I provide empathetic, change-oriented psychotherapy to support people navigating life challenges. I help clients identify their strengths and achieve their goals. Schedule a free 15 minute consultation to get to know me and see if it feels right for you.
Virtual & In Home & In Nature & Office in Whitehouse Station, NJ
(908) 777-0849
I am a compassionate, skillful psychotherapist and a social work professor at Rutgers University, where I teach MSW students to be effective therapists. My earlier career in engineering, corporate leadership, and international development taught me to trace problems to their root causes, analyze systems, and assess risks – skills I integrate into clinical work.
This background gives me a distinctive perspective and helps me relate to people with various life pressures. In addition to talk therapy, I offer Accelerated Resolution Therapy® (ART®), a somatic technique that uses bilateral brain stimulation to support lasting change, without requiring you to share any details you prefer to keep private. I am deeply committed to confidentiality and to creating a respectful space for our work.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy® and ART® are registered service marks of the Rosenzweig Center for Rapid Recovery (RCRR), used with permission.
I interweave mindfulness, motivational conversations, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy® (ART®).
Mindfulness helps you become more aware of your sensory experiences and habits of relating. This awareness increases stability, well-being, and a foundation for making changes.
Through deep listening and empathy, I help you explore mixed feelings. Compassionately, we identify steps you feel ready to take toward your goals. This approach is known as Motivational Interviewing.
Both approaches foster neurobiological healing, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy® (ART®), a somatic therapy using eye movements for bilateral brain stimulation, accelerates that healing.
• medical professionals, therapists
• corporate & non-profit leaders
• international professionals, expats
• tech professionals
• first responders and military
• political leaders
• clergy
• all political views
• anyone
stress, trauma, PTSD, addiction, depression, anxiety, ADHD, dementia
health, challenging illnesses, environmental, medical and vaccine injuries
spirituality, religious, meaning in life, connection with nature
parenting, pregnancy, postnatal, adoption, fertility issues
career goals and transitions
issues men experience
relationships
Where You Are
Many people come to therapy when they are struggling with a dilemma. Part of you is comfortable the way things are, doesn’t want to change, or doesn’t know how. Another part senses change is possible, or maybe only hears a faint whisper of hope for something better.
Where You Want to Be
I help evoke your hopes and dreams and provide a supportive space for you to verbalize and clarify goals, even longings you’ve never quite let yourself imagine. Together, we will empathetically hold your dilemmas and pay compassionate attention to areas where you feel blocked, ineffective, or lonely.
Arriving
I use validation, motivational conversations, mindfulness, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy® (ART®) to help you more clarify and achieve your dreams. Clients say that my non-judgmental approach, insight, and clinical skills help them move toward greater joy, meaning, connection, health, and motivation.
Confidentiality
I offer clinical therapy remotely on a confidential, HIPAA-compliant virtual platform. For those who prefer not to disclose details, Accelerated Resolution Therapy® (ART®) uses bilateral brain stimulation that can be highly effective even without sharing your experiences.
Fee
While I am not in-network with any insurance providers, I will give you a receipt (called a super bill) that you may submit to your insurance provider for reimbursement. My fees are $250 for a 1 hour individual session and $275 for a 1 hour family session.
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What is ART and EMDR? Janurary 20th, 2026 Accelerated Resolution Therapy® (ART®) is a brief, structured form of psychotherapy designed to help you recover from distressing experiences, emotions, or sensations that may feel stuck in your mind or body, and to support meaningful personal change. Using gentle, guided eye movements (bilateral brain stimulation) and…
Out of 5 stars
I first met Mariann during my first semester of graduate school at Rutgers, where she was my Social Work Practices I professor. From the very beginning, it was clear that she embodies the very values of the social work profession. Her warmth, understanding, and ability to see her students and clients as whole, complex people—not just numbers in a system, as is so often the case—were tremendously formative to both my education and the foundation of my clinical practice.
After graduation, when I was seeking supervision toward my clinical licensure, I reached out to Mariann without hesitation. My experience with her as a supervisor was both healing and deeply informative. I always felt I could be completely candid with her, and she consistently met me with validation, insight, and flexibility. She often recommended articles and books that turned out to be exactly what I needed at the time, helping me grow both clinically and personally.
Now, as an independently licensed therapist with my own practice, I continue to look to Mariann as a trusted source of mentorship, friendship and professional support. Having her guidance and encouragement throughout every step of my journey has been an incredible honor and blessing. I cannot recommend her highly enough.
Mariann has helped me both personally and professionally (as a physical therapist) for many years. She has a great perspective on health and the healthcare system, as well as an unbelievable way to always convey the positive side of both. Her knowledge has helped many of my patients as well, whether she is fully aware of it or not! I could not recommend her more highly!
Mariann cared for my loved one, was thoughtful and attentive, allowing her to express and unburden herself in ways she could not with family. It brought all of us peace and nourished our souls, knowing her visits with Mariann helped her so very much. The real gift she gave us was that through her therapy with our loved one, it improved all of our relationships at home. We remain truly grateful.
Mariann has an amazing way of putting herself in my skin. What she reflects back to me from there is always insightful and helps me to better understand my own feelings or come to my own realization about the next step in my growth journey. She has an ability to meet people just where they are. She is one of the most non-judgmental people I've ever encountered, and I feel more compassion for myself and others when I speak with her.
Mariann listens actively and reflects back to me in a way that I know she understands my feelings. I feel safe while talking with Mariann. She allows me to speak in my own time, without interjecting any leading statements. If she doesn’t hear me or understand me, she asks immediately so that there is no miscommunication or misunderstanding. Mariann is not afraid to take on extremely hard subjects and life issues; she carefully provides space and minimal interjections to allow me to open my heart to my issues. She provides helpful feedback and suggestions that mirror what I believe are my strengths and ways forward that I have proposed.
