This is Dr. Jay. And this is Maple.

We help students, artists, athletes, academics, and other high-level performers break out of old patterns and bring out the best in themselves.

Office Location

 

269 South Main Street
Suite A
Providence, RI 02903

Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
9am–5pm

Phone
(617) 684-5689

Online Availability
I can see you online if you are located in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and most other US states and territories.

About Dr. Jay & Maple

  • Dr. Jay Soucy

    Dr. Jay Soucy

    CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

    I'm originally from Boston and I've lived in New York, Paris, Los Angeles, Berkeley, and Providence. My clinical interests include the intersection of the performing arts and psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, Buddhist psychology, sports psychology, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, and canine-assisted psychotherapy.

    My teaching and academic writing have centered on what acting and improvisational technique have to offer psychotherapeutic technique, the relationship between psychoanalysis and social justice, and doctoring in psychotherapy for clinicians in training.

    I have been Part-Time Faculty at Boston College, where I taught psychology graduate students at the Lynch School of Education. I am also Past President of the Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology and a past Scholar of Division 39 of the American Psychological Association.

    In addition to my work as a psychologist, I've written, directed, and acted in films, released music as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and performed sketch, improv, and musical comedy in Los Angeles and New York City.

  • Maple

    THERAPY DOG

    Maple is a four-year-old English Chocolate Labrador Retriever and works in the office with me every day.

    She is incredibly sweet, happy, and mellow, and is content to curl up with you or give you space–whatever you need in the moment.

    Her birthday is October 6th. She loves food, smelling things, food, soccer balls, food, meeting new people, food, wrestling with other dogs, and also food.

Education

Columbia University, New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts, Film Studies

Wright Institute, Berkeley, CA
Doctor of Psychology

VA Medical Center, Bedford, MA
APA-accredited Psychology Intern

Tufts University, Medford, MA
Postdoctoral Fellow

Clinical Expertise

I specialize in healing trauma, anxiety, creative and performance blocks, existential and relationship issues, and the impacts of social forces on mental health. I tend to fit well with patients who are insightful, creative, funny, introspective, curious, and ready for change.

Informed by my background in the arts, I harness the power of creativity and improvisation to build the therapeutic relationship, identify unhelpful relational patterns, expand repertoires of coping responses, and foster creativity, vitality, and play.

I value understanding and healing the impact of the past and then using those insights and increased health to make active changes in the present that build a different future.

My clinical lens is grounded in contemporary psychoanalytic approaches, behavioral and mindfulness-based therapies including Schema Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and decolonization, feminist, Marxist, and queer theories.

I believe that psychotherapy need not be a rarefied, exclusively serious space. Lightness, fun, and a genuine connection are just as important as the more vulnerable work we do.

I hope for solidarity amongst and the liberation of all peoples.

I see most people for weekly psychotherapy, some more often, and some less often. I also practice ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.

FAQs

Are you accepting new patients?

My practice is currently full. Check back here for updates in the future.

Are you seeing patients in person?

Yes!

What are your fees?

Individual Therapy for Adults
$300, initial intake visit
$250, ongoing visits

Therapy for Partners
$350, initial intake visit
$300, ongoing visits

Do you offer sliding-scale or low fee visits?

I maintain a set number of pro bono and low fee spots in my practice. Currently they are all occupied.

Do you take my insurance?

I accept the student health insurance plans for Brown University and Tufts University’s Medford and SMFA campuses. The copay for Brown is $15. The copay for Tufts is $10.

What if I have insurance that you don’t accept?

I accept payment from you in full and then provide statements that you can submit to your insurance company for reimbursement if your plan has out-of network benefits.

To find the amount of my fee that your insurance may cover, please call them directly.

Can I see you if I move or travel out of state?

I can see you online if you are located in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and most other US states and territories.

How do I pronounce your last name?

Well folks, it is like “juicy” with an “s.”

Send Us a Message

I do my best to get back to all inquiries within 24 business hours. You are also welcome to text me at (617) 684-5689.

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique.

And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost.

The world will not have it.

It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions.

It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.

You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work.

You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you.

Keep the channel open.

No artist is pleased.

There is no satisfaction whatever at any time.

There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.”

— Martha Graham