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 and English
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
"Healing begins where the wound was made."
- Alice Walker -
We provide outpatient therapy to children, teens, adults, couples and families, both in person and via Telehealth.
We accept Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans, Tufts, Tufts Public Plans, Harvard Pilgrim, and Plans under the Optum/UBH Umbrella
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.
Let's connect online and get started!
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Quinton Kakaley, LMHC
“Sometimes, even to live is an act of courage.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Specialties: Anxiety, Mood Disorders, Vocational/Work issues, Relationship Conflict, Men’s Mental Health Ages Seen: 15+ Philosophy and Strategies: CBT, ACT, mindfulness Quinton (he/him) enjoys working with people 15 and over experiencing challenges around work, mood, anxiety, interpersonal conflict, grief, and attachment. His Read more -
Marcia Lowry, LMHC
“There is another world, but it is in this one” -W.B. Yeats Specialties: college students, parents, chronic illness, parental relationships, alcohol use disorder, learning/physical disabilities, women in midlife transitions Ages Seen: 16+ Philosophy and Strategies: CBT, solution focused, harm reduction, relational approaches Marcia (She/Her) works with teens 16 and older, as well as young adults Read more -
Laura Sandborg
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted” – Aseop Laura (She/Her) is Aurora’s Client Care Coordinator. She handles all client related tasks including intake, client/clinician connections, insurance matters, and referrals. Laura is currently pursuing her Masters Degree in counseling at the University of Massachusetts. She has a passion for all things Read more -
Elena McNally, LMFT
“Beneath every behavior there is a feeling. And beneath each feeling is a need. And when we meet that need rather than focus on the behavior, we begin to deal with the cause, not the symptom.” – Ashleigh Warner Specialties: Couples, Families, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Addiction/Recovery Ages Seen: 20+ Philosophy and Strategies: Systems based, emotional focused, 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 -
Meg Price, LMHC
“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 Specialties: LGBTQIA+, Autism, ADHD, Life Transitions, Body Liberation, Non-monogamy, Kink-allied Ages Seen: 13+ Philosophy and Strategies: Person-centered, Relational, Motivational Interviewing, Feminist Meg (she/her) works with adults and teens ages 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 Specialties: Mood disorders, relational issues, LGBTQIA+, adjusting to life changes Read more -
BethAnn Schacht, LMHC
“Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.” – Will Rogers Specialties: Couples Work, Mind/Body Balance, Anxiety, Depression, Substance Use Disorder Ages Seen: 18+ Philosophies and Strategies: Internal Family Systems/Parts of Self Work, Holistic Wellness BethAnn (She/Her) is the Director of Aurora Counseling Associates, LLC. She graduated from Northeastern University in 1993 with a Read more -
Amy Morgan, LICSW
Amy Morgan, LICSW Specialties: psychosis, trauma, mood fluctuations, substance use disorder, family conflict Ages Seen: 20+ Philosophy and Strategies: Network approach, open dialogue, family meetings Amy Morgan (she/her) is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and a certified Open Dialogue practitioner providing support and therapy to individuals, families, and social networks. She received her master’s 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 Specialties: Anxiety, ADHD, Misophonia, sensory disorders, depression Ages Seen: 4-30 Philosophy and Strategies: CBT, DBT, play therapy Katherine (She/Her) enjoys working with young adults, adolescents, and 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 Specialties: Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Race, Racial Trauma Ages Read more -
Neil Glickman, Ph.D
“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 destiny” -unknown Specialties: Deaf/Hard of hearing clients, ASL, all sexual orientations Ages Seen: 18+ Philosophy and Strategies: CBT, confidence boosting, Read more -
Daniel I. Schacht, LICSW
Specialties: Couples Work, Infidelity, Anxiety, Depression, Anger Ages Seen: 18+ Philosophy and Strategies: Individual/Couple/Family Resilience, Emotional Management 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 Read more -
Coralanne Hocking, LCSW
“Nature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me.” ― Leslie Feinberg Specialties: Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, Life Transitions, LGBTQ+ Ages Seen: All Ages Philosophy and Strategies: Play therapy, art therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), trauma informed, anti-racist Coralanne Hocking, LCSW (she/her) is a Read more -
Sophie Rosen, MA
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Specialties: trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, life transitions, stress management Ages Seen: All Ages Philosophy and Strategies: Psychodynamic and Humanistic approaches, specifically relational counseling, all with a trauma-informed lens Sophie (she/her) works Read more