I’d like to provide you with a safe place to encourage your emotional growth and support healthy coping.
I’m currently available for sessions.
I believe that each individual and system has a unique set of strengths, resources, and abilities which I like to help nurture. Together, we will work on healthy coping with difficult feelings and life circumstances, problem solving, and improving your relationship with self and others.
My Background.
I was born to a German mother and an Italian-Chinese father in Münster, Germany. When I was 20 years old, I moved to Los Angeles, California where I lived for the past 20 years and trained and worked as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
In Los Angeles, I worked with children, teens, adults, couples, families, and groups from a variety of backgrounds on issues ranging from PTSD, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, disruptive disorders, and interpersonal relationship difficulties.
Along with my professional understanding, my own experience of having navigated life as an expat, my values to respect and embrace diversity, empower the individual and inspire people to create a healthy living environment that encourages emotional growth and balanced living, demonstrate the combination of professional and personal qualities that I contribute to my sessions.
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
License No. 111208
MA Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy
Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA 2014
BA Communication Studies
University of California, Los Angeles, CA 2008
Memberships
AAMFT - American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy
DGSF- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Systemische Therapie, Beratung und Familientherapie e.V.
My Approach.
I feel strongly about utilizing a systems therapeutic approach to strengthen interpersonal relationships and increase understanding of symptoms and behaviors as embedded in their social context.
Testimonial.
“Mara helped me create healthy relationships with others and moreover, a healthy and compassionate relationship with myself.”
