Helena Boersma, EdD, LMHC-D, NCC earned her doctorate in Counseling and Counselor Education from University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, and her master’s of Mental Health Counseling from SUNY Brockport in Brockport, New York. Her primary area of clinical expertise for the last two decades is in eating disorders, where she has focused the last decade researching the connection between the food and mood. She has presented and trained locally, nationally, and internationally on the topic. Her work extends to family counseling and reconciliation counseling. Her most recent research includes working with clinicians in Malawi, Africa to expand their clinical skills working with families.
Dr. Boersma has worked as an LMHC in all levels of clinical care including inpatient psychiatric, outpatient psychiatric, private practice, and partial hospitalization programs. She has been the director of residential and boarding school programs that focused on treating adolescents with eating disorders and their family members. Her current work includes using Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy to supplement ongoing counseling work. Dr. Boersma is currently the Director of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program at D’Youville University, and the Executive Director for the Center for Doctoral Studies and Research at D’Youville University.
