Shire Sheahan is a dedicated and experienced therapist at Tristate Psychotherapy Group, licensed in Massachusetts. They received their Master of Social Work from the University of Denver and completed a Post-MSW Fellowship at the University of Michigan Counseling and Psychological Center. Shire’s comprehensive training and academic background have equipped them with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide high-quality mental health services to their clients.
With a diverse professional history, Shire brings valuable experience from multiple settings that have contributed to their effectiveness as a clinician. Their background includes providing individual, group, and relationship therapy for college students, with specialization in crisis care, peer counseling, and nature-based interventions. Shire has also specialized in gender-affirming community mental health for transgender adults, served as a school counselor for youth in the performing arts, and has a prior career in the arts working with queer youth, facilitating personal storytelling and promoting mental health through theatre, poetry, and drag.
Shire specializes in grief and loss, suicide, PTSD and CPTSD, relationships (platonic, familial, romantic, sexual), queer identity, arts careers, oppression and systemic dehumanization, college students and young adults, and life transitions. They specialize in working with college students and young adults ages 18-30, and are open to working with any clients ages 15 and above, as well as couples and relationships. Shire’s overarching framework is humanistic, person-centered, and relational, primarily leaning into experiential therapies such as Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) for both individuals and couples, incorporating art, music, and nature where appropriate. They also blend Narrative Therapy, ACT, DBT, and Liberation Psychology into their approach. Shire’s lived experience navigating grief, trauma, complex relationships, and queer identity informs their professional practice. They bring a dedication to decolonial liberatory frameworks and unique training in experiential therapies, meeting people where they are with a tenderhearted, gentle, patient, creative, and nonjudgmental style.