- Years in practice
- 24
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Mara
Mara Dubois is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with 24 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and self-esteem, and she helps people facing relationship and intimacy-related issues and parenting challenges. She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can say what they really think and feel.
Sessions are conversational and focused on small, doable changes rather than jargon. Mara helps clients break issues into manageable steps and build daily habits that feel sustainable.
Background and approach
Her work includes support for those coping with trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, and identity issues related to LGBT matters. She also addresses career pressures, financial stress, and life transitions such as separation or changing roles at home. Mara pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, caregiving stress, and feelings of isolation or shame.
She supports people managing impulsivity, dissociation, or mood disorder symptoms by helping them recognize patterns and practice different ways of responding. Her approach is collaborative: she listens, offers feedback, and suggests exercises you can use between sessions. For parents, she provides practical strategies to reduce overwhelm, improve communication, and handle the everyday strain of raising children.
Work is paced to fit each person’s needs and schedule.
What Mara works with
Everything Mara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Mara helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Evidence-based approaches and online support
Many people benefit from evidence-based techniques that focus on identifying unhelpful patterns and practicing new responses. One common approach helps people notice thought and behavior patterns that heighten anxiety or low mood, and then try small behavioral experiments to test different ways of coping. This is useful for stress, anxiety, and mood concerns.Another approach emphasizes skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships. It teaches practical tools for grounding, regulating impulses, and communicating needs more clearly. These strategies often help with trauma recovery, intimacy issues, and caregiving stress.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust them over time based on what works.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging suits shorter check-ins or when writing feels easier. This range makes it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Mara
What concerns can Mara help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and issues around self-esteem. Additional areas include trauma and abuse, addictions, intimacy-related concerns, and parenting strains.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her sessions are conversational and practical, focusing on doable steps and everyday skills. She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where feelings and thoughts can be spoken openly.
How much experience does she have?
Mara brings 24 years of professional work experience in counseling and related services. That experience covers a wide range of emotional, relationship, and life-transition issues.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, in New Jersey and practices from that state.
Which languages and international services are offered?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients for online work.
What session formats are available?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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