Bio | Catherine Chichester, APRN

Bio | Catherine Chichester, APRN

As Executive Director of the CCSME, Kate Chichester has led CCSME for the past 25 years, during which time it has been recognized both statewide and nationally for its work to advance co-occurring mental health and substance use integration. Kate has written,...
Bio | Sarah Lynch, LCSW

Bio | Sarah Lynch, LCSW

Sarah is the Program Manager for the Portland Identification and Early Referral (PIER) Program, an early psychosis treatment program at Maine Medical Center.  For the past 16 years, she has worked with young people with early symptoms of psychosis and their families....
Bio | Rebecca Jaynes, LCPC

Bio | Rebecca Jaynes, LCPC

Rebecca has been working as a clinician with the PIER Program since 2007, and has been providing training, supervision and consultation to communities throughout the US with the PIER Training Institute since 2010.   She has also received 5 years of training in CBT for...
Bio | Meredith Charney

Bio | Meredith Charney

Dr. Meredith Charney is currently a clinical psychologist at Maine Medical Center in the Portland Identification and Early Referral (PIER) program. Dr. Charney is relatively new to Maine; she has spent the majority of her career in clinical research programs providing...
Bio | John Yasenchak, Ed.D, LCPC, LADC

Bio | John Yasenchak, Ed.D, LCPC, LADC

John Yasenchak is currently a contributing faculty in the School of Counseling, Walden University. Previously, he served as Assistant Professor for Graduate Counseling, Husson University. Prior to that, he taught for many years in the Graduate Counselling program at...
Rhonda Selvin, MSN, APRN

Rhonda Selvin, MSN, APRN

Rhonda Selvin is a certified primary care Nurse Practitioner, CAM practitioner and independent healthcare policy consultant with over 18 years of practice as a provider, mentor, complimentary health and wellness provider and integrative practice policy leader. She...