Respond to your life rather than react to it.

Twenty years of clinical work helping people understand what has actually been driving their lives and be intentional about how they live them.

Maris Pasquale Doran, LCSW

Psychotherapist · Speaker · Midlife Specialist · NYT Bestselling Author

Respond to your life rather than react to it.

Twenty years of clinical work helping people understand what has actually been driving their lives and be intentional about how they live them.

Clinical depth. Real life application.

Where the work has appeared

Real Simple · Today's Ajenda · UBS · CSG Law

92NY · LA Times Festival of Books · Crayola · TJX

The Method

Pause. Reset. Reclaim.

The goal is not a new life. It is a new relationship with the one you have.

Pause. Reset. Reclaim. is my methodology and the framework within which all of my work is held. These skills help us build awareness of what we bring to any given moment so we can choose how we show up, whether in a conflict or in the next life chapter.

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Work with Maris

There is more than one reason you may have found your way here.

Live Group Program

Midlife Mothers: Pause. Reset. Reclaim.

You are carrying more than you can name. Twelve weeks of live, clinically grounded support for mothers ready to stop reacting and start choosing.

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One to one, by conversation

Individual work

The same method, applied privately with a small number of individuals, women and men. It is arranged by conversation, and availability is limited.

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Keynotes, workshops, and series

Organizations

For teams and communities, I bring practical tools and clinical frameworks for stress, reactivity, and the roles people carry. Audiences gain insight into the stories and patterns shaping relationships, culture, and personal performance.