Reconnect With Yourself.

Strengthen Your Relationships.

Are you looking to strengthen your relationship with yourself?
Do you want to improve your interpersonal skills and build healthier, more fulfilling relationships with others? 

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You Don’t Need to Fix Your Relationships—You Need to Rebuild Your Relationship With Yourself

If you feel invisible, overextended, or emotionally responsible for everyone else, the issue is not just your relationships—it’s how you relate to yourself within them.

Many of the clients I work with are:

  • Highly capable in their professional lives

  • But struggle with boundaries, communication, and emotional clarity in personal relationships

  • Constantly overthinking, overgiving, and second-guessing themselves

  • Tired of feeling responsible for other people’s emotions

You may look like you have it together—but internally, you feel disconnected, overwhelmed, or unsure of who you are in relationships.

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About Mareesa

I bring over 20 years of experience in the mental health field and more than 7 years as a licensed professional counselor.

My background includes work in:

  • Community mental health

  • Correctional settings

  • Psychiatric hospitals

  • Medical environments

I hold two master’s degrees in Public Health and Psychology, which allow me to approach emotional well-being from both clinical and holistic perspectives.

My work is focused, direct, and results-oriented. I help clients move beyond awareness into real behavioral and relational change.

Mareesa Bruny, MPH, MS, LPC

More About me!

Do you often feel invisible in your relationships?
Do you tend to put other people’s needs before your own?
Do you find yourself managing the emotions of those around you while neglecting your own?

My Approach

My Approach

My Approach My Approach

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I focus on helping individuals develop:

  • Strong self-awareness

  • Clear interpersonal skills

  • Emotional regulation and boundary-setting capacity

Most people were never taught how to:

  • Communicate effectively

  • Navigate conflict

  • Advocate for themselves

  • Maintain their identity within relationships

We address that directly.

This work is structured, intentional, and focused on real-life application—not just insight.

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Tools, Reflection, and Guidance for Personal Growth

What this work change

When you strengthen your relationship with yourself, you stop:

  • Overexplaining yourself

  • Taking responsibility for other people’s feelings

  • Staying in dynamics that don’t meet your needs

And you start:

  • Communicating clearly and directly

  • Setting boundaries without guilt

  • Making decisions with confidence

  • Showing up as yourself—not who others need you to be

This is not surface-level work.
This is identity-level change.

Who is this work for

This work is for you if:

  • You struggle with people-pleasing or overgiving

  • You feel emotionally responsible for others

  • You have difficulty setting and maintaining boundaries

  • You overthink your relationships or second-guess yourself

  • You want to feel more confident, clear, and grounded in who you are

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Services and Workshops

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Individual Counseling

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Self-Guided Resources

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Group Counseling

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Client Reviews

  • Mareesa is an exceptional therapist. Her insightful and warm, personable approach is truly unmatched. I really appreciate how she challenges my thinking in ways I haven't experienced in therapy before. Growth often comes from being challenged, and I am thoroughly satisfied with my therapy journey!

    Verified client, age 45-54

    Review shared after session 20 with Mareesa

  • Mareesa is just the therapist I needed. She listens, provides feedback and assigns homework that helps me to implement the changes I want for my life. I am happy with the support I receive and motivation to reach the next step. She is very knowledgeable and shares so many resources to benefit my growth.

    Verified client, age 35-44

    Review shared after session 9 with Mareesa

  • Mareesa has been a life-changing counselor who has guided me through past reflection, current situations, and future desires. People close to me have said that they notice a positive difference in how I have matured mentally and emotionally, and I truly believe that is in large part to our sessions. I appreciate that Mareesa asks prodding questions that help me get to the heart of my needs or growth areas. Really couldn't ask for a better therapist.

    Verified client, age 35-44

    Review shared after session 34 with Mareesa

  • Mareesa is the fourth therapist I have seen and is by far the one that I feel the most comfortable talking to. She hits the right topics at the right time. I feel heard and seen. She is very comfortable to talk to. I love the worksheets. They make me think about topics that I haven't really slowed down to think about before and they provide some direction for discussions and growth in our sessions.

    Verified client, age 35-44

    Review shared after session 7 with Mareesa

  • Mareesa has been a great support for me as I have navigated challenges in my life. She give great advice, poses thought provoking questions and is positive in her approach to counseling me.

    Verified client, age 45-54

    Review shared after session 8 with Mareesa


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