Marie graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education from Spring Hill College. After teaching first and second grade for several years, she decided to leave the classroom and pursue work in the social and emotional space. Marie received her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and has received her LSW. 

Marie has experience in community mental health, in-patient psychiatric hospitals, and
emergency department crisis care, and she utilizes her skills from these environments in her clinical work. Marie enjoys working with individuals ages 4 and older, and specializes in issues of anxiety, depression, life transitions, and perinatal mental health. Marie uses a multitude of clinical frameworks in her approach to her trauma-informed practice, including polyvagal theory, attachment theory, client-centered approaches, and synergetic play therapy techniques. Marie has training in Synergetic Play Therapy, and works with children using this knowledge and experience. Marie is also perinatal mental health trained and enjoys working with women trying to conceive, pregnant women, women who have experienced infant loss, women in postpartum, and birth trauma work. Marie welcomes the chance to work with young adults encountering life shifts in their relationships and new careers, as well.  

In her free time, Marie enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, snowboarding, camping, kayaking, reading and hand-lettering.