Mariel Stadick, MSW, LCSW-C

Mariel Stadick, MSW, LCSW-C is a psychotherapist in Baltimore, MD working with adults and children in private practice. Mariel received her master's degree in clinical social work from Smith College School for Social Work in Northampton, MA. She completed a clinical internship at the Drexel University PACT therapeutic preschool and at the Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis Consultation Center. She completed a two year psychoanalytic mentorship and supervision program through the Philadelphia Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology.

These placements reflect her two professional passions: play therapy with children and psychodynamic psychotherapy with adults. Since moving to Baltimore, she  has provided therapy to adults, children, and families in preschool and elementary schools and in her private practice.​ 

Mariel began her career as a research assistant, contributing to studies on sleep and mood disorders, mindfulness interventions for students and teachers, identifying successful qualities of early childhood programs, and helping to film and publish research on a documentary critically examining the use of technology for mental health in the military through a psychoanalytic lens. She continues to remain active in research and has been published in Psychoanalysis, Culture, & Society and Journal of Applied Scientific and Psychoanalytic Empirical Research (in press). Mariel has provided trainings and facilitated peer supervision on the use of play-based therapies for The Children's Guild in Baltimore, MD and is a certified Circle of Security Parenting facilitator.

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