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Clinician Spotlight: Lauren Mariotti, LCSW

We are thrilled to announce that Lauren is now joining the Nourish Your Mind team FULL-TIME and will have space for new clients! Learn more about Lauren in her Clinician Spotlight!
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We’re back with a very exciting announcement and another opportunity for you to get to know one of the Nourish Clinicians.

Lauren Mariotti, LCSW has been with Nourish Your Mind for two years now as a part-time psychotherapist. We are thrilled to announce that Lauren is now joining the Nourish Your Mind team FULL-TIME and will have space for new clients! Lauren brings her extra special love and interest of Horticultural Therapy to the Nourish Family. She is passionate about connecting with her clients and supporting them on their journey to find balance.

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Learn more about Lauren in her own words…

What is the most important thing you have learned in the last five years? 

Worry less, love and laugh more.

What is your favorite part about working for Nourish Your Mind?

Having the opportunity to do what I love at a practice that shares my values for health and healing. 

Tell me how you first got involved in with Mental Health . . .

I have always wanted to be in a profession where I could live a life guided by compassion. In mental healthcare one has the ability to empathize with another person’s pain and assist that person in finding a way of improving their life. That partnership is one of the most amazing things a person can participate in.  Seeing the transformation that happens in the healing and growth process is a beautiful and fulfilling experience that I feel privileged to have. 

What do you like most about your job at Nourish?

Having a healing space where I can embark on a journey of positive change with my clients. 

What are your hopes for the future of the Mental Health Industry?

I hope that we can enhance opportunities for complementary and alternative treatment and recognize the connection between engaging with our natural environment and the health and healing of our mind, body and spirit. 

How would you describe your style as a Therapist?

I am deeply empathetic and enjoy providing clients with the tools to create a more balanced and satisfying life by working toward client centered goals. 

What do you feel makes you unique as a Clinical Social Worker?

My focus on horticultural therapy and drawing upon the themes in the natural environment make me unique. 

Motto or personal mantra?

Quote: “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” 

― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

What is the biggest career lesson you’ve learned thus far? 

Do what you love and what you are passionate about and you will be successful and feel fulfilled.  We spend so much of our time working it is important to do something that brings us joy.  

What would you tell someone who is thinking about seeking counseling services for the first time?

You have so much courage for taking the first step. It is such an amazing gift to yourself to take the opportunity to make a positive change in your life. 

What do you do when you aren’t working?

Garden, grow, and spend time with friends and family. 

What is an ability you wish you had?

I think we’ve been given everything we need we just have to reconnect with ourselves to access all of our natural abilities. 

If you were an animal what would you be? And why?

I recently acquired some goats and I think that is the animal I would choose to be. They are kind, caring, fun-loving; they live in the moment and are vegetarians like me! 

What children’s character can you relate with most? And why?

Heidi because she loves nature travels from country to city and back again and enjoys living a simple, grounded life. 

Interested in starting your therapeutic journey with Lauren? Contact us today!
Call/Text: (845) 547-0479 – Email: [email protected] – NourishYourMind.com/Appointment

 

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Cameryn (Cam) received her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Marist College. Prior to joining Nourish Your Mind, she worked in private practice, primarily serving children, teens, and their families. During this time, she developed a passion for helping clients navigate their unique challenges through the transformative power of play and expressive arts therapy. Cam believes that every individual deserves a safe, nurturing space where they can authentically express themselves. She is dedicated to empowering her clients by identifying and utilizing their inherent strengths to help them achieve their personal goals.

In her therapeutic approach, Cam integrates a holistic wellness model with strengths- and mindfulness-based methods. She employs a variety of evidence-based techniques, including DBT and Nondirective Play Therapy, and she recognizes the importance of tailoring interventions to meet the specific needs of each individual and family.

When she’s not in the office, Cam enjoys reading, traveling, weight-lifting, and immersing herself in music and films. She also values spending quality time with friends, family, and her cats.

