About Marlo Pedroso
LICSW
I came to this work through my own process of healing and because of my curiosity about people. I’ve been on a lifelong quest for effective ways to heal, grow, and make sense of suffering.
Blessed with support and insight from amazing healers, teachers, partners and friends, I’ve explored various modalities and frameworks. In the process, I discovered a lot about what works, what doesn’t, and what it takes to heal.
I now appreciate how my challenges have served as doorways to compassion and to a life of purpose. I’ve found meaning through sharing this wisdom, strength, and compassion with others. As I accompany others in their healing process, my faith and appreciation for the work deepens.
Clinical Experience
My Clinical Approach
My approach is relational, active and collaborative. A trusting, committed relationship is the basis for therapeutic effectiveness, so I bring a lot of attention to the quality of our connection.
I specialize in integrative work, using evidence-based approaches like Somatic Focusing, Psychedelic Assisted Therapy and Internal Family Systems. These mindful approaches bring body and mind together in the process of therapy. Bodies are sacred sources of intelligence, pleasure, and vitality. They also store our pain and trauma. Because of this they need to be privileged in the healing process. I use mindful, somatic (body) orientation to deepen the process of healing and create lasting change.
In terms of psychedelic therapy, I currently provide Ketamine Assisted Therapy remotely for depression, anxiety, and reprocessing trauma and stuck patterns. I plan to provide MDMA and Psilocybin Assisted therapy for the treatment of trauma once it is approved by the FDA. I’m currently training in Cannabis Assisted Therapy.
I approach my work with deep respect for people’s individuality and story. Everyone is unique and I tailor my approach to your needs. Because stories have the power to shape and limit what is possible, I work with you to make sure your stories serve who you want to become.
You are more than a sum of your challenges. I believe there is an unbreakable core within you that can guide your healing. My job is to help you remove what is blocking your access to your inner wisdom and agency.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 15 years of experience, training, and dedication to my work as a therapist, facilitator, and organizer. I’m a queer child of immigrants and relish serving people of diverse cultural and racial backgrounds.
I started my career as an intensive family therapist, working with low income youth and families in the Metro-Boston area. My work has spanned community mental health, therapeutic schools, and emergency psychiatric services.
In 2013, I began a private practice at The Meeting Point Collaborative, a collaborative of social-justice minded mental health and body work providers dedicated to serving underserved populations. Eventually I realized I wanted to integrate my love of nature into my work, so I developed Ecotherapy as an offering.
I have dedicated my career to providing culturally informed care to LGBTQ+, BIPOC and low-income communities. I am also dedicated supporting men in transforming masculinity.
““If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” ”
Training & Education
I am a Level 1 Certified Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and a certified Somatic Focusing Therapist. I have practiced and taught Iyengar yoga and Vipassana (Insight) meditation for over 25 years. In am a certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) instructor.
I use parts frameworks, including Internal Family Systems therapy, inner child work, and a shamanic orientation to work with the shifting, multi-dimensional self.
I have trained with Fluence in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) in MDMA-Assisted Therapy.
Master’s in Social Work, Simmon’s University 2007.
B.A. in Social Thought & Political Economy & African-American History at UMASS Amherst 2001.