Therapy for Your Whole Self
Rediscover a Sense of Calm, Wellbeing and Connection
Evidence-Based Therapeutic Approaches
Start Your Healing Journey
Therapy for Your Whole Self
Rediscover a Sense of Calm, Wellbeing and Connection
Evidence-Based Therapeutic Approaches
Start Your Healing Journey
Dr. Ioana Marcus
My psychotherapy practice is founded on creating a safe space for you to become your most authentic self. I focus on understanding your past experiences, including family, relationships, trauma or mental health concerns that have been hindering your growth, but also supporting you to step into your life HERE and NOW. My support for you is walking the walk with you. We will explore how to fully live and thrive in the present, grow to your fullest potential, and beyond what you imagine for yourself. I take a client-focused approach, meet where you are and choose the approach that best serves you and your needs. As a lifelong learner, I integrate trauma-focused practices, equine therapy, mindfulness in nature, and somatic experiential therapeutic sessions.
Education & Training
- ·PhD Counselor Education and Supervision
- ·MS Counseling Psychology
- ·BS Computer Science and Biology
- ·Medical School (Romania)
- ·Gestalt Equine Psychotherapy (Gestalt Equine Institute of the Rockies)
- ·International Institute for Animal Assisted Play Therapy
- ·EMDRIA Deep Brain Reorienting
Specialties
Eating Disorders and Body Image · Trauma/PTSD and Complex PTSD · Dissociation · Relationships · Life Transitions · Medical Trauma · Anxiety · Depression
Approaches
Gestalt · Attachment Theory · DBT · EMDR · Equine assisted EMDR (EquiLateral) · Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) · Animal Assisted Play Therapy · Feminist Therapy/RCT · Antiracist and LGBTQIA+ Ally
Land and Ancestry Matter
"Land is something sacred to all of us, whether we consciously appreciate it or not — it is the space upon which we play, live, eat, find love, and experience life. The land is ever-changing and ever-shifting, giving us — and other creatures and beings on the earth — an infinite number of gifts and lessons."
The Indigenous way of being recognizes nature as alive, as family, as kin, as you, and as me. Equibliss Psychotherapy resides on the stolen land of the Piscataway Conoy and Manahoac Tribes. I give thanks for the abundant and unconditional offerings that their ancestral homeland has offered my people on their journey.