Meet the Team

Mary Vu Iammarino, LCSW

  • My path to becoming a therapist was not a straightforward one. It emerged through my own healing and experiences in counseling. I originally planned to become a lawyer for children, but through exploring my personal history of trauma and intergenerational trauma, I came to understand how deeply mental health care shapes our ability to live meaningful, connected lives.

    If you have spent much of your life navigating cultural expectations, family responsibility, or the pressure to hold things together, you may recognize parts of yourself here. As a child of refugees and immigrants, I understand how identity, belonging, and family history can quietly shape how we relate to ourselves and others. For over 18 years, much of my work has been rooted in community-based and school-based settings, working closely with immigrant communities, adolescents, young adults, and families impacted by anxiety, depression, addiction, violence, and gang involvement. These experiences shaped a community-minded, culturally responsive approach grounded in dignity, context, and compassion rather than judgment.

    In more recent years, my work has expanded to include individuals and couples from a wide range of backgrounds, including people navigating high levels of responsibility and pressure, as well as individuals and families with significant resources. Many clients I work with are capable and thoughtful, yet feel stuck or disconnected. Often, people come to therapy looking for a way to fix things, when what they are really seeking is a deeper understanding of what is driving their patterns so they can make more intentional choices.

  • I believe you already have what you need within you. My role is not to fix you or your relationship, but to help guide you toward understanding the “why” behind what you’re experiencing and to support you in accessing your own capacity for clarity, choice, and peace.

    In my work with individuals, we explore how past experiences, culture, and family dynamics continue to shape the present. I integrate trauma-informed approaches, including EMDR, in ways that support deeper awareness and steadiness.

    In my work with couples, including monogamous and consensually non-monogamous relationships, we focus on understanding relational dynamics and learning new ways of relating that support honesty, accountability, and emotional safety. I integrate evidence-informed couples work, including the Gottman Method, in a flexible and relational way.

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