Meet Maggie
A therapist who believes the relationship is the treatment, not just the container for it.
Maggie Doolan
Narcissistic Abuse Therapist in Florida
People Don't Care How Much You Know Until They Know How Much You Care
My strength is my authenticity, and my ability to offer reflections that are compassionate but direct and honest.
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I believe our early experiences shape how we behave, how we love, and how we see the world, and I am always listening for the patterns underneath the pattern, the older story that's still quietly running the show.
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I read the research. I train in the modalities that actually move the needle, EMDR, experiential therapy, psychedelic assisted therapy, DBT, attachment theory, and more. But none of that is why clients stay in the room with me and do the harder work of changing.
I am not a blank slate therapist. I use humor. I bring myself into the room in the ways that actually help.
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My clients tell me it's obvious that I feel real joy in their progress and care deeply about how they're doing, not just how the session went.
I'm a Rip It Out at the Root Kind of Therapist
I'm not here to teach you a set of coping skills and call it treatment. Skills help. They're rarely the whole answer.
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If we can understand why you needed the coping mechanism in the first place, and resolve what's underneath it, the change tends to stick. That's the work I care about most. It takes longer to get to sometimes, and it holds better once you're there.
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I work with clients navigating trauma, compulsive behaviors, mood and anxiety disorders, complicated personality patterns, and the kind of phase of life crises that don't fit neatly into a diagnosis but reshape everything anyway.
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Whatever brought you in, I'm looking for the root, not just the symptom in front of us.
My Deepest Expertise:
Recovery After Narcissistic Abuse
Of everything I do, this is the work I care about most, and where I've built the most specialized expertise.
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Narcissistic abuse rarely announces itself as abuse.
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It shows up as confusion, self doubt, and a slow erosion of trust in your own perception, built through cycles of idealization, devaluation, and control. By the time someone reaches out to me, they've usually already read the books and learned the vocabulary.
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What they haven't had yet is a therapist who can help them actually metabolize what happened, not just describe it.
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I hold specialized certification and training in recovering from narcissistic abuse, and I bring that expertise into individual work, couples work, and family systems where these dynamics run deep. This isn't a topic I dabble in.
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It's the reason many clients find me in the first place, and the work I'm proudest to do.
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Psychedelic Assisted Therapy, Held With Clinical Care
For clients who are ready to go further than talk therapy alone can take them, I offer psychedelic assisted therapy as part of a fully clinical, carefully held process, not a trend or a shortcut.
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I'm certified in this modality specifically because I believe it can access material that stays out of reach in a standard session, especially for people who are highly intellectualized, used to being in control, or who have tried nearly everything else first.
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This work is never approached casually. It's structured, supported, and integrated with the same rigor I bring to every other part of my practice.
Background and Training
I'm a seasoned clinician with experience across the full continuum of care, from outpatient work to inpatient treatment, which means I've seen how healing looks at every level of intensity and know how to meet a client wherever they actually are.
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I earned my Bachelor's in Psychology from Florida State University and my Master's in Clinical Social Work from Radford University. I'm a qualified clinical supervisor, certified in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy, and carry specialized training in EMDR, Experiential Therapy, DBT, Attachment Theory, Psychodrama, the Safe and Sound Protocol, and Intensive Therapy formats.
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My approach is warm and strength based at its core, but direct enough to actually be useful. I'd rather tell you the truth gently than tell you something comfortable and unhelpful.
"Living well does not mean the abuse never happened. It means the abuse did not damage you beyond repair."Â
— Shannon Thomas, LCSW, Author and Trauma Therapist
Direct, Warm, and Genuinely on Your Side
People sometimes expect therapy to feel either clinical and distant or endlessly gentle and vague. I try to offer something else entirely, real warmth paired with real honesty, humor where it belongs, and a genuine investment in your outcome, not just your hour.
If that sounds like the kind of support you've been looking for, I'd love to hear from you.