About Mara
Mara Dubois is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey. She brings 24 years of experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. Mara aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can speak honestly about difficult feelings and concerns.
Mara helps people facing trauma and abuse, addiction struggles, and challenges tied to sexual orientation and LGBT issues. She also supports those dealing with self-esteem, body image, mood disorders, and the ups and downs of parenting and career stress.
How Mara works
Her work includes practical coping strategies for impulsivity, dissociation, and intense emotions. She pays attention to attachment and abandonment themes when they affect how people relate to others. Communication problems, control issues, and forgiveness or guilt concerns are other common focuses in sessions.
Mara also addresses life transitions such as divorce or separation and broader questions about life purpose and finances. In sessions she encourages open dialogue about what’s most troubling right now and what change would look like. Conversations are collaborative and aimed at small, achievable steps.
People can expect clear, direct support focused on real-life pressures and emotional patterns. Mara offers therapy in English and accepts international clients. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, allowing people to connect in ways that fit their schedule and needs.
What Mara works with
The areas below are the ones Mara selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 24 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques often focus on understanding patterns and building practical skills. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more balanced thinking; this can reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms and improve daily functioning. Another approach targets trauma-related reactions by helping people process distressing memories and learn grounding and regulation strategies to manage strong emotions.Mara treats the choice of approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, then together decide which techniques to try first. The plan can change over time based on progress and comfort level.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls provide face-to-face discussion when a deeper connection is helpful. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or shorter conversations that fit into a busy day. These options make it easier to maintain consistency and access help from different locations and schedules.
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