About Mara
Mara Sambugaro Framesqui helps people feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or drained by their emotions. She is an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor - practicing in New York with five years of experience. Mara focuses on practical steps that bring relief and brighter days one step at a time.
Mara listens for patterns that keep people stuck and then works with them to try small changes. She uses clear, concrete tools to manage anxiety, low mood, stress, and relationship struggles.
How Mara works
Sessions aim to strengthen self-compassion and build hope for the future. She pays attention to how past relationships shape present reactions and supports people dealing with abandonment and attachment concerns. Communication problems, codependency, commitment worries, and control issues are common topics she helps people address.
Mara also works with mood disorders, obsessive thoughts and compulsions, and the effects of domestic violence and narcissistic dynamics. Mara brings a multicultural awareness to sessions and can converse in English, Italian, or Portuguese. She emphasizes replacing unhelpful patterns with practical alternatives and encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes.
The work is collaborative and paced to each person's needs. People meet Mara when they want focused, realistic steps toward change. She combines empathy with concrete strategies so clients can practice new ways of thinking and relating between sessions.
The goal is more stable mood, clearer relationships, and greater self-respect.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English, Italian, Portuguese |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and flexible online care
Two evidence-based approaches Mara uses are focused on changing unhelpful patterns and building healthier relationships. One approach targets how past attachment experiences shape current reactions and helps people develop more supported ways of relating. Another approach emphasizes practical skills to reduce anxiety and manage mood swings by teaching tools to interrupt negative thought cycles and build daily habits that feel manageable.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Mara will work with each person to match techniques to their goals, needs, and comfort level. Together they decide what to try first and adjust over time based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences. Video is useful for fuller conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging supports brief check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while keeping care consistent and accessible.
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