Alison MacNeil

Alison MacNeil, LICSW is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist and EMDR Consultant-in-training who specializes in working with adults and college/graduate students. Alison has experience treating complex trauma and the symptoms of depression and anxiety including self-injury and suicidality. Alison’s passion as an EMDR therapist is in helping clients get unstuck, let go of shame and find the freedom to move forward in life with newfound lightness and excitement. Alison enjoys providing supervision as a consultant-in-training assisting therapists interested in strengthening their EMDR practice.

Alison graduated from Smith Graduate School of Social Work in 1994. For the past 30 years, Alison worked primarily in Outpatient Community Mental Health and in Private Practice in the Boston area. Alison was trained in DBT in 1997 and has provided DBT Training/Supervision and Consultation in over 28 agencies in New England. Alison currently teaches three graduate courses at Boston College School of Social Work.