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Mary-Margaret Sweeney, LSW, RYTFounderMary-Margaret (she/her) believes education can change the world. This is the ethos through which she approaches her work as a yoga teacher, writer, sex educator, non-profit consultant, and therapist. Engaging with her as a therapy client will get you a little bit of all of these pursuits. Mary-Margaret journeys alongside clients (individuals and couples) as they work toward living their fullest, best life possible.
Mary-Margaret earned her Master of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work. Her training and clinical expertise include supporting transgender clients, particularly through negotiating sex and intimacy during transition; desire discrepancy in couples, assessment of sexual functioning concerns particularly in those assigned female at birth, rebuilding sex and intimacy after sexual abuse and trauma, and supporting partners of trauma survivors, Her practice is informed by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Gottman couples work, and solutions-focused modalities. She is currently working toward two graduate certificates at University of Michigan in sex therapy and sex education, and is a proud member of American Academy of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT). Mary-Margaret believes our sexuality to be an integral, foundation piece of ourselves that we all have a right to own, explore, and making mean of. Doing this reclamation work is challenging, against all of the cultural messages we receive from the time of our birth. In addition to the reverence for this heavy work, 15 years of experience and education, Mary-Margaret also believes it is crucial to approach sexuality with a sense of pleasure and fun (see photo above!). |
Current Self-Care
Self-care is the practice of continuing to show up for ourselves. As a therapist and educator who is also a natural introvert, it has always felt like a non-negotiable part of doing my work well. Here are some ways I am currently working to stay healthy and available to engage in my work:
-Yoga via Zoom with Practice Indie Yoga
-Reading. My goal is to read about 1 book a week.
-Very limited alcohol--a drink or two a week, and only when I don't have any work the next day
-Setting goals for 2021; personal and professional
-Yoga via Zoom with Practice Indie Yoga
-Reading. My goal is to read about 1 book a week.
-Very limited alcohol--a drink or two a week, and only when I don't have any work the next day
-Setting goals for 2021; personal and professional
