Evie Mpras MS LMFT, LLC

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

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Welcome to my therapy practice.

My name is Evie Mpras. I’m a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

I take pride in working alongside my clients with purpose, dedication, honesty, and warmth.

Too many therapy approaches are aimless and unfocused, leaving clients feeling heard but without the relief and satisfaction of tangible change.

I am committed to a sincere collaboration that addresses your deepest longings for change and sets you free from patterns that hold you back from living fully and peacefully.

It is my privilege to join individuals, couples, and families in their journey.

Learn more about my approach here.

Clinical Specialities

  • Pregnant/Postpartum Mental Health:

    -working with mothers, couples, and families during the many stressors that pregnancy and postpartum brings

    **Including Pre-Baby Counseling for Couples

  • Couples:

    working with couples to ease communication, increase intimacy, & facilitate deeper bonds

  • Anxiety:

    finding relief from racing thoughts, panic, rumination, sleeplessness, etc.

  • Parenting

    (toddlers-young adults)

    arming parents with research-based approaches that provide them and their kids relief and connection

  • Adult Parent-Child Relationships:

    it’s never too late to repair parent-child bonds

CURRICULUM VITAE

  • Masters of Science in Human Development: Marriage and Family Therapy - Virginia Tech

    Graduated with Honors awarded by (NCFR) National Council for Family Relations

    Bachelors of Arts in English Literature and minor in Film- College of William & Mary

  • Suffering in Silence, Postpartum Anxiety in the Wake of Covid-19, in January 2021 Edition of Family Therapy Magazine

    Hearing and Healing Marginalized Mothers and Families in the Postpartum Period in Summer 2023 Edition of National Council for Family Relations (NCFR) Report Magazine

    Landers AL, Danes SM, Carrese DH, Mpras E, Campbell AR, White Hawk S. I can still hear my baby crying: The ambiguous loss of American Indian/Alaska Native birthmothers. Fam Process. 2023 Jun;62(2):702-721. doi: 10.1111/famp.12815. Epub 2022 Sep 18. PMID: 36117153.

    • National Conference for Family Relations (NCFR), 2023:

      “Postpartum Pain as Public Health Crisis: Closing Gaps in Care for Postpartum Families Impacted by the Syntemic”

    • Washington D.C. Maternal & Infant Health Summit, 2021:

      “Families Thrive Together”

    • Groves Conference on Marriage and Family, 2021:

      “Championing Maternal Mental Health with a Systemic Lens”

    • AAMFT Representative at American Association of Marriage & Family Therapists: Maternal Mental Health Conference, 2021

    • Psychodynamic Overview & Treatment Planning
      Guest Lecture at University of Maryland MFT Program, 2022

  • International Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Association (IEDTA)

    American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)

    National Council for Family Relations (NCFR)

  • ISTDP (Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy)

    2 years of specialized Core Training

    Dozens of additional specialized workshops related to trial therapy, fragile spectrum, high resistance, unexplained medical symptoms, depression, and anxiety.

  • Interpersonal Neurobiology

    (1 year training & certification)

  • EFT (Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy)

    Externship

    Core Skills 1

    Core Skills 2

  • Postpartum Support Virginia Training

Special Trainings