Emotional Education Services

Strategies for Emotional Confidence™

Dr. Mary McLaughlin

There has been one common denominator throughout my entire career:  work with adolescents and adults who needed help in one way or another.

The first time I realized how much I enjoyed this was when I took my first job after high school as a lifeguard at a pool frequented by at-risk youth. I worked there summers during my college years.

After earning my Bachelor's degree in English at Emmanuel College in Boston, I was hired as a teacher and discovered that I especially enjoyed teaching and mentoring at-risk adolescents.

A few years later, I earned my Master's degree at Syracuse University and returned to work in education as a middle school and high school guidance counselor.

Later, I ran an agency that provided career counseling and life planning services to adults.

Most of the time, I worked with adolescents and adults who were not disabled but my interest in working more with individuals with psychiatric and other disabilities grew over time and I returned to school at Syracuse University to earn a PhD degree in rehabilitation psychology.

My area of specialty is psychiatric disabilities.

I founded Emotional Education Services after I graduated in order to combine my teaching skills with my interest in mental health promotion.  Now, using various media, I teach people how to obtain robust and resilient mental health and how to maintain emotional fitness.

I have also become an  advocate for disenfranchised individuals in the areas of psychiatric disabilities, brain injuries, addictions, veterans issues, human rights and homelessness.

I am available for consultations with individuals, couples, families and small groups.

Occasionally, I also serve as a consultant in legal cases involving individuals with disabilities

My offices are located in Auburn, New York.