Mary Alice uses warmth, humor, and empathy in therapy sessions to prioritize connection and insight. Her primary focus is supporting clients to facilitate growth, healing, and resilience so they may flexibly adapt to whatever life throws their way. Mary Alice primarily relies on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Narrative Therapy techniques to support clients with developing effective skills and resources that help reduce distress, with the aim of building a more fulfilling, joyful, and peaceful life. She is passionate about working with members of the LGBTQIA+, ethically non-monogamous, and kink/BDSM communities, as well as those living with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, grief, chronic pain/illness, and neurodiversity. She is also committed to acknowledging how race, gender, sexuality, class, body size & ability, immigration status, and sociocultural backgrounds shape the perspectives we bring to therapeutic practice.

You might enjoy working with Mary Alice if you are:

• New to therapy or struggling to figure out if therapy is right for you.
• Struggling with self-worth, self-esteem, and self-compassion.
• Experiencing a lot of stress, anxiety, and/or burnout.
• Seeking support with navigating a new or chronic health condition.
• Grieving a recent loss, whether it be related to death or another significant life transition.
• Looking for gender-affirming therapeutic care.

Mary Alice earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Behavioral Health Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Her experience includes working with children and adults of varying socioeconomic and sociocultural backgrounds in the DC metro area.

Mary Alice offers individual counseling virtually and in-person at our Silver Spring, MD location. Mary Alice receives Board Approved Clinical Supervision from Sara Westendorff, LCSW-C.