HARWICH PORT, MA – April 5, 2021 – Outer Cape Health Services (OCHS) today announced Meara Baldwin, LICSW, as the new Director of Behavioral Health for the federally qualified community health center. In addition to providing oversight of the organization’s behavioral program and clinicians, she will see patients in Wellfleet and Harwich Port. Baldwin succeeds Dikke Hansen who is retiring from OCHS.  

Previously Ms. Baldwin worked as a clinician with Cape Cod Healthcare, and as the Behavioral Health Director for the Kodiak Area Native Association of Alaska. She brings a broad range of experience in providing clinical services in outpatient, residential, and acute psychiatric settings. Ms. Baldwin is trained in Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skill building and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and is certified in Problem Solving Therapy in a Primary Care Setting. 

A resident of Chatham, Ms. Baldwin received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and a Master in Social Work degree from the University of Southern California.