As a professional therapist, my greatest joy in life is helping people heal past traumas, hurts, shames and pains that have held them back in life . . . in the shortest time possible.
I am also gratified and honored when they choose to share their story of healing in their own words. Every person I work with is unique . . . but my clients also share much in common: a struggle against pain, and a determination to reclaim their life, as this woman did:
I was stuck on pause.
Frozen in time.
All forward motion in my life had ceased.
I had been attacked and left for dead by my ex-husband of 20+ years. I had been in and out of therapy with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety disorder, insomnia and nightmares.
I got through my days with Ativan, afraid to go to sleep and dream. My life was a 1000- piece puzzle swirling around a wind tunnel refusing to come together and make me whole again.
Then I found Marianne.
We started with a 3-hour appointment. I knew right away she was going to help me. I felt safe and encouraged to uncover everything to put the pieces together. I was able to remember a period in my childhood that was blank and disturbing. We put the puzzle together. My childhood started to make sense.
I found answers.
I found ground zero where it all began and took my life back.
I have been able to deal with any anxiety now without medication.
Sleep is returning. I have a new normal that I like very much.
Marianne Clyde operates outside of the box. She respected my beliefs and didn’t push anything on me I did not want or couldn’t handle. That’s what made my work with her so healing.
I’m not frightened by the things that have happened to me anymore. We put the puzzle together and I feel a peace I haven’t felt in a long time.
Healing my physical wounds has been very straightforward. A logical predetermined order. Healing my heart and soul and the very essence of who I am has been a long journey. I never gave up and I eventually found Marianne. It’s the first time I viewed therapy as having a beginning, middle, and end. I was able to say I’m done. I’m ready to take my new normal for a spin.
With Marianne’s help I feel like I’m finally the real me.”
M.B., Haymarket, VA
