When I first met Dr. Marie, I wanted to be just like her. I soon realized that's not what her practice is about. Her practice guides her students closer to themselves, their inner world, struggles, and boundaries. I’ve worked with Dr. Marie for about seven years, but most intensely for the last four years during college. With her, I have been able to come closer to myself, repair relationships, and acknowledge my character defects and strengths. Dr. Marie has made healthy suggestions for self-work, or “homework” as we call it, for me to practice outside of sessions for an overall quality of life. I found ACA, CoDa, and Pete Walker to be remarkable tools for my mental health toolkit. I can draw on the foundational habits I created to help me stay healthy. Dr. Marie doesn't develop these foundations for me; instead, she offers the tools.
Working with her, I've learned that the “fires” I've been putting out my entire life were from root problems, retriggering from some instance my higher power might have set in front of me. With Dr. Marie, she supported me in addressing these issues, whether it was tied to C-PTSD or other behavioral coping mechanisms. My greatest appreciation for Dr. Marie is her judgment-free approach; you can show up where you’re at, in denial, in grief, healed, showered in insecurity, sick or healthy; She embodies compassionate neutrality while still setting boundaries and calling out bullshit. She is a star anomaly in the psychology and spiritual industry.
With Dr. Marie, I have grown artistically, connected more deeply with my higher power, and healed relationships I thought I could never save.
