Maybelle Mercado-Martinez PhD

Dr. Mercado-Martinez has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
Form Carlos Albizu University in Puerto Rico. Her credentials include: Licensed Mental Health Counseling in Massachusetts; Board Certified Professional Counselor; Certified Forensic Counselor; National Certified Counselor; Licensed Professional Counselor in Connecticut; Board Certified PTSD Clinician; Tobacco Specialist and Certified Veteran Behavioral Health Specialist.

As an administrator she serves as the Agency Executive Clinical Leader by providing advice and counsel regarding a broad range of clinical policies, grant opportunities, programmatic and strategic issues. Provides leadership and mentoring to the agency's clinical staff and establishes and promotes professional, clinical and ethical values and standards to which all clinical staff are expected to adhere. Promotes quality of care and is responsible for establishing and maintaining the agency's standards of care on both clinical and programmatic levels.

As an educator she participates actively in the education of future mental health clinicians and has held Adjunct Faculty positions at the University of St. Joseph in Connecticut; Western New England College in Massachusetts; Holyoke Community College in Massachusetts and was the Coordinator for the Counseling Psychology Program at Cambridge College, Springfield Campus in Massachusetts.

As a clinician she has focused her career in providing quality mental health services to the underserved population by utilizing evidenced based treatments approaches, such as, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy,
Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and ART, among others. In addition to providing direct service to the community, she provides supervision and utilizes a wide range of cultural approaches that enhances the clinician’s work.
She has been invited to participate in several forums in the community, television, radio and is currently published in a local magazine.