Welcome. I’m Liz Marshall (she/her), LCSW, LICSW.

My approach as a therapist is relational and warm and I deeply honor the intentional time set aside by each of my clients and consultees to engage in the courageous work of change.

As a trauma-informed therapist, I work to co-create a compassionate and non-judgmental space and value offering transparency, power, and choice in our work together.

When people think about working through past difficult experiences, it can seem like a daunting task.

When you've experienced trauma—whether it’s a significant event or more subtle but persistent stress—revisiting those memories can understandably feel overwhelming. The symptoms of trauma, such as flashbacks, nightmares, avoidance, and anxiety, can be incredibly debilitating.

One of the reasons I’m passionate about the trauma treatment modalities I use is that they don’t require you to tell me every intricate detail of the past. Research indicates that talking through traumatic events in great detail can sometimes overwhelm the nervous system even more. Instead, our focus will be on exploring the beliefs, emotional responses, and physical sensations your body has developed in response to these experiences. Together, we’ll work to uncover new insights, reduce the somatic and emotional intensity of memories, and discover adaptive responses, helping you move forward with greater ease.

My areas of experience and specialization include:

  • Religious/ Spiritual Abuse

  • Purity Culture Recovery

  • Sexual Trauma

  • Intimate Partner Abuse/ Domestic Violence

  • Attachment, Pre-verbal, & Childhood Trauma

  • Vicarious Trauma & Burnout Support for Mental Health Professionals, Clergy/Spiritual Leaders, & First Responders

  • Highly Sensitive People

  • Human Trafficking

  • LGBTQIA Affirming Therapy

  • Chronic Illness & Medical Trauma

  • Disordered Eating

  • Grief & Loss

My BACKGROUNd

Before opening my own practice, I worked at several Harvard and Rutgers teaching hospitals on violence response teams, where I provided crisis intervention, medical advocacy, and trauma therapy to survivors of intimate partner abuse, sexual abuse, human trafficking, and community violence. In these roles, I also had the opportunity to consult with and educate medical providers on best practices in trauma-informed care.

In addition to my therapy, consultation, & teaching work, I am an Ordained Priest in the Episcopal Church (an open & affirming tradition). I have a deep passion for supporting survivors of religious and spiritual trauma and for helping spiritual leaders and communities implement trauma-informed care on both individual and systemic levels.

I always welcome clients to bring religion and/or spirituality into the therapy room as these are important aspects of cultural identity. I will never push any religious agenda in our work together as I believe that would perpetuate the dynamics of power and control that so many of my clients come to therapy to liberate themselves from. I start from a place of evidence-based, trauma-informed practice following the ethical standards of the Social Work Profession.

Training & Education

I am committed to ongoing education & clinical excellence

I am a life-long learner & continue to invest in my education so that I can offer tailored & effective evidence-based trauma therapy to my clients & provide thorough, up-to-date, supportive information to my consultees.

EDUCATION:

  • Master of Social Work, Boston University

  • Master of Divinity, Boston University

  • Bachelor of Arts, Gettysburg College

LICENSURE

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Maine

  • Licensed Independent Social Worker, Massachusetts

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker, New Jersey

  • Out-of-State Telehealth Provider, Florida

Teaching/Facilitation experience:

  • Current Faculty Member for Zero Disturbance

  • Current Guide for IFS-informed-EMDR at SYZYGY Institute

  • Facilitated Alma’s Monthly Trauma Clinical Interest Group Case Discussions & Education Series from September 2022-March 2024.

CERTIFICATIONS & ADVANCED TRAINING:

  • Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)

  • Advanced EMDR Training:

    • IFS-Informed EMDR (SYZYGY Institute)

    • When There Are No Words: EMDR for Early Trauma & Neglect (Sandra Paulsen)

    • Working with Parts with Dissociative Disorders (Dolores Mosquera)

    • Polyvagal Informed Interventions for EMDR (Rebecca Kase)

    • Easy Ego State Interventions (Robin Shapiro)

    • FLASH Technique (Phil Mansfield & Ricky Greenwald) & Four Blinks FLASH (Tom Zimmerman)

    • EMDR Intensives (Zero Disturbance & Scaling Up)

    • EMDR Therapy Protocols for Early Intervention & Ongoing Traumatic Stress (Ignacio Jarero)

    • RTEP & GTEP- Recent & Group Traumatic Event Protocols (Maria Masciandaro)

    • Treating Religious & Spiritual Trauma with EMDR (Cassidy Duhadaway)

    • Neurodiverse Affirming EMDR Therapy (Susan Darker-Smith)

    • Using Advanced EMDR Techniques to Systematically Confront Avoidance (William Zangwill & Elizabeth Armstrong)

    • Interrupting & Healing Trans-generational Trauma with EMDR (Karen Alter-Reid)

  • Safe & Sound Protocol Certified & Advanced SSP Training (Carol Ann Brayley)

  • Polyvagal Theory: A Science of Safety (Stephen Porges)

  • Brainspotting: Phase 1 (Cherie Lindberg)

  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (Pat Ogden)

  • IFS Immersion: Integrating Internal Family Systems Across Clinical Applications (Frank Anderson)

  • Intro to Internal Family Systems (Richard Schwartz & Martha Sweezy)

  • Treatment for Eating Disorders (Renfrew Center)

  • Psychological Evaluation for Gender Affirming Surgery (Rutgers University)

  • Human Trafficking Education & Training Academy (MGH Institue of Health Professions & HEAL Trafficking)

  • Psychological Evaluation for Asylum Seekers (MGH Asylum Clinic)

  • Certificate in Religion & Conflict Transformation (Boston University)

  • Trauma & Violence Specialization (Boston University)

  • Clinical Pastoral Education (Brigham & Women’s Hospital)

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