Good news: you are in the right place for healing and growth. You likely are ready to acknowledge how powerful you are, how important your voice is, and the real possibility of a life lived on your terms. This is your time to stop doubting yourself and begin honoring your needs and desires. This is your time to evolve into a healthier and happier person.

Welcome❣ I am MaRay

I guide and help people who come in feeling overwhelmed, uncertain, emotionally drained or numb. They are navigating some of the toughest transitions of their lives such as contemplating divorce, leaving an emotionally abusive relationship, rebuilding after heartbreak/betrayal, or reinventing themselves after a career shift or personal loss.

Reclaim your voice. Rewrite your story. Rest without guilt. Reconnect with clarity.

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SPECIALITIES & AREAS OF FOCUS:

    1. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful, evidence-based therapy designed to help individuals process and heal from trauma and distressing experiences. By using guided eye movements or other forms of bilateral stimulation, EMDR helps reduce the emotional intensity of painful memories, allowing you to gain clarity and move forward with greater peace and resilience.

    2. Somatic therapy focuses on the connection between the mind and body to promote healing and well-being.

    3. Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a transformative therapy that helps you explore and heal the different parts of yourself. By fostering curiosity and compassion for your inner world, IFS guides you to uncover and address past wounds, creating balance and harmony within. This approach empowers you to access your core Self, fostering deeper healing, clarity, and personal growth.

  • Our work together draws from two powerful therapeutic models Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help you feel more seen, safe, and connected in your relationships.

    1. EFT helps couples and individuals understand the emotional cycles that keep them stuck often rooted in attachment wounds and unmet needs. Together, we slow down reactive patterns so you can create safety, trust, and emotional intimacy with your partner.

    2. IFS invites you to explore the parts of you that show up in intimacy like the part that fears rejection, the part that gets angry or shuts down, or even the part that longs for more connection but doesn’t know how to ask. By building a relationship with these inner parts, you develop more self-leadership, emotional resilience, and become a healthier partner.

    1. Financial therapy addresses the emotional and psychological aspects of your relationship with money. By exploring your beliefs, habits, and patterns around finances, this approach helps reduce stress, improve decision-making, and foster a healthier connection to money. Financial therapy empowers you to align your financial goals with your values for greater confidence and peace of mind.

    2. Executive Functioning Therapy supports individuals who struggle with organization, focus, emotional regulation, time management, and goal-setting. Through a combination of practical strategies and emotional support, this service helps clients develop the skills needed to manage daily responsibilities, reduce overwhelm, and build confidence in their ability to follow through. Whether you’re navigating ADHD, burnout, or just feeling stuck, Executive Functioning Therapy can provide structure, accountability, and tools tailored to your unique brain and lifestyle.

♡ SERVICES ♡

Individual Therapy

You don’t need to be fixed.

You need a place to land and be seen for all that you’re carrying. In our work together, we’ll untangle the overthinking, name the acting-out patterns, and create space for you to hear your own voice again. Whether you’re leaving a relationship, rebuilding after betrayal, or just tired of doubting yourself—we’ll move at the speed of trust, and I’ll be with you every step of the way, with honesty, strategy, and zero judgment.

Couples Therapy

I don’t pick sides. I pick healing, clarity, and growth.


Whether you’re trying to reconnect, navigating conflict, or figuring out if this relationship still fits, I help couples get out of the blame game and into meaningful conversations. I’ll help you slow down the emotional chaos, get to the root of your dynamic, and build new ways of relating that feel more aligned, respectful, and healthy.

Speaking

Let’s go beyond inspiration and get into transformation.

My talks are built to disrupt, awaken, and affirm. Whether I’m speaking to therapists, entrepreneurs, educators, couples, or women’s groups, I bring a mix of lived experience, clinical depth, and clarity.

I speak on topics similar to:

  1. Reclaiming your voice after trauma

  2. Navigating emotional abuse and codependency

  3. Somatic healing + embodiment for high-functioning women

  4. Boundaries that don’t betray your values

  5. Sex & Intimacy in relationships

Group Therapy

This is to your average “sit in a circle and vent” group.


This is sacred space for people who are tired of pretending they’re fine while secretly unraveling. Inside these groups, you’ll find honest reflection, community support, and space to name the parts of yourself you’ve kept hidden. You’ll feel seen, challenged, and empowered to stop minimizing your pain.

