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Maura Farrell is a psychotherapist, Master's level (MSW) Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) AnCertified Advanced Counselor (CAADC) who has more than 17 years of therapeutic experience working with adults, adolescents, and families. She is currently working towards finishing her PhD in Social Work from Widener University.    

Maura achieved her Bachelors at Temple University in Social Work and Masters degree at Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. Maura is also finishing her fifth year at Widener University’s PhD program in social work, completing her dissertation in equine therapy and its impact on people struggling with addiction.  Additionally, she has completed training in EMDR, Conferencing and Interventions.  As a psychotherapist, Maura honed her expertise in treating compulsive use concerns and co-occurring mental health problems while working at The Council of South Eastern Pennsylvania, a private non-profit prevention, education, advocacy, assessment, intervention, and  support organization as well as the Malvern Institute, a premier inpatient and outpatient treatment facility. There, she had supervised an Outpatient Treatment facility for the Malvern Institute. Her responsibilities  included individual and group therapy as well as providing clinical supervision for seven counselors, student interns and administrative staff.  

My theoretical approaches and clinical skill sets include solution-focused therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, positive psychology strategies, mindfulness training, motivational interviewing and EMDR. Specific areas of interest include the treatment compulsive use concerns, trauma, grief and loss, women’s issues, adjustment and mood disorders.