About Us

CounselINC Staff:

Bill Lagasse, LCSW

Bill Lagasse LCSW is a licensed Master Social Worker. Having graduated from University of New England with a Master’s Degree in Social Work with Honors, and with Dual Concentrations in Clinical (individuals, families, and groups) and Community & Organizational Change, Mr. Lagasse is fluent in leadership and development, as well as more intense individual and family work.

Mr. Lagasse has been formally trained in Cognitive Behavioral Interventions, Family & Systems Teams, Sexual Assault Crisis, Motivational Interviewing, Harm Reduction and numerous other adolescent related trainings.

In terms of Leadership and Coaching, Mr. Lagasse has been informally trained in Project Management, Logic Model, Strategic Planning, facilitation and Visioneering, Grant writing and several trainings on communication and negotiation. Mr. Lagasse is a graduate of the Mid Maine Leadership Institute (a 12 week program to refine and prepare for leadership positions).

Other skills and comfort areas include the following: Empowerment and Reality-Based Therapies, Brief Treatment, Anger Management and Stress Reduction/Management and working with offenders.

Mr. Lagasse has spent numerous years working in the social services field for such agencies as Volunteers of America Northern New England, New Beginnings Emergency Shelter, Opportunity Farm, and John F. Murphy Homes, Inc. and carries significant experiences, which further prepare him for creative work within Families, Teams, Individuals, and Youth.

Mr. Lagasse has extensive experience working with Homeless and At Risk Youth as well as with Correctional Youth in need of brief treatment.

Bill is currently working towards his Cohort PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies through Union Institute and University in Cincinnati, Ohio with his primary concentration being in Creative and Ethical Leadership and secondary concentration in Public Policy.

Sharon R. Lagasse, CD(DONA), Certified Doula

Sharon is a DONA certified Birth Doula and has been practicing since 2005. Throughout the years she has often been found at the bedside of nearly every family members' and every friends' birth and is always honored to be invited to one of the most beautiful and special days in a woman's lifetime. She feels very strongly that every expecting mother deserves to have unconditional emotional, physical and spiritual support throughout her pregnancy, and especially during labor and delivery, as well as after the birth. Sharon believes in having options in childbirth, including using the services of a doula in addition to the doctor or midwife to provide labor support. In working with expectant mothers, her passion is to ensure that every individual involved is treated with dignity and respect.

Sharon spent many years caring for children in many types of settings, as well as working in leadership roles. After the birth of her first child, she was motivated to make the move to stay home and be with her family full time.

Later, after attending so many births Sharon decided to study to be a doula through the Doulas of North America, which credentials participants via a mix of theory and study, practice, and supervised births. Sharon has also been educated by Westbrook College and various other trainings and seminars.

Sharon has numerous community supports for her doula work and is listed on the www.DONA.org webpage. She currently divides her time up with Doula clients, her family, and her current position here at Counselinc.