- Stress and anxiety
- LGBTQ concerns
- Trauma and abuse
About Mara
Mara Dubois is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with 24 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, LGBTQ concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, and addictions. She also supports people dealing with career shifts, parenting strain, intimacy-related issues, and mood disorders.
Her approach is practical and direct. She encourages honest talk about feelings and actions. Sessions focus on identifying patterns that feed guilt, shame, or stuck behavior. Conversations include concrete steps people can try between meetings.
Mara notes common threads such as abandonment, attachment wounds, body image struggles, communication problems, and isolation. She also addresses dissociation, control issues, money stress, and impulsivity when these affect daily life. Forgiveness and issues tied to guilt and shame are included among her concerns.
In sessions she helps people name what they feel and trace how those feelings affect choices. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people test different ways of thinking and responding. Work may include short exercises, new behaviors to try, and review of what changed.
People who contact Mara complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. She accepts international clients and conducts work in English. Costs vary by location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
The therapist uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing thoughts and behaviors that keep people stuck. One common approach involves identifying and testing unhelpful beliefs about the self and others, useful for anxiety, guilt, and low self-esteem. Another approach focuses on skills for coping with strong emotions and building steadier routines, which can help with mood disorders and impulsivity.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mara will collaborate with clients to decide which techniques fit their goals and preferences. That means trying a method for a few sessions, checking what changes, and adjusting the plan together.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow a quicker check-in from different locations, and remove travel time. Some formats work better when less bandwidth is available or when a shorter, focused check-in is needed; discuss practical preferences during the matching questionnaire and scheduling step.
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Experience
24+ years
Listed in
New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, and LGBTQ related concerns, plus issues like self-esteem and intimacy-related problems.
How does she approach guilt and shame?
She helps people name guilt and shame, trace where those feelings come from, and try small behavioral experiments to shift unhelpful patterns.
What is her professional background?
She has 24 years of professional work experience supporting adults with mood disorders, life changes, and relationship-related struggles.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey and practices with that credential.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She accepts international clients; confirm practical details during the matching process.
How are session fees handled?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.