Practice Administrative Assistant for MFTS
Mara Lurie
About
Mara helps MFTS with practice administrative tasks, client outreach, and marketing. As someone who has been passionate about mental health care since her teenage years, she loves using her skills to help a welcoming and successful private practice flourish!
Mara holds a B.A. in Psychology and Health, Science, Society, & Policy (Public Health). She was born and raised in Washington, D.C. Mara is passionate about and experienced in working in the mental health care field and is planning to become a therapist in her career.
Alongside this role, Mara is a Community Residence Counselor at the OCD Institute at McLean Hospital (MGB) in the Boston area. Before this, she spent 2024-2025, her first year post-grad, working in Paris, France, where she worked with children with behavioral health and developmental challenges as a teacher. In university, which she graduated from in May 2024, Mara did a year long practicum at a Group Living Environment for adults with various psychotic disorders, she was a peer hotline responder, and she also was a Licesned Body Positive Facilitator.
Throughout her work, she has solidified her knowledge and expertise in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), cultural humility, and active listening.