Therapy with Kiersten Marek, LICSW

A passion for social justice and human creativity are at the heart of my practice of psychotherapy. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in British Literature and Women’s Studies and a Masters in Social Work from Smith College. I have practiced individual, family, and group psychotherapy in hospitals, homes, prisons, schools, residential programs, and the occasional back alley (just kidding on the last one!). In 2008, I opened my private practice and now enjoy more than ever the challenge of my work as a change-agent and self-discovery guide.

I have always been a writer, and someone who found the power to cope in writing and reading. My fiction has been anthologized in Sundays at Sarah’s and is published in several print and online journals including Pif Magazine and The Vestal Review. I have also published several articles and interviews online, and continue to write for the social advocacy blog I started in 2002, called Kmareka.com.  To maintain my involvement on social justice issues, I serve as Treasurer on the Board at the Rhode Island Center for Law and Public Policy.

As a therapist, I believe that experiences in the earliest years of life (0-10) form an imprint and have a lasting effect on what comes after.  I also believe that we all have an internal healer and we heal through the process of self-understanding and relational support.

In my personal life, I enjoy listening to great jazz and classical music, cooking unique foods, spending time outdoors, writing fiction and spending time with friends and family. I’m a firm believer in good nutrition and exercise habits, although I have my own occasional hot fudge sundae and periods of less than ideal exercising. I am the mother of two incredible daughters and am married to my best friend and political co-conspirator, Kevin Marek.