
Merle Maynard
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT (they, them)


Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $185
- Couple Sessions $215
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible

Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Prelicense by State of New York / P119785 Supervised by Katheryn Grooms (New York / 077348) Merle Maynard
- In Practice for 3 Years
- License: New Jersey
- Membership with SAIGE Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities 2022
- Attended The Wright Institute, MA Counseling Psychology, Graduated 2022
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Gender Identity
- Trauma and PTSD
- Neurodivergence
Expertise
- ADHD
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Body Positivity
- Cancer
- Chronic Pain
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Life Transitions
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Relationship Issues
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Transgender
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Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Culturally Sensitive
- Emotionally Focused
- Feminist
- Integrative
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Person-Centered
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Groups
Trans/GNC/Nbi Parents and Expecting Parents

Trans, Non-binary, and Gender Non Conforming people face unique challenges in conceiving and raising children in our heteronormative, cis-normative, society. This group will foster community and provide therapeutic and cathartic support. We will share our individual experiences, offer resources, and create an empathetic environment for all attendees to be witnessed and validated. This group will be facilitated by Merle Maynard(they/them). Merle is, non-binary, queer, and carrying a child. Merle Maynard is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, with a history and passion for serving their communities at the intersections of Gender, Sexuality, Neurodivergence, CNM.
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LGBTQ+ Group for Parents & Expecting Parents

Trans, Non-binary, and Gender Non Conforming people face unique challenges in conceiving and raising children in our heteronormative, cisnormative, society. This group will foster community and provide therapeutic and cathartic support. We will share our individual experiences, offer resources, and create an empathetic environment for all attendees to be witnessed and validated. This 12-week group will be facilitated by Merle Maynard (they/them). Merle is, non-binary, queer, and carrying a child. Merle is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, with a history and passion for serving their communities at the intersections of Gender, Sexuality, Neurodivergence, CNM/Polyamory.
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