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Page 3 Mary returned to Boston University, the institution where she earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing more than a decade earlier, to receive a master’s degree in social work. Her newfound knowledge and practical experience with holistic healing practices empowered her to move forward with a more complete approach to healing. This approach enabled her to connect with individuals by addressing the full magnitude and makeup of their being—the mental, physical and spiritual aspects. Further, Mary’s response to her own illness created a layer of understanding that made it easier to empathize with her clients. As a professional psychotherapist, Mary had the opportunity to apply her comprehensive healing approaches to clients who suffered multiple mental health issues, such as depression, anxiety, life transitions and stress, relationship and family issues, grief and loss, chronic pain and illness, sexual abuse and trauma, beginning with her work in an outpatient mental health setting at Lowell Family Services in Massachusetts. She then moved to Maryland, where she worked at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore for three years—prior to opening her private practice—and provided individual and group therapy for adolescents with learning, emotional and behavioral challenges in a Level V non-public high school. She has also worked at Family and Children's Services / Child Advocacy Center in Harford County assisting those who have experienced complex issues related to sexual abuse and trauma.
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