Rainbow Spring Wellness

Do more of what matters with integrative occupational therapy - let your nervous system recover, give your body space to heal, and allow your spirit the deep rest you need with a blend of somatic therapies, manual therapies, and classic occupational therapy approaches custom-tuned to your needs. Learn to feel safe in your body, heal from trauma, and build the resiliency you need to navigate "trying times".

Hi, I'm Mara, an occupational therapist of 20+ years, a somatic experiencing practitioner, and a certified lymphatic therapist. I work with body, mind, spirit, identity, roles, community, and everything else that makes us human. My goal is to help you do the things you care about, so you can thrive as well as survive. I call what I’m doing “integrative” because I use a unique combination of treatment approaches to meet a wide range of goals. I lean on current neuroscience research as well as wisdom of skilled healers before me to build a practice that’s evidence-based while also incorporating subtle listening and energy work.

• Somatic therapies are mind-body care that can help you reconnect with your body, learn to feel safe, manage stress, and live a more meaningful life. Somatic Experiencing is my favorite approach, and can incorporate talk, self-touch, mindfulness, bodywork, movement, and more.
• Bodywork can help with physical issues like pain and fatigue, and can also help with mind-body challenges including nervous system regulation and trauma healing. All of my bodywork is intended to be pain-free, trauma-informed, and deeply relaxing. My specific modalities include lymphatic drainage massage, craniosacral therapy, neurolymphatic drainage, visceral manipulation, and myofascial release.
• Occupational therapy is the therapy of doing - we support people’s ability to do the things that matter to them. I incorporate traditional OT approaches to executive function support, sensory regulation, interoception building, and pacing education into my integrative practice.

I love working with the LGBTQ+ and trans communities, as I'm queer and genderqueer myself. People who have been pushed out of mainstream acceptability - people of the global majority, people with larger bodies, and other survivors of oppression -  are also  particularly welcome.  My approach is fat positive and HAES-aligned, neurodiversity affirming, antiracist, kink and polyamory welcoming, pagan friendly, and liberation oriented.

Office visits are available in Silver Spring, MD and online visits are available to people in DC, MD, and VA. You can schedule an appointment or a free curiosity call to see whether we might be a good fit together at https://www.rainbowspringwellness.com