Meet Your Therapist

 Dominique has been working as a Social Worker since 2015 and graduated from Boston University, School of Social Work with her MSW in January 2021. Dominique is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Vermont and a New York State Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and under supervision by Morgen Rappa, LICSW at Compass Wellness in Poughkeepsie, NY. Dominique also provides consulting around older adults for senior living facilities and provides workshops and trainings for parents and couples.

Dominique has experience in supporting individuals across their lifespan. Dominique has experience working working with children, college students and as a hospital social worker. As a hospital social worker, Dominique has supported many areas like, the Emergency Department, Oncology, Cardiology, General Surgery, Orthopedics, and the Birthing Center. Dominique also spent time working as a Discharge Planner and has experience supporting the hosptial Chaplain. In addition, Dominique has experience working as a Home Health and Hospice Social Worker and facilitating support groups and following family moving through the loss of their family members. Most recently, Dominique has worked as a private practice clinician focusing on perinatal mental health, couples, college students and healthcare professionals.

When supporting clients, Dominique aims to meet her clients where they are at in their journey and then help them create a plan to regain clarity and understanding about what is going on and ways to help them get to the other side. Dominique truly believes that her clients have an innate power to heal, if given the chance to be supported, validated, seen and heard. Dominique feels it is a great honor to be a part of her clients journeys and to build a therapeutic relationship built on the a foundation of trust and openess. Dominique is often described as being warm, down to earth, empathetic and flexible and is known to use humor, as appropriate, in therapy.   

Addtionally, Dominique is Level 1 & Level 2 trained through the Gottman Institute, holds a Certificate in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (C-DBT), and is a Certified Grief Informed Professional (CGP). Dominique is also looking forward to sitting for her national exam to obtain her Perinatal Mental Health Certification in January 2023. Dominique has also been a speaker at both at the State and National level about the importance of care coordination, access to primary care and social determinants of health.

Dominique is also a Certified Spinning Instructor, a Certified Life Coach and is in process of obtaining her 200 hour yoga teacher training.

When Dominique is not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband, her daughter and their dog, exploring the outdoors, watching the Buffalo Bills and the Montreal Canadiens, running, and reading. 

Professional Licensure

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, State of Vermont, VT #089.0135385

Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), New York #112582-01, Under Supervision by Morgen Rappa, LCSW, NY #086299

Professional Memberships

RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association

Postpartum Support International (PSI)

 The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) 

The International Association of Veterinary Social Work (IAVSW)

Professional Trainings

 Bringing Baby Home Educator Training, Leader Training, In Progress, 2022

 Integrative Sex and Couples Certification Training with Tammy Nelson: Certified Sex Therapy Informed Professional (CSTIP) Course, In Progress 2022 

PSI (Postpartum Support International) Perinatal Mental Health 2-Day Certificate Course, 2022

PSI (Postpartum Support International) Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Course, 2022 ( Will be sitting for National Exam in January 2023)

The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work, Leader Training, 2022

 Clinical Foundations in Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Level 1 & Level 2, 2022

The Ultimate Grief Treatment Toolbox, Certification Course, 2022 

3-Day  Dialectical  Behavior Therapy Certification Training, 2022

 The Global Pandemic Through the Lens of Trauma, 2021

 1-2-3 Magic: 3-Step Discipline for Calm, Effective & Happy Parenting, 2021

2-Day Intensive ACT Training: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, 2021

    Raising an Emotional Intelligent Child with John Gottman, Ph.D. & Julie Schwartz Gottman, Ph.D., 2021

Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Bingeing and Body Image, 2021 

SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention & Referral to Treatment) Training, 2020

Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS), 2019 

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), 2019

Motivational Interviewing, 2019 

Suicide Assessment & Intervention, 2019 

Emotional Freedom Techniques and Tapping, 2019