Relationships can be the elixir of life or the bane of one’s existence.

Everybody wants the former, but many have the later. I want to help you have the former, by first understanding why you have the later and what you need to do to change that.

Whether you are struggling with:

• Wondering if you chose the right person, e.g. a soulmate or kindred spirit,

• A loss desire for your partner

• A betrayal trauma such as an unexpected breakup, infidelity as either the monogamous one, non- monogamous one, or “other” in the triangle

• Are dealing with a toxic relationship,. co-dependency and or are trying to negotiate with a manipulative or abusive partner

• Going through a divorce or not sure if you want to stay married

  You have an inner resource inside of you, which I call hope, that can anchor you through any relationship crisis and help you heal your whole being, from the inside out.

I believe there are two milestones that people need to experience in their lives in order to feel fulfilled. They are:

Doing their best.

Following their hearts.

While this may sound overly simplistic, it’s not always so easy. Life is messy. People are messy. And sometimes, they find themselves in dark psychological spaces and situations they never imagined they would find themselves in.

If this sounds like you, you are not alone.

With an integrative approach to psychotherapy that includes: psychodynamic, Internal Family Systems, Sensory Motor and Somatic models (including yoga), I help my clients find their inner hope and get to the heart of their issues so they can:

• Get really curious and understand why they have made the choices they have made

• Get into the “Hope-Zone”( a calm, curious, compassionate inner state), that is necessary for grieving past losses without getting overwhelmed and re-traumatized.

• Fearlessly search inside of themselves and identify what they most want

• Find the courage to be themselves so they can follow their hearts and make authentic choices

If you are up for taking this journey inside of yourself and learn the tools and skills you need to do your best, and follow your heart, then I am hear to guide you and help you do just that.I look forward to working with you !-Maura

When I’m not working in the office or writing books / articles and creating videos and courses,

I enjoy yoga, laughing, figure skating and travel.

p.s.- to learn more about how therapy can help you heal your attachment style so that you CAN do your best and follow your heart, click here for a free chapter on love and attachments, from my new book: Finding Hope in the Crisis: A Therapist’s Perspective on Love, Loss, and Courage.

Training:

M.A. Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Lesley University

B.A. Communication Studies, Northeastern University

Post Graduate Trainings:

New England Center for Existential Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy: Year long Object Relations, Two Year training in Martin Heidegger’s Being in Time

Center for Self Leadership Internal Family Systems Model of Psychotherapy: Levels 1, 2, Somatic IFS, IFS and Legacy Burdens.

Trauma Center at JRI: Introduction to Sensory Motor Psychotherapy and EMDR

R.Y.T. (registered yoga teacher 200 hrs with Yoga Alliance).

Workshops & Presentations:

Institute for Self Leadership Annual Conference 2019: Shapeshifting Our Relationships With Somatic IFS,: Denver, CO

Center for Self Leadership Annual Conference 2018: Shapeshifting our Relationships with Somatic IFS, Providence, RI

Metro-West Women’s Conference 2018: Resiliency Panelist, Framingham, MA

Harvard Medical School: Treating the Addictions Conference 2011: Moderator, Boston, MA

Harvard Medical School: Treating the Addictions Conference 2008: Presenter of Film, Boston, MA

The American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence Conference 2007: Presenter of Film, San Diego, CA