Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
A therapeutic relationship is the most powerful healing tool. I build therapeutic alliances, connect, with clients while exploring their emotional lives and histories. I am a psychotherapist with 39 years experience doing individual, couples, family, and group therapy with a variety of client populations. I have worked in a community mental health agency, an agency serving adolescents and their families, and have been in private practice for thirty years. I am also a trained dancer and my psychotherapeutic approach increasingly explores, in simple ways, the relationship between mind and body, and how this can promote healing and well being. I work with people who have symptoms of depression and anxiety as well as personality disorder traits, with a sensitivity to trauma effects, healing, and post traumatic growth. To this end I help clients develop awareness of their autonomic nervous system states in order to learn to identify cues of safety, and use trauma focused skills, such as EMDR and gentle movement, to facilitate a change in relationship between a person in their present life and past toxic experiences, while slowly working to resolve related issues through therapeutic interactions based in developmental, cognitive, and attachment frameworks.
I support clients in increasing kindness for themselves and focus on gently remediating trauma effects. This work is hard but rewarding.
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Mary Blankenburg regards the therapeutic relationship as a central healing resource and focuses on building strong alliances while exploring clients’ emotional lives and histories. She connects with individuals through a collaborative process that honors their experiences and supports gradual change.
Mary is a licensed independent social worker in Iowa, holding the IA LISW 01283 credential. She brings 35 years of clinical experience providing individual, couples, family, and group therapy to a variety of client populations.
Her professional background includes work in a community mental health agency, an agency serving adolescents and their families, and a private practice she has maintained for thirty years. A trained dancer, Mary’s approach increasingly incorporates simple mind-body practices to promote healing and overall well-being.
She works with people experiencing depression and anxiety as well as those who present personality disorder traits, always attending to the effects of trauma and the possibility of post traumatic growth. Mary helps clients develop awareness of their autonomic nervous system states so they can learn to notice cues of safety, and she uses trauma-focused skills such as EMDR and gentle movement to support a changed relationship between present life and past toxic experiences.
Those therapeutic efforts proceed gradually, resolving related concerns through interactions grounded in developmental, cognitive, and attachment frameworks. Mary supports clients in cultivating greater kindness toward themselves and focuses on gently remediating the effects of trauma. The work is challenging but can be deeply rewarding.
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Therapists offering online services are licensed professionals, and clients have the option to switch to a different therapist at any time if they prefer a different fit. For many people, online therapy offers a practical, effective path for addressing everyday mental health concerns while accommodating the realities of daily life.
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