll coordination, billing organization, and process development.
Individual &
Couples Therapy
Your space to heal, grow, and reconnect for individuals 8 years and up
Life can feel overwhelming, whether you're facing anxiety, grief, identity questions, or just need support through a transition. Individual therapy offers a personalized space to explore your story, build self-awareness, and move toward a more grounded and authentic version of yourself.
Services Provided
Emotional Support Animal (ESA) Letters
Compassionate assessments to help support your emotional wellbeing
When clinically appropriate, we provide ESA letters to support your emotional wellbeing, helping you secure housing or travel accommodations with confidence. Each letter is issued only after a careful assessment to ensure it meets both ethical guidelines and legal requirements.
Professional Consulting & Supervision
Supporting growth for counselors and mental health professionals
For clinicians pursuing supervision, licensure hours, or case consultation, we offer a collaborative space to deepen clinical insight and confidence. Our trauma-informed, ethical approach blends support with skill-building to help you thrive professionally.
Our Specialities
IVF and fertility journeys
Perinatal and postpartum mental health
EMDR
Support for veterans, active duty military, and military spouses
Grief and loss
Trauma & traumatic experiences
Women’s issues across the lifespan
Depression
Anxiety
Stress management
Relationship issues/stressors
Insurances Accepted
BlueCross BlueShield/Anthem
Aetna
Optum/United Healthcare
Cigna/EverNorth
Medicaid & Medicare Plans
Neighborhood Health Plan
Tufts
Harvard Pilgrim
Tricare East
all services are provided via a HIPAA-compliant virtual platform
Lets Keep it Real
We’re a group of therapists who believe healing happens when therapy feels both safe and real. That means evidence-backed support, space to be your full self, and the occasional "did that just make sense?" moment.
Therapy should be like a really good beach bag: thoughtfully packed, full of useful tools, and always ready for wherever your journey takes you.
We’re here when you’re ready.
Whether you're reaching out for the first time or returning for continued care, we are honored to walk beside you.
Send us a message or request an appointment below. Let’s take the next step together.
FAQ
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We’re excited to share that Shore Thing Therapy is now in-network with: BlueCross BlueShield/Anthem
Aetna
Optum/United Healthcare
Cigna/EverNorth
Medicaid & Medicare Plans
Neighborhood Health Plan
Tufts
Harvard Pilgrim
Tricare East
For other insurance providers, we are currently in the credentialing process. In the meantime, we’re happy to provide an itemized superbill that you can submit to your insurance for potential out-of-network reimbursement. -
Standard therapy sessions at Shore Thing Therapy are 50 minutes. However, as a holistic, client-centered practice, we offer flexibility to tailor session lengths based on your individual needs and goals. Extended sessions may be available depending on insurance coverage and approval.
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Your first session is a chance for us to get to know each other. We’ll talk about what brings you to therapy, your goals, and how we can work together. You’re welcome to share as much or as little as you feel comfortable with. We will move at your pace.
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Yes. Your privacy is extremely important to us. Everything you share in therapy is kept confidential, with a few legal exceptions such as risk of harm to self or others, or in cases of abuse or neglect.
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That is completely okay. Many people feel uncertain at first. You are welcome to schedule a consultation to ask questions and explore whether this feels like a good fit. No pressure, just support.
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An initial intake session is $175. Follow-up sessions are $150. Rates may vary slightly depending on the service and provider. Please reach out if you have questions about costs or would like to discuss what option might work best for you.