INDIVIDUAL & FAMILY
Marnie believes in a human’s innate ability to heal and navigate their way toward understanding, hope, healing, self-kindness, joy, and peace.
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
Marnie provides individual counseling services to individuals of all ages, with the exception of young children. Marnie believes in the importance of providing comprehensive, compassionate, respectful, collaborative, and individualized care to all her clients. Marnie leads with kindness and curiosity in all areas of her life and she draws on those values and strengths in her therapeutic work. Marnie works to honor all humans, all identities, all bodies and all unique lived experiences. Marnie strives to foster a self-affirming and body-affirming therapeutic environment. She is mindful to create a safe environment, both in her office and within the therapeutic relationship.
LENGTH OF SESSIONS
Individual sessions are usually 50 minutes in length, with the option of 80-minute sessions when therapeutically appropriate or when requested. Longer sessions are sometimes helpful when utilizing EMDR Therapy and Brainspotting. Sometimes, the utilization of an intensive format is helpful to the overall healing process. EDMR intensives allow the client to work through a significant piece or pieces of work at one time. Counseling fees vary depending on length and format of the intensive sessions.
MARNIE'S THERAPEUTIC APPROACH
Marnie’s counseling style is founded in a strength-based, trauma informed, client-centered and collaborative approach. She utilizes an integrative therapeutic approach including EMDR, Brainspotting, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction practices, breath work, Interpersonal Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Parts Work, and Polyvagal Therapy. Marnie also enjoys integrating creative and experiential activities when helpful. She enjoys inviting humor and laughter into the session when appropriate. Laughter and humor can serve as a powerful nervous system regulator, emotion regulation skill and foster a sense of connection and collaboration.
Marnie specializes in the treatment of eating disorders, body image disturbance, body dysmorphia, trauma and PTSD, adjustment difficulties and mood issues including depression and anxiety. Marnie has significant experience working with dissociation, self-esteem issues, performance anxiety, relationship difficulties, phase of life issues, and grief and loss.
Marnie is a Certified EMDR Therapist and Consultant and appreciates the magnificent healing power of EMDR, a brain-based therapy that allows for more rapid resolution of psychological and physical distress. It helps individuals reprocess past, present, and future experiences, activate adaptive networks, shift cognitions and core beliefs, release somatic symptoms and foster a sense of peace throughout the system. When using EMDR, in conjunction with other therapeutic modalities, an individual’s suffering can dissipate, triggers can lessen, and quality of life can improve. Individuals can experience peace and joy in ways they couldn’t. Marnie utilizes EMDR to treat a variety of psychological and physical difficulties and creatively integrates it into her therapeutic work. She applies EMDR to enhance an individual’a adaptive resources and enhance access to strengths, talents and abilities.
Marnie is trained in Brainspotting, a revolutionary brain-based psychotherapy that can assist with rapid and effective change. Brainspotting is a considered a cutting edge, brain-based technique and assists with identifying, processing and releasing deeply rooted neurophysiological sources of emotional body pain and trauma. As with EMDR, Brainspotting can be integrated with other therapeutic modalities to best meet the needs and wants of the client.
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FAMILY THERAPY SERVICES
Family therapy sessions can be an important part of the therapeutic process. Marnie offers family therapy sessions for her clients when appropriate and when part of a comprehensive care model. In particular, Marnie finds family therapy sessions helpful when working with adolescent-age, teen-age, and sometimes young adult-age clients, especially when engaging in eating disorder treatment. For extensive and ongoing family therapy needs, Marnie may refer out to a family therapist in the community.
Marnie appreciates to opportunity to offer assistance to families who may some need help navigating the recovery process and supporting their loved one. Recovery can be a challenging process and many families can feel lost, confused, scared and alone. Marnie’s knowledge, expertise, and years of experience serve as a healing agent for families who are struggling. Her experience, passion for her work, and wealth of knowledge can assist a family’s ability to learn, collaborate, communicate, access to external resources, and foster hope and healing.