  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor
  • Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling, Marist College
  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, SUNY Geneseo
  • Member of the American Counseling Association (ACA)
  • Middletown Office
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Brianna earned her Bachelor of Social Work degree from Siena College and her Master of Social Work degree from Adelphi University. Throughout her education and early career, she worked with at-risk adolescents experiencing trauma and maladaptive coping as both a clinician and crisis interventionist. She later spent several years in emergency services, specializing in trauma-informed care for adolescents and adults. Brianna has extensive experience working with individuals struggling with trauma, anxiety, depression, mood dysregulation, self-esteem, and relationship challenges.

Brianna takes a strength-based, integrative approach to therapy, empowering clients to discover their own path toward healing and self-acceptance. She believes that while we cannot change the past, we can change our relationship with it. She is passionate about helping clients develop effective coping skills, reconnect with their inner resilience, and build lives that extend beyond surviving trauma.

Brianna believes healing is not only a journey of the mind, but a whole-body experience. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) and thoughtfully incorporates mind-body practices into therapy to support nervous system regulation, mindfulness, and emotional awareness. She is also certified in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), an evidence-based trauma treatment that helps clients process distressing experiences, and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), offering a holistic approach for individuals seeking deeper healing from trauma, depression, anxiety, and other emotional challenges. By integrating traditional psychotherapy with somatic approaches and specialized trauma treatments, Brianna helps clients create lasting, meaningful change.

Above all, Brianna is dedicated to creating a safe, compassionate, and authentic therapeutic environment where clients feel seen, supported, and empowered to reconnect with their truest selves.

Brianna resides in Orange County with her two rescue huskies. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, spending time in nature, painting, practicing yoga, and cooking while surrounded by music, friends, and family.

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker, State of New York
  • Master’s of Social Work, Adelphi University
  • Master’s of Social Work, Adelphi University RYT-200
  • Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) Certified, Journey Clinical
  • Accelerated Resolution Therapy Trained, Rosenzweig Center for Rapid Recovery
  • Middletown Office
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Ashley received her Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling from SUNY New Paltz. While attending her graduate program, Ashley worked as a supervisor at a Crisis Intervention Program and interned at an Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program, gaining valuable skills in crisis management and group therapy. Before joining Nourish Counseling, she spent several years working in a long-term outpatient care clinic specializing in children, adolescents and their families. Ashley has expertise in partnering with those suffering from depression, anxiety, trauma, family conflict, and personality disorders.

Ashley believes that each client is their own expert. She provides an integrative approach that focuses on both the thoughts and behaviors her clients may be struggling with in order to help them find balance and build resiliency. She works with clients in a person-centered and skill building approach to help determine and reach their own individual goals. Following a Dialectical Behavioral and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy approach, she encourages and supports clients to reach their full potential.

Ashley lives in Middletown, NY with her husband and a very loved dog. She enjoys family time, cooking, and trying new things whenever possible.

  • American Counseling Association
  • Middletown Office
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Amanda is a Certified Clinicial Trauma Professional with a deep commitment to guiding clients through their healing and discovery. She believes that you are the expert of your own life, and she is dedicated to building a safe, collaborative space where you feel both validated and motivated for change. 

Amanda specializes in treating those with Complex Trauma, Grief and Loss, Anxiety and Depression, Chronic Illness, Infertility, Infant/Pregnancy Loss, Women’s Health and Neurodivergent Disorders. She works with individuals aged 5 and up. 

Amanda’s unique, holistic approach to psychothreapy is rooted in evidence-based practices and tailored to fit your specific clinical needs. She seamlessly integrates practices like mindfulness and meditation with powerful theraputic modalities, including Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Internal Family Systems Therapy. 

After gaining experience in Baltimore – including intensive work in Residential Foster Care and as a Medical Social Worker – Amanda has been settled back in her home, the Hudson Valley. She enjoys cooking, reading and spending time with her husband and two young daughters. She has journeyed with cleints for nearly 5 years at Nourish and is now ready to partner with you!

  • Cornwall Office
  • Middletown Office