Maryann M. Petersen, Licensed Clinical Marriage & Family Therapist, Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist

Maryann values a holistic approach that cultivates the development of insight, newness and peace in your life. Maryann brings her life experience, professional expertise, research and compassionate heart to her therapeutic work and encourages you to not struggle or suffer alone, but instead to get the help you deserve. She provides strategic and confidential therapeutic care, and her nurturing and compassionate qualities will guide you on the path towards the change you desire. Maryann treats individuals, couples and families and offers therapeutic group sessions. While her focus is trauma and PTSD, Maryann treats all aspects related to mental health including spiritual concerns, depression, anxiety, self-worth, abuse history, identity and sexual issues and beyond.
Maryann became fascinated with human resiliency and the ability to heal during her undergraduate studies. She focused on humankind’s immense ability to overcome throughout history, even after suffering severe trauma, poverty, war and genocide. Maryann continued her learning by working abroad in several geographical areas challenged by intense poverty and violence. This led her to more in-depth research on the human experience, particularly human suffering and the ability to not only survive but to thrive. Her passion for seeking healing and cultivating resiliency brought her to pursue her MS and become a Clinically Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LCMFT). In order to focus more intensely on her specific passion to relieve the debilitating effects of trauma, PTSD and other life challenges, she became an Advanced Certified Hypnotherapist (ACHT) in a two-year intensive experiential training. This propelled her own continuing transformation and solidified her expertise in helping others receive relief and healing.
Maryann’s diverse life experiences mirror her diverse experiences in the mental health field. She has a wide range of training and professional expertise, from her work at a psychiatric inpatient residential facility with adolescents, to her long-time specializations in trauma and PTSD, to her current private practice setting where she continues to be passionate about providing consistent high quality care.

Maryann offers therapy services via telehealth only.


  • Depression/Mood Disorders

  • Biologically-based Intervention: Mind/Body Mindfulness

  • Teen Issues

  • Spiritual Concerns

  • LGBTQ Concerns

  • Relationship Conflict

  • Emotional Resiliency

  • Childhood Trauma

  • Sexual Issues & Trauma

  • Abuse Survivors

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  • Heart-centered Hypnotherapy

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