Hello, My name is Mariah.

About Mariah’s approach

Mariah (she/they) is a justice- and collective-liberation oriented, queer-identifying, incredibly curious and passionate trauma practitioner and believes that, first and foremost, the building of strong, collaborative and reverent relationships is central to any healing and transformational work. She works to honor and welcome all parts of individuals, families, groups and systems in order to understand stories of adaptation, survival, coping and thriving.

As a committed practitioner, she believes in the necessity of ongoing personal and professional evolution and learning. Throughout her career she has (and continues to) study, practice and collaborate with elders, teachers, researchers and innovators in order to present integrative, innovative and creative approaches within her work.

Attunement is primary in Mariah’s work. As a body- and nervous system-informed practitioner, educator and trainer, her clinical practice and pedagogical approaches integrate varied modalities and frameworks.

Her specializations are in working with the complex manifestations of traumatic stress, attachment trauma, intergenerational trauma, and dissociation as well as working with LGBTQIA+ identifying folks in affirming ways.

About Mariah’s professional background

Mariah is a trauma specialist and psychotherapist who has practiced in outpatient, community, hospital and specialty care settings; has served as a faculty member in the graduate Schools of Social Work at Winona State University and the University of St. Thomas; a trauma-informed care consultant for the American Institutes of Research; and was previously a fellow at the Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Institute.

She has extensive experience in clinical work with children and adults treating the complex challenges that arise as a result of traumatic stress, attachment trauma, intergenerational trauma, and dissociation. Additionally, her research and writing has focused on areas such as gender-related violence, sexual trauma, military trauma, trauma-informed embodiment practices, developmental trauma, and systems-level interventions. Mariah is also a trauma consultant who supports capacity-building and systems change work to prevent and address the effects of violence and trauma within individual agencies and schools, federal and state agencies, state-wide coalitions, and multi-agency collaboratives. Mariah is also the Co-Founder of Trauma Informed Weight Lifting, a program of the Center for Trauma and Embodiment at the Justice Resource Institute.