About

Marie Norton

LPC, SEP, NCC, MEd, MFA · she/her/hers

I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor and a certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner and Inner Relationship Focusing practitioner. I work with adults who carry the effect of trauma, chronic stress, and difficult relationships behind a curtain of highly capable, successful lives.

Before becoming a therapist, I studied writing, which is part of why I'm drawn to working with high-achieving and creative people. I understand the particular weight of imposter syndrome, creative blocks, and a professional identity that demands output. I know how self-worth can get tangled up in productivity, and how lonely that tangle can be. I understand how these demands can also rob one of the ability to relax and feel connected to others.

My approach is warm, unhurried, and grounded in the science of the nervous system. I won't hand you worksheets of "shoulds"; you likely have enough of those already. We work instead with your natural felt sense, where the rigid strategies that once kept you safe can begin to soften.

I see clients in person in Richmond, Virginia, and virtually across Virginia and Washington, DC.