Mary is a graduate of the California Institute of Integral Studies Somatic Psychology program, a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in private practice in West Seattle, and a Blessed Teacher of The Discipline of Authentic Movement Circles of Four teacher training program founded by Authentic Movement pioneer Janet Adler. Mary is also trained to teach Bringing Baby Home: A Parenting and Relationship Program based on the research of Drs. John and Julie Gottman. She draws on her training at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, training in Hakomi, Generative Somatics, and Somatic EMDR and an eclectic collection of healing traditions and psychological theories both well-established and emergent.
Mary is a member of AAMFT and Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study where she currently serves as a mentoring group leader.
Specialties
Maternal Mental Health
Fertility Support
Postpartum Adjustment
Postpartum Depression & Anxiety
Pregnancy/Infant Loss
Abortion & Miscarriage Support
Grief & Loss
Adjustment to Parenthood
Life Transitions
The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love–whether we call it friendship or family or romance–is the work of mirroring each other’s light. Gentle work. Steadfast work. Life-saving work in those moments when shame and sorrow occlude our own light from view, but there is still a clear-eyed loving person to beam it back. In our best moments, we are that person for another.
–James Baldwin, Nothing Personal