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Consulting

When your team can’t get aligned, I help get to the root.

Whether you’re leading a practice, a nonprofit, or a mission-driven business if key players are clashing, communication is breaking down, or unspoken tension is slowing growth, I step in to help clear the static.

As a trained couple’s therapist and systemic thinker, I’m built for complex dynamics. I don’t just look at what’s happening. I look at why it keeps happening. I help teams navigate emotionally charged issues with clarity, and strategy. I bring practical conflict resolution tools, emotional insight, and a no-BS but deeply compassionate presence to help your team move forward with more integrity and less chaos.

Example of consulting support include:

• Founder or leadership conflict: Two or more visionaries with clashing leadership styles, unspoken resentment, or power struggles that are stalling the company’s potential.

♡ CONTACT ♡

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What to expect in therapy?

What to expect in therapy?

  • A no-pressure 10–15 min chat to see if we’re a good match. We’ll briefly talk about what’s bringing you to therapy, your goals, and answer any questions.


  • A space to share your story, struggles, and strengths. We’ll explore what’s shaped you, where you feel stuck, and what healing could look like for you. Think of it as planting seeds for growth.


  • Therapy is most powerful when it’s collaborative. Together, we’ll map out a path that fits your life whether it’s inner child work, somatic tools, relationship repair, or trauma healing.


  • Healing isn’t always pretty, but it is transformative. This is where you unpack, release, and rebuild we will move at your pace with tools that help regulate, reflect, and reframe.

  • You start noticing shifts internally and externally. Maybe you’re setting boundaries easier. Feeling less overwhelmed. Trusting your voice. These aren’t small wins; they’re proof you’re evolving.


  • Graduation doesn’t mean “done” it means “resourced.” We’ll reflect on your progress, celebrate your evolution, and talk about how to maintain your growth.

What Is Sovereignty?

To be sovereign is to claim your own inner authority as valid, to live rooted from the truth inside you, which is not beholden to any external person, institution or belief system. It is to belong to yourself; it is to feel strong, to be true, and to embody your integrity. To be sovereign is to no longer be imprisoned by the damaging cultural and familial messages that tell women to defer to others, to be silent and small out of fear of rejection, disapproval or shame. Sovereignty is a power sourced from within, from a woman’s connection within herself. It’s a power sourced from your own connection with your body, nature, and your heart and with all life.

Download my free workbook for women evolving into

Softness & Sovereignty

Meet MaRay

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MaRay (Muh-Ray) (she/her) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who is passionate about strengthening relationships and helping people overcome trauma. MaRay believes therapy is your time to process and heal and is here to support you! She believes in empowering her client’s to make expert choices that benefit their lives. MaRay aims to help all clients feel seen, heard, and understood. She understands relationships can be complicated and sometimes we need extra support, especially when trust has been broken. MaRay helps couples, families, and individuals to shift out of stuck places. She uses a systemic approach which allows her to consider all sides of an issue when making therapeutic decisions. In session, she will help rebuild trust, strengthen communication, and interrupt negative cycles. MaRay specializes in supporting people who are navigating infidelity, trauma, sex addiction, and life transitions.

MaRay earned her  B.A. in Family and Community Services from East Carolina University and went on to graduate with her Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from the East Carolina University’s COAMFTE-accredited MFT program. She has specifically trained in therapeutic modalities such as EMDR, Narrative Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Gottman Couples Therapy, and Discernment Counseling and Financial Therapy. She has experience supporting diverse populations including teens and young adults, people in the LGBTQIA+ community, single parent families, blended families, poly/ENM relationships, and medical professionals.

When MaRay is not in session, she enjoys spending quality time with friends and family. Exploring community events, working on creative D.I.Y projects, and listening to her favorite playlist that never gets old.

Resources

If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. These free resources can also offer immediate help.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

(800) 273-8255

Crisis Text Line Text HOME to 741741

Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline

(800) 422-4453

National Domestic Violence Hotline

(800) 799-7233

Substance Abuse Helpline

(800) 662-4357

The Trevor Project (LGBTQ+ Crisis Hotline)

(866) 488-7386

Trans Lifeline

(877) 565-886