Introducing Martha Slattery, M.S., EdS., LMFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

           I first became intrigued by  the group process  back before graduate school .  At the time I had the job of managing  “employee involvement”  - coordinating and leading small groups  of folks who would  brainstorm ideas for improving their product.  The striking thing I first witnessed there is the power  that goes far beyond the input from each individual.  Ideas build on ideas, conflicts surface, and with work, the resolution of such conflicts produces a stronger, more cohesive system. Following this interest led me to graduate school at Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, where, in 1990, I earned  a Master of Science degree in Group Process and Group Psychotherapy.  During that time I completed an internship at Jersey Shore Medical Center in New Jersey.  There I organized and led simple support groups,  experiential psychotherapy groups, and developed a program of  medication education which included groups for a chronically ill population.  In addition  I had the pleasure of working with a variety of individual patients as well. 

           Although my original goal  had been to continue with corporate work  with my graduate degree, sometime during my  time at Jersey Shore I caught the “clinical bug”.   Thus, after graduation in 1990, I continued on  at Jersey  Shore Medical Center  and  was also invited to teach Group Process at Hahnemann as part of their newly developing  program for executives. 

           From  1991 to 1998, I was  fortunate to join  the  private practice of  Dr. Stephen Burns, a psychiatrist  in Monmouth County, New Jersey.  During   that time I earned  my Certification as a Biofeedback Therapist  (1992)  and  my Ed.S. degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Seton Hall University (1995).  In 1998 I began an independent private practice for  Individual, Marriage and Family Therapy and continued to run groups.  Presently I am  licensed  as a Marriage and Family Therapist in both New Jersey and North Carolina.

           I have been extremely fortunate over the years to be able to follow a path of education and employment that has continually allowed me to do the work I love.  More recently I have had the good fortune to relocate near family in Raleigh,  to have met wonderful new friends,  and to find a new “professional  home” with Cary Counseling Center.