Ellen Kingsbury, M.S., A.R.N.P. is an advanced nurse practitioner in psychiatry/mental health. She has over thirty years of experience working with adults, adolescents, couples and groups. She has taught psychiatric nursing at Boston University and the University of New Hampshire.

Ms. Kingsbury provides psychotherapy and medication evaluation as needed. She works closely with clients to assure the correct therapeutic dosage of medication. She encourages journal use in her work with clients and asks people to tape their sessions so as to listen to their session at home and thereby gain a deeper understanding of what brought them into therapy.

Ellen is a certified ski instructor and teaches for the Maine Handicapped Ski program. She is also a certified yoga teacher, and teaches privately. She has completed the Kabat-Zinn training program in Mindfulness Meditation and encourages clients to learn and practice meditation.

Ms. Kingsbury is a provider for most insurance companies  

An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. When applied to the 2004 U.S. Census residential population estimate for ages 18 and older, this figure translates to 57.7 million people.       - National Institute of Mental Health