Mara Dubois is a licensed professional counselor in New Jersey with 24 years of experience.
01About Mara
Mara Dubois is a licensed professional counselor in New Jersey with 24 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and relationship and identity questions. She aims to offer calm, straightforward support for people looking to make changes in their lives.
Her work often centers on trauma and abuse, addictions, and issues around self-esteem and motivation. She also helps with eating and body image concerns, bipolar and other mood disorders, and intimacy-related struggles.
Background and approach
Parents and people dealing with career stress or life transitions will find practical strategies for coping and decision making. Mara pays attention to attachment and abandonment wounds and how they affect current relationships. Communication problems, control issues, dissociation, and feelings of isolation are common themes she helps people understand.
She also addresses caregiver stress, guilt and shame, and financial or career pressures that worsen emotional distress. The approach in sessions is direct and accepting. She creates an open space where thoughts and feelings can be said aloud without judgment.
Conversations usually include concrete steps, coping skills, and chances to try new behaviors between meetings. Mara speaks English and works with clients from New Jersey and beyond. Practical matters such as appointment format and scheduling are handled through an online matching and booking process.
She supports people who are ready to take the first steps toward feeling steadier and more in control.
02Credentials
- LPC (New Jersey)
- License 37PC00415800 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1639316235 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Mara lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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
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04Online support
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Mara uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on helping people change unhelpful patterns and build skills. One approach involves teaching practical coping skills for anxiety and mood problems so people can manage intense feelings and reduce avoidance. Another approach focuses on processing trauma and painful experiences in manageable steps so memories feel less overwhelming and reactions become easier to live with.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and the issues causing the most difficulty, then suggest methods to try. Goals and techniques are reviewed regularly so the plan can be adjusted together if something isn’t helpful.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video is useful for more in-depth conversation and eye contact, phone works well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and chat or messaging suits quick updates or ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to connect from different locations.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Mara commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, self-esteem, and identity questions related to LGBTQ concerns. She also works on eating and body image issues, bipolar and other mood disorders, and intimacy-related struggles.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are open and nonjudgmental with a direct, practical tone. Clients can expect discussion of feelings plus concrete coping skills and steps to try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
Mara has 24 years of professional work experience as a counselor.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in New Jersey.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
She meets with clients via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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