Sheri Damon LMHC - FLIHH Therapy & Training Services (781) 834 - 5750

Individual, Family, Group Therapy · Animal-Based Therapy · Wellness Consultation · Training · Mindfulness & Meditation

Sheri Damon | LMHC

FLIHH Founder & President

FLIHH founder Sheri Damon is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 28 years of experience working with women, children, and families and has consulted or trained in a number of professional arenas. Damon is an expert in treating eating disorders,  technology addiction, and healthy technology use, women experiencing distress with child-rearing/child behavior difficulties, as well as relationship issues and care taking stressors. Damon brings a unique perspective for working with people across the lifespan. All these experiences have inspired creative interventions, a cognitive-behavioral, “mind and body” approach to therapy, and attention to the numerous intervening life factors in healing.

Damon’s critically acclaimed “Power to Re-Connect” presentation is heavily sought after for parent events, as well as school and professional organizational training.

Damon’s expertise lies in the treatment of:

  • Technology addiction with a focus on developing and maintaining healthy relationships with technology
  • Eating disorder recovery
  • Developing behavioral intervention plans
  • Decreasing symptoms of anxiety and depression through cognitive, behavioral, and mind-body techniques

Affiliations & Education

  • Adjunct Professor Cambridge College School of Professional Counseling
  • Leadership Team Member of the Cape & Island Family Support Network link to http://capeandislandsfsn.com
  • Board Member of the South Shore Coalition of Independent Therapists.
  • Member of the Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association and maintains a strong working relationship with a number of professionals, local schools and a variety of state agencies.
  • Damon’s formal education includes a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology, Ph.D. level training from Northeastern University, and a B.A. from Clark University.

Andrea Szebeni, MS, RD, LD/N

As a Registered Dietitian, Andrea provides client-focused nutrition therapy to empower individuals in the recovery process of any eating disorder. Andrea caters to changing both men and women’s relationship with food in a unique approach, which equips her clients through all phases in the progression of their own personal recovery. She has a diversified background working with athletes suffering from the physical pressures, along with clients struggling with food, body image, and self-acceptance, as it is related to food.

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Andrea holds a Masters of Science Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Florida International University and is currently finishing her work on a Doctorate degree in Health Psychology, specializing in eating disorders. Andrea has developed several successful eating disorder programs across the country working as a private consultant and even owned her own center in Boca Raton, Florida. Her philosophy has been established with the intent to understand each individual, their eating disorder struggles and the most effective nutrition approach for all clients.

Amanda Kravitz, LICSW

Amanda is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker from New York. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology at SUNY Oswego and her master’s degree in Social Work at Binghamton University. With work in various settings such as PHP, IOP, and transitional in-home care, Amanda is able to help her clients identify their needs at all stages of their personal journey.

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While specializing in eating disorder recovery, Amanda also helps individuals struggling with substance abuse and addiction, anxiety, trauma, and relationship issues. Amanda enjoys working with children, adolescents, and adults, utilizing techniques such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practice and more. Understanding that each person comes to therapy at different stages of readiness, Amanda empowers and guides clients to move toward their “life worth living” at a comfortable pace, while focusing on continual personal growth.

Katie Murphy Gordon, LCSW

Katie Murphy Gordon is a Licensed Certified Social Worker who earned her Master’s degree from Simmons College in Boston MA. She has experience as a Mental Health practitioner working with a wide demographic in a variety of settings. She is also a Massachusetts State licensed horseback riding instructor and is certified by the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH Int’l) as a Therapeutic Riding Instructor and an Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Learning.

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Katie began her riding career at Furnace Brook Farm in Marshfield MA under the instruction of Erin Van Steenburgh in the late nineties. At FBF she gained a love for horses, a supportive and nurturing community, and a solid foundation of dressage based riding skills. Katie went on to advance her dressage riding career in later years and now uses dressage fundamentals as the basis for all of her mounted therapeutic work. Katie believes that equine assisted therapy can be a powerful agent of change for participants due to the intuitive nature and emotional intelligence of the horse. Katie finds that classical dressage riding which encompasses harmony, partnership, and positive communication between horse and rider can also align well with psychotherapeutic treatment goals.

Katie has a clinical background working with children and adults in outpatient as well as community based settings. She finds equine assisted therapy to be particularly effective in treating a variety of symptoms related to post traumatic stress, attachment based challenges, family/relational challenges, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and identity work. Harnessing the power of lived experience is an integral piece of equine assisted therapy, and building on experiences with a horse as a partner is essential to the process. Participants are able to build new skills and create meaning through these experiences, often leading to positive change and healing.

Katie is thrilled to be back working at Furnace Brook Farm and is now offering equine assisted therapy sessions through FLIHH.

Stephani Spencer, LCSW

A South Shore native, Stephani earned her Bachelors of Social Work at Olivet Nazarene University in Chicago and her Masters of Social Work at Simmons University in Boston. She works with high school students, helping them navigate mental health challenges while finding success in school. Stephani enjoys working with adolescents, young adults, and adults working through anxiety, depression and significant life transitions/events.

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Stephani sees clients reach their goals by incorporating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, in addition to maintaining a Person-Centered perspective. Stephani aims to help empower clients reach their goals and improve their overall quality of life.

Jessy Billman, Farmhand & Veterinary Student

Jessy has been with FLIHH and Butterflihh Farm since November 2017 as Sheri’s office assistant, farmhand, and jack of all trades! Jessica graduated in 2006 with a B.S. in Science and spent ten years working as a microbiologist in the biotech industry. But it was never a good fit for her, so a year ago she quit her career to go back to school to be a veterinary technician.

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She is currently attending Massasoit Community College for an Associate’s in Applied Science in Veterinary Technology, with the goal of going into large animal or wildlife medicine. She lives on a farm with her partner Nate, two cats, two dogs, and a whole mess of farm animals!

Looking for her at FLIHH? She’s typically out back slinging hay to our goats and the mini horse!

Kate Whalen, Office Assistant

Kate grew up in Onset where she went to Wareham High school. She has worked in customer service for 15 years. In her free time she loves to ride her horse, a Appaloosa/paint/draft cross named Mick that she has owned for 4 years now. Kate currently lives in Wareham with her boyfriend, dog and 2 cats (one of which is paralyzed from the waist down). She believes having animals around brings relaxation and peace.