Marilyn Dawson-McCarthy

About Me

My Practice

I work with a people who experience emotional struggles in relationships, attachmment difficulties, who need harm reduction in substance use, and assistance with emotional regulation, such as depression and anxiety. LGBQ friendly

My Treatment Approach

I help people to identify and work to change longstanding patterns in relationships. These patterns may have resulted in unhappiness, and the methods used to cope with that, such as alcohol and food difficulties. My orientation is contemporary psychoanalytic. I am attentive and practical.

Qualifications

Private Pracctice since 1992

University of Kansas, MSW

KANSAS LSCSW #1141

Oberlin College, B.A.

NPI:#1639409162

Kansas City Institute for Contemporary

Psychoanalysis, Certified Psychoanalyst

Greater Kansas City and Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis, Graduate Psychoanalyst

Clinical Director and program designer of inpatient and outpatient substance abuse treatment programs