Business Details
Your Trusted Mental Health Therapy Practice in Rhode Island
C. Duarte & Associates is a full-service psychotherapy practice dedicated to providing compassionate, results-oriented mental health care for individuals across the lifespan. Our team of highly skilled therapists serves as guides, teachers, and companions, offering individual, couple, and group therapies tailored to address behavioral and mental health challenges. With expertise in depression, anxiety, trauma, and perinatal mental health, we specialize in treating primary and secondary trauma, ADHD evaluations, and social-emotional challenges during teenage years. Our mission is to help clients achieve clarity, overcome obstacles, and cultivate balanced self-understanding through evidence-based practices like psychodynamic therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and trauma-focused interventions.We provide comprehensive psychoeducational evaluations with school-related recommendations and offer consultation services for clinicians and parents navigating learning and behavioral disorders. With decades of combined experience, our clinicians prioritize holistic, person-centered care, integrating mindfulness, nutrition, and lifestyle factors into treatment plans while maintaining active roles in training future mental health professionals.
Services
Individual Therapy
Couples Counseling
Psychiatric Evaluations
ADHD Assessments
Trauma-Focused Therapy
Family Therapy
Medication Management
Group Therapy Sessions
School Consultations
Life Coaching
Highlights and features
- We offer specialized training in trauma, perinatal mental health, and ADHD evaluations
- Our team provides comprehensive psychoeducational assessments with school recommendations
- We integrate evidence-based therapies with holistic approaches like mindfulness and nutrition
- Our clinicians have decades of combined experience in diverse mental health settings
- We provide consultation services for parents, schools, and emerging mental health professionals
Services
Individual Therapy
Our individual therapy sessions provide a safe, non-judgmental space for clients to explore emotional challenges and develop coping strategies. Using evidence-based approaches like psychodynamic therapy and CBT, we help clients address depression, anxiety, and trauma across the lifespan. Each treatment plan is tailored to the individual's unique needs and goals.
Couples Counseling
Specialized couples therapy focuses on improving communication, resolving conflicts, and rebuilding trust in relationships. Our clinicians use insight-oriented approaches to address resentments and facilitate difficult conversations, helping partners develop stronger emotional connections and create more stable, loving relationships through structured therapeutic interventions.
Psychiatric Evaluations
Comprehensive psychiatric evaluations assess cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning to develop accurate diagnoses and treatment plans. Our specialists conduct thorough assessments for learning disorders, ADHD, and emotional challenges, providing detailed recommendations for schools and families while maintaining a focus on holistic understanding of each individual's needs.
Trauma-Focused Therapy
Specialized trauma therapy addresses the lasting effects of traumatic experiences using evidence-based modalities like TF-CBT and EMDR. Our clinicians help clients process traumatic memories, develop coping skills, and rebuild emotional resilience. Treatment focuses on restoring safety, improving self-understanding, and promoting healing from complex trauma experiences across different life stages.
ADHD Assessments
Our comprehensive ADHD evaluations combine clinical interviews, behavioral observations, and standardized assessments to provide accurate diagnoses for children and adults. The process includes school observations and parent interviews to develop practical recommendations for academic accommodations and treatment strategies that address both attention challenges and co-occurring emotional needs.
People
Cecilia Duarte
Owner
Dr. Cecilia Duarte is a licensed psychologist with 25 years of experience specializing in depression, anxiety, and trauma. She uses psychodynamic approaches to help clients understand how past experiences impact current functioning and provides consultation to emerging mental health professionals.
Maria Eguia-Brusco
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Maria Eguia-Brusco specializes in child and adolescent anxiety disorders, including selective mutism. With expertise in school-based assessments, she provides diagnostic evaluations and therapeutic interventions for children with emotional and behavioral challenges across multiple clinical settings.
Allison Mattison
Clinical Training Director
Dr. Allison Mattison focuses on trauma treatment for children and families using TF-CBT. She conducts psychological evaluations for learning disabilities and ADHD while maintaining expertise in trauma assessment and cognitive functioning across developmental stages.
Faith LaMunyon
Licensed Social Worker
Faith LaMunyon is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience treating midlife challenges and caregiver stress. She specializes in CBT, EMDR, and trauma processing while incorporating mindful self-compassion into her therapeutic approach for women's mental health.
Jamie Jewett
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Dr. Jamie Jewett is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner offering trauma-informed medication management. With 30 years of mindfulness practice, he integrates holistic approaches into treating clients across the lifespan while maintaining a focus on LGBTQ+ mental health needs.
Questions
What mental health specialties do you offer?
We specialize in treating anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, perinatal mental health, and relationship challenges. Our clinicians have expertise in working with children, adolescents, and adults across the lifespan using evidence-based therapeutic approaches.
Do you provide school-related psychological evaluations?
Yes, we conduct comprehensive psychoeducational assessments for learning, emotional, and behavioral disorders including ADHD. Our evaluations provide school recommendations and diagnostic clarification for children and young adults.
What therapy modalities are available?
We offer individual, couple, family, and group therapy sessions. Our clinicians use psychodynamic therapy, CBT, TF-CBT, EMDR, and mindfulness-based approaches tailored to each client's specific needs and treatment goals.
Do you offer medication management services?
Yes, our psychiatric nurse practitioners provide medication management alongside therapy. We take a holistic approach combining psychiatric medications with lifestyle factors like nutrition and sleep hygiene for comprehensive treatment.
How do you support new mental health clinicians?
We offer consultation and training to emerging mental health professionals, sharing expertise in practice management and clinical skills development through structured mentorship programs led by our experienced clinicians.
What makes your practice unique?
Our integrative approach combines traditional therapies with holistic practices. We emphasize collaborative care, personalized treatment plans, and a deep understanding of how past experiences shape current mental health challenges across different life stages.
