Our Story:
Creating a Space Where People Feel Truly Heard
At Be Heard Psychotherapy, we believe healing begins the moment you feel safe enough to be seen, heard, and understood.
Our Boston-based therapy practice was founded to make high-quality, trauma-informed care more accessible — both in-person near TD Garden and through telehealth across Massachusetts.
The Heart Behind Be Heard
Be Heard was founded by Teresa Protasio, LICSW, after years of witnessing how traditional systems often left people feeling unheard and unseen or waiting too long for help.
As an immigrant from Portugal and a long-time social worker serving the Boston community, Teresa built this practice around a simple but powerful idea:
When people feel heard, real change becomes possible.
Her goal was to create a practice that values compassion as much as clinical excellence — where clients receive timely, personalized care and clinicians are supported to grow and thrive.
Our Philosophy of Care
Healing is rarely linear.
It requires curiosity, compassion, and courage.
At Be Heard, our team uses trauma-informed therapy grounded in evidence-based approaches such as EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), IFS (Internal Family Systems), CBT, and ACT.
We help clients move from surviving to truly living — integrating the past, building emotional resilience, and creating space for joy and connection.
Whether you’re beginning therapy for the first time or continuing your journey, you’ll find care that is collaborative, culturally responsive, and human at its core.
Our Team
Be Heard Psychotherapy has grown into a collective of dedicated clinicians who share a passion for accessibility, inclusion, and high-quality care.
Each therapist brings unique expertise — from trauma and grief to anxiety, identity, and relationships — united by a shared mission: to provide therapy that feels both effective and compassionate.
Our Values
Our values guide every session, decision, and interaction:
Belong
Empower
Heal
Empathy
Acceptance
Reprocess
Dedication
Together, they remind us that every person deserves to feel heard — and that true healing begins with connection and compassion.
Begin Your Healing Journey
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If you’re searching for a Boston therapy practice that combines expertise with heart, we’d love to meet you.
Our clinicians are here to help you heal at your own pace, in a way that feels safe and empowering.