Mellette Maurice, tLMFT

I am a Cedar Rapids, Iowa native, I worked as a social worker for many area non-profits and found a deep passion within serious mental illness work with adults and teenagers. My desire to pursue my Marriage and Family Therapy degree began with the awareness that there is a lack of clinical services available to individuals who are under insured and have difficulty accessing quality care. As a social worker, I learned about the mental health system as a whole and now practice therapy from an advocacy and inclusivity framework. I have crisis intervention skills that influence how I view and treat major mental health symptoms to decrease stigma around finding and keeping ongoing care.

I hope to mesh the worlds of social work and therapeutic intervention to provide a well rounded experience to individuals in unique circumstances. I am here to lift a burden, gently nudge, and validate all of your experiences. I like to think outside of the box and welcome my clients into this world of learning and growing alongside each other. In a way that both comforts and challenges people during their moments of pain, I believe in strengths based and empowerment techniques above all else to facilitate healing.

In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my family and pets as well as cultivating friendships near and far. I love any kind of coffee, singing to no one, going for walks/exercising, thrifting, reading, writing poetry, and relaxing with a good TV show or movie as time allows.