Dear Prospective and Established clients,
Thank you for visiting MT Mindful Living. Sometimes life can throw us curveballs and dealing with them alone can be a hopeless task. Having a strong healthy support network and a professional therapist can aid the challenges that one feels.
I believe that a therapeutic relationship is like any relationship. You need to find the right therapist that fits your goals and provides you with the tools you need.
Counseling is practiced in form of the Wellness model. Wellness refers to a holistic approach in which mind, body, and spirit are integrated. Wellness is more than the absence of disease it incorporates optimal functioning in one’s daily life. This is done by catering to an individual’s challenges, goals, and needs through psycho-education and other modalities.
Marina Tricard Mental Health Counselor & Psychopracticienne
MEMBER OF FF2P (Fédération Française de Psychothérapie et Psychanalyse) Practicing and Registered Member of Addiction Professionals (UK-3129) and British association for Counseling and Psychotherapy (MBACP-00997398).
Languages spoken: English, Russian, French
Originally born in Almaty, Kahzahstan, she immigrated during the fall of the Soviet Union with her parents at the age of five to Miami, Florida. Her family and her started a new life in America. Marina Tricard studied at Nova Southeastern University and received a Bachelor degree in psychology and a minor in forensic psychology. Marina was certified in Hypnotherapy with “The Florida Society of Hypnotherapy”. Marina is trained in crisis counselling from working at switchboard of Miami and she had worked with patients that suffered from chronic mental disorders. After over two decade of living in Miami she decided to move to New York City and start graduate school. Marina attended Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University and received a master degree in Mental Health Counseling. During her time in New York she worked as a substance abuse counsellor in one of the best intensive outpatient detox centers. Upon completion, once again she moved, this time to Paris, France. Marina Tricard attended the Sorbonne Paris V for research in clinical counseling. While attending the Sorbonne, she researched if the increase of stressors, related to immigration like assimilation, affects the consumption of alcohol in North Americans who have moved to Paris, France. During her ten years of living in Paris she has worked with many clients that have expatriated their countries and started developing issues due to the move. Being an immigrant and an international traveller herself, she is able to hone in on challenges and help clients work through them. She has also worked in the French public school system for 8 years with children 12 years of age and up.
“During these difficult and somber times, it is important to focus on the positive things, no matter how small they are”
— Marina Tricard