Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D., RPT-S, BCN
Perry,ME
Summary
Dedicated Licensed Clinical Psychologist serving the mental health needs of underserved communities, particularly for children and families in tribal and rural settings for the last 24 years. A creative community leader, trainer and author with a special interest in expressive and nature-based approaches to healing.
Overview
65
65
years of professional experience
Work History
Acting Behavioral Health Director
Pleasant Point Health Center
Perry, Maine
09.2021 - Current
- Outpatient therapy, assessments, crisis management, neurofeedback for tribal members.
- Expertise with children and families, particularly around issues related to trauma, grief and substance use.
- Develop programming and oversight for behavioral health grants.
- Build the staff for the behavioral health department and integrate care with medical department including the MAT Program.
- Develop and maintain behavioral health record keeping and policies.
- Supervise clinicians, students, interns
- Provide trainings, consultation
- Lead department meetings and manage referrals
Psychologist
Pleasant Point Health Center
Perry, Maine
08.2004 - 09.2021
- Provide outpatient and home based therapy and assessments for the Passamaquoddy tribe, with a specialty in work with children and families facing multiple historical and current traumatic stressors.
- Consultation and training for Head Start and Sipayik Elementary School.
- Developed grants such as Rising Eagles which provided encouraged a connection to outdoor activities.
- Provided Supervision to students.
- Provided alternative therapies such as neurofeedback and Peggy Huddleston's Prepare for Surgery workshops.
Clinical Psychologist
Private Practice
Perry, ME
10.2003 - Current
- Developed the Moving Stories method which integrates sandtray therapy, play therapy and bibliotherapy.
- Provided training and school-based mental health services for Transforming Rural Educational Experience (TREE), developing an integrated TF-CBT and nature model.
- Outpatient mental health services at Eastport Health Center.
- Completed psychological assessments for School Union 104.
- Provide training with a special emphasis on topics within play therapy.
- Author of professional chapters, picture book, and therapeutic children's stories in the Moving Stories method format.
Founder
By The Sea Seminars
Perry, Maine
03.2004 - Current
- Organize trainings to assist rural therapists to obtain CEU's close to home.
- Created the Roundtable to support professional development for play therapists
- Developed an online presence and training series for the Moving Stories method and therapeutic stories.
Founder
Bud To Bloom Books
Perry, Maine
08.2017 - Current
- Authored and published "Finding Diamonds" a story to encourage a child's connection to nature and self.
- Plans to continue writing and publishing therapeutic stories.
Mental Health Coordinator
Cathance Psychological Associates
Indian Township, Maine
09.2001 - 09.2003
- Clinical and administrative oversight of the behavioral health department at Indian Township Health Center.
- Outpatient therapy and assessment
- Home-based treatment
- School Consultation
- Crisis intervention
- Training
- Supervision
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Cathance Psychological Associates
Indian Township, ME
07.1998 - 09.2001
- Offered individual outpatient therapy to Passamaquoddy tribal members at Indian Township Health Center.
- Provided psychotherapy incorporating cognitive-behavioral, client-centered and play-therapy to treat wide range of psychological problems in patients, particularly related to trauma, substance use and grief.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary treatment team to discuss treatment plans, progress and discharge decisions.
- Conducted psychological assessments.
- Provided school consultation, crisis services, staff training, supervision
Clinical Psychologist (Unlicensed)
DC Commission For Mental Health
Washington, DC
01.1997 - 06.1998
- Assessment and outpatient therapy
- School and home-based treatments
- Case management
- Groups
- Supervision
Education
Psy.D. - Psychology
California School of Professional Psychology
Fresno, CA08.1992
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL05.1986
Skills
- Registered Play Therapy Supervisor
- Certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- BCIA Board Certified in Neurofeedback (BCN)
- Completed 2 year training in Child Parent Psychotherapy
- Completed 2 year training in Bibliotherapy DC Commission for Mental Health
- Completed 5 levels of sandtray therapy with Stephanie Hagadorn
Accomplishments
CSPP Merit Scholarship for contribution to cross-cultural psychology research
Affiliations
Association for Play Therapy
New England Association for Play Therapy
American Psychological Association
Maine Psychological Association
Select Publications
Chapter on the Moving Stories method that I developed:
Brown, L., Biddle, C., & Tappan, M. (2022). Trauma-Responsive schooling: Centering student voice and healing. Boston, MA: Harvard Education Press.
Carroll, Duffy (2017). Finding Diamonds. Perry, ME: Bud to Bloom Books.
Carroll Duffy (2015). The Moving Stories method in groups for depressed children: Integrating story, play and sand tray therapies. In Stephanie L. Brooke and Charles Edwin Myers (Eds.), The Use of the Creative Therapies in Treating Depression. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd.
