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Welcome!

Welcome to Aurora Counseling Associates, LLC! We are proud to serve the Natick community since 2010.

Our clinician specialties include:

  • Depression, Anxiety and Mood Issues
  • Gender and Sexuality
  • Deaf People/Families and ASL
  • Services in ASL, Spanish and Taiwanese
  • Racial Identity/Racial Trauma/Social Justice
  • Vocational Therapy
  • Play Therapy
  • Post-Concussive Work
  • College Stress, Transition and Success
  • Young Adult Independence
  • School and Home Behavior
  • Special Needs and Autism
  • Parenting and Family Conflict
  • Divorce and Family/Stepfamily Transition
  • Couples Communication and Infidelity
  • Couples Communication and Infidelity
"Healing begins where the wound was made."
- Alice Walker -

We provide outpatient therapy to children, teens, adults, couples and families.

We accept Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans, Tufts HMO/PPO/GIC plans and Optum/UBH/Harvard Pilgrim/AllWays Health plans.

We serve communities throughout the MetroWest including Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton, Natick, Sherborn, Southborough, Sudbury, Wayland and Westborough.

Please contact us about finding a clinician who is right for your needs!

Please know that any of our providers may or may not be accepting new clients. Please call for info on specific providers or contact the provider directly as listed on the "Our Providers" page.

 

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About Aurora Counseling Associates, LLC    

Whether it's managing your anxiety or depression, parenting your children through school, home or family transition issues, discovering the relationship between mind and body, improving your relationship or addressing other life issues that bring you to therapy, we'll try to help you find the clinician who's right for you or your family member. Call or e-mail us for an intake appointment.

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  • Sam Ko, LCSW

    Sam is unable to accept new clients at this time. Please check back for updates. Thank you! “When I accept myself for who I am, then I can change” -Carl Rogers Sam (He/They) enjoys working with older adolescents, adults, and the LGBTQ+ community. Sam received his counseling degree from Columbia University in New York and Read more

  • Marcia Lowry, LMHC

    “There is another world, but it is in this one” -W.B. Yeats Marcia (She/Her) works with teens 16 and older, as well as young adults and their families. She specializes in working with college students, especially those experiencing particular issues such as learning disabilities or physical disabilities. She also has expertise in working with women Read more

  • BethAnn Schacht, LMHC

    “Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.” – Will Rogers BethAnn (She/Her) is the Director of Aurora Counseling Associates, LLC. She graduated from Northeastern University in 1993 with a Master’s in Counseling Psychology, and has been in private practice since 2001. She started Aurora in 2010 with the goal of serving more types Read more

  • Aleeya Ensign LMHC

    “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back” -Albert Camus Aleeya (she/her) works with teens (15+) and adults throughout their Read more

  • Meg Price, LMHC

    Meg is unable to accept new clients and is not maintaining a waitlist at this time. Please check back for updates. Thank you! “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ― Anaïs Nin Meg (She/Her) works with children as Read more

  • Quinton Kakaley, MA

    “Sometimes, even to live is an act of courage.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quinton (he/him) enjoys working with people 18 and over experiencing challenges around work, mood, anxiety, interpersonal conflict, grief, and attachment. He is especially passionate about Vocational Therapy, which explores the relationship between mental health and work, and promotes a healthy and satisfying Read more

  • Katherine Price, LMHC

    “The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what’s in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.” – Norton Juster Katherine (She/Her) enjoys working with young adults, adolescents, and children as young as four. She uses play and art therapy as well as traditional talk therapy, Read more

  • Rebecca Finer, LICSW

    Rebecca is unable to accept new clients at this time. Please check back for updates. Thank you! “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust Rebecca (She/Her) works with teens, adults and families using a variety of theoretical models and evidence-based interventions.  Her therapeutic approach is Read more

  • Laura Sandborg

    “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted” – Aseop Laura (She/Her) is Aurora’s Site Manager/ Administrative Assistant. She handles all on site tasks, and helps our team in any way she can including helping with referrals as well as insurance matters. She is currently in her second year of school for Read more

  • Gabriella Arrien, LMHC

    “Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.” ― Peter A. Levine Gabriella (She/Her) provides therapy to teens and adults (ages 13+). Her approach in therapy is gentle, empathic and person-centered while using a trauma-informed lens to empower and motivate individuals through the therapeutic Read more

  • Daniel I. Schacht, LICSW

    Daniel (He/Him) provides therapy to teens and adults (ages 13+) and couples. He has been in private practice in Natick, MA since 2004. Daniel obtained his Master’s degree in Social Work from Boston University in 1996 and has post-graduate training from the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy and the Read more

  • Elena McNally, LMFT

    “Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.” – Dalai Lama Elena (She/Her) works with children as young as 4, as well as teens, couples and families. She provides play therapy, art therapy and mind/body work as well as traditional talk therapy. Her clients Read more

  • Allison Jones, LICSW

    “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – Christopher Robin I work with teens (15+), adults and older adults (65+) who are struggling with anxiety, depression, OCD, medical issues, grief and more. I graduated with my Masters in Social Work from Simmons College in 2011 and have Read more

  • Neil Glickman, Ph.D

    Neil is unable to accept new clients at this time. Please check back for updates, as this changes frequently. Thank you! “Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, for it becomes your Read more

  • Jenn Buchner

    “We are all going through different battles and struggles, but we also handle them very differently and where you get your strength is YOUR story.” – Harley Quinn Jenn (She/Her) is Aurora’s Business Manager, handling insurance screening, answering billing questions and digging deep into reimbursement issues to make sure we get it right on the Read more

  • Ava Floyd, PsyD

    “Humans aren’t laundry! Stop trying to compartmentalize and sort yourself out.  Mess does not always mean dirty.  Sometimes it just means complicated, and complicated can be beautiful! Ask yourself, ‘how might I approach life differently if I had compassion for my beautiful mess?’” – Sonya Renee Taylor Ava (she/her) obtained her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Read more