Marilynne Chophel MFT

Marilynne Chophel MFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#MFT30442) and consultant with a specialization in depth psychotherapy and the treatment of trauma. She has completed advanced training in the treatment of trauma through the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute and is a Certified Sensorimotor Psychotherapist. Marilynne has also received EMDR certification through the EMDR Institute. She has participated in training for the treatment of PTSD for combat veterans and military families and has been a volunteer psychotherapist for The Coming Home Project, a non-profit organization committed to helping transform the wounds of war for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, their families, and their service providers.

Marilynne's work with couples focuses on mindful presence, attuned connection, conscious communication, and the sacred path of deep intimacy. She has trained in several approaches to creating loving relationship including Relational Life Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples. Her holistic perspective combines a graduate degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University's Graduate School for the Study of Human Consciousness, with over 25 years of experience teaching yoga, meditation, and relationship workshops.

Marilynne has practiced Tibetan Buddhist, Zen, and Vipassana meditation since 1982 and has studied through the Shambhala tradition. She received Advanced Studies Yoga Teacher Training through International Yoga Studies, graduated from the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco, and has been a Registered Yoga Teacher-500 (inactive) through the Yoga Alliance credentialing standards. Her pranayama instruction has been through the Iyengar yoga tradition as well as with the master pranayama teacher Sri O.P. Tiwari, founder of the Kaivalyadhama Institute for research, training and therapy in yoga in India. Her somatic background includes training in the Feldenkrais Method and the Anusara style of yoga.

Services Offered

Marilynne Chophel's services focus on depth psychotherapy, treating trauma, and holistic approaches to mental health. She specializes in mindfulness-based therapies, somatic experiencing, and compassionate presence. She provides individual psychotherapy for adults working through anxiety, depression, medical conditions and disability, life transition, authentic self-expression, PTSD, and healing from life and relational trauma. She also provides couples therapy, offering a mindful and attuned approach to conscious communication, healing early attachment wounds, and deepening intimate connection.

Additionally, Marilynne offers group therapy and classes in meditation, pranayama, and yoga. She believes that the practices of meditation, breathwork, and movement can enhance overall well-being, improve mental health, and foster greater connection to the self and others. She facilitates groups and classes both online and in-person.

Marilynne's work is culturally responsive, and she is committed to social and racial justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. She welcomes all ages, all races, all religions, all genders, all countries of origin, all languages, all sexual orientations, all sizes, all abilities, and all people. Her practice is a safe space for all individuals seeking mental health support and growth.