Carroll Duffy, S. (2014). Therapeutic stories and play in the sandtray for traumatized children: The Moving Stories method. In C.A. Malchiodi (Ed.), Creative interventions with traumatized children (2nd ed). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Carroll Duffy, S. (2012). "The little one tried and flew": Th healing journey of an anxious child using sandtray therapy and story. Paradigm Magazine, Vol. 17, No 1.
Carroll Duffy, S. (2012). Using therapeutic Moving Stories in the sandtray. Retrieved from : http://lianalowenstein.com/articles.html.
Carroll, S. (1997). Creative activity in Chapter 8 Interventions, (P149-150). In K.J. O'Connor and S. Ammen, Play therapy treatment planning and interventions: The ecosystemic model and workbook. Sand Diego: Academic Press.
Carroll, S. (1996). Resiliency and the Hmong child growing up in Fresno: An ethnographic narrative with drawings. (Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, 1996).
bytheseaeminars.com: Collection of therapeutic stories and the Moving Stories method.
Select Workshops
- November 18, 2020. Parenting Children with Traumatic Stressors. Wabanaki Public Health Parent Webinar.
- October 31, 2020. Let's Play (Therapy) Outside. Sponsor New England Association for Play Therapy (NEAPT) Virtual Conference.
- October 25, 2019 Supporting Families with Infant Loss. Sponsor: Hospice, Pembroke Library, Pembroke, ME
- October 19, 2019. A Multisensory Approach to Social Emotional Learning: The Moving Stories Approach to Early Childhood Learning. Building Bridges through Story and Song Conference.
- February 11, 2019. A Multi-sensory Approach to Social Emotional Learning: The Moving Stories Play therapy Method for Schools: Cobscook Learning Center, Trescott TWP, ME.
- October 12, 2017. Therapeutic Storytelling in the Sandtray for Traumatized Children. 25th Annual Play Therapy Conference, Mariott City Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- October 7, 2015. Telling Therapeutic Stories in the Sandtray. Annual Play Therapy Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
- November 5, 2014. Creative Therapy for Children: The Moving Stories Play Therapy Method. National American Indian and Alaska Native: Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network. Webinar.
- October, 17, 2014. Finding Diamonds: Integrating Story, Sandtray and Play with Children: MEMHCA Conference. Portland, Maine.
- February 28-March 1, 2014. Telling Therapeutic Stories in the Sandtray: The Moving Stories Play Therapy Method. florida Association for Play Therapy. Palm Springs, Florida.
- October 19, 2013. Hands-on Storytelling and Play in Daycare: Washington County Conference. Child Care Professionals of Washington County. Machias High School, Machias, ME.
- July 22-23, 2013. Moving Stories in the Sandtray in Play Therapy. Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars: Baltimore, Maryland.
- May 4, 2013. Play Therapy. Cobscook Learning Center. Caring Community Collaborative, Cobscook Learning Center, Trescott Maine.
- November 11, 2012. Story Making in the Treatment of Childhood Trauma-The Magic Mirror with Sherry Reiter, Ph.D., Expressive Therapies. Summit, New York City.
- October, 19, 2012. The Neurofeedback Alternative. Presented with Cyril Francis. Maine Mental Health Counselors Association Annual Conference, Portland, maine.
- May 4, 2012. Developing Your Own Play Therapy Techniques: A Practicum. Sweetser, Brunswick, ME
- February 24, 2012. Telling Therapeutic Stories in the Sandtray: The Moving Stories Play Therapy Method., Acadia Hospital, EMMC Grand Rounds.
- October 14, 2011. Telling Therapeutic Stories in the Sandtray. NASW Annual Conference. Point Lookout, Northport, ME.
- April 12, 2011. Getting Along: Integrating Story, Play and Sandtray Therapies in the Classroom. Samoset Resort, Rockport, ME Maine Counseling Association Annual Conference.
- July 15, 2010. Assessing and Treating Child/Teen Depression. With Jack Martinez, Indian Health Services Teleseminar.
- May 17, 2010. The Moving Stories Method: An Integration of Story, Sandtray and Play Therapy. Marrakesh, Morocco.
Timeline
Acting Behavioral Health Director
Pleasant Point Health Center
09.2021 - Current
Founder
Bud To Bloom Books
08.2017 - Current
Psychologist
Pleasant Point Health Center
08.2004 - 09.2021
Founder
By The Sea Seminars
03.2004 - Current
Clinical Psychologist
Private Practice
10.2003 - Current
Mental Health Coordinator
Cathance Psychological Associates
09.2001 - 09.2003
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Cathance Psychological Associates
07.1998 - 09.2001
Clinical Psychologist (Unlicensed)
DC Commission For Mental Health
01.1997 - 06.1998
Psy.D. - Psychology
California School of Professional Psychology
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Wheaton College