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At Wellness Restoration Consultancy, we specialized in creating programs for staff mental health wellness, psychological safety, psychological first aid, burnout prevention, and trauma-informed care
Meet Our Founder
Marylin Marquez Beckley, PhD, LPC, NCC, CCTP
Clinical Mental Health Consultant
Dr. Beckley is a licensed Latina bilingual psychotherapist based in Washington, DC, a certified trauma therapist, and a national certified counselor with 15 years of experience serving diverse populations in Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Latin America. Specializing in trauma and crisis intervention—focusing humanitarian aid, forced immigration, human trafficking, violence against women and children, and addictions—she leverages her expertise as an Industrial Organizational Psychologist and International Psychologist, Ph.D. to create and implement innovative mental health programs across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Her work has empowered international psychologists, social workers, and public justice officials through specialized training in trauma-informed care and multicultural counseling. Recognizing the need for culturally attuned mental health services for diverse communities, Dr.Beckley established Wellness Restoration Counseling virtual group practice to provide evidence-based counseling to diverse clients who are experiencing anxiety and depression due to life transitions. In addition to her strategic leadership, she provides clinical supervision to clinicians in delivering effective, diversity-integrated care and mentors emerging therapists as a clinical supervisor. Her broad influence as an international clinical consultant, mental health content creator, mental health provider, and advocate has been recognized by leading institutions such as Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, Cambridge Health Alliance, the National Council on Problem Gambling, and the American Psychological Association.
Get To Know Marylin …
Favorite color: Burgundy
Drink of choice: Café
What can’t you live without: My Kids
Fun fact: I have traveled to over 12 countries. I love to travel!
Do you have a hobby?: Reading is my favorite past time. I am currently working on developing my private library
Organizations Collaborated with Dr. Marylin Marquez Beckley
Contract Work/Consulting Engagements
- Corporate EAP Mental Health Consultant (Contractor)
Inter-American Developmental Bank (Contacted through Cigna), Washington, DC
April 2025-April 2026
- Organizational Wellness Advisor
USAID (Contracted through The KonTerra Group), Washington, DC
December 2024-May 31, 2025
- Corporate Wellness Specialist Consultant
Office of The People’s Counsel, Washington, DC
September- December 2002; October-December 2024
-Victim/AfterCare Project Reform
International Justice Mission: Dominican Republic Field Office
07/2020
-New Program development: Field Assessment & Evaluation
International Justice Mission: Peru
03/2020
-Survivor Network Project Development
International Justice Mission: Guatemala Field Office
12/2019- 10/2021
-Survivor Network Project Development
International Justice Mission: Bolivia Field Office
10/2019- 10/2020
-Survivor Peer Network Project Development
International Justice Mission: Guatemala Field Office
10/2018- 10/2019
Presentations & Public Speaking
-University of Maryland: School of Medicine “Understanding the link between trauma & addictions” 4/2024
-Harvard University, "Ask The Experts: Understanding Latino/Hispanic Culture: Working with our population" 03/2022 & 04/2023: https://www.m-tac.org/modules/ask-an-expert-module-10-latinx/
-Harvard University, "Ask The Experts: Latino/Hispanic Cultural Influences on Problem Gambling" 04/2022
-Delaware National Council on Problem Gambling, ""LatinX Problem Gambling & Culture" 05/2022.
-Harvard University; Addiction Medical Center, “Trauma & Gambling in Latinx Population” 06/2021 & 06/2022
-Massachusetts Gambling Association, "LatinX Trauma Dancing with Substance Abuse and Gambling" 06/ 2021 & 06/2022
-Indiana University, "LatinX Trauma & Gambling" 07/2021 & 07/2022
-Maryland Council on Problem Gambling, "LatinX Problem Gambling & Culture" 06/2021 & 06/2022
-NY National Council on Problem Gambling, "LatinX Problem Gambling & Culture" 09/2021 & 09/2022.
-John Hopkins University, "LatinX Trauma" 03/2020; 03/2021; 04/2022
Trainings & Workshops
-International Justice Mission: El Salvador Field Office- Psychological First Aid Training to El Salvador’s Attorney General’s Office of Psychologists & Police Investigators- (06/2020- 2021)
-International Justice Mission: El Salvador Field Office- Trauma Informed Care Training to El Salvador’s Attorney General’s Office of Psychologists, Attorneys, & Police Investigators- (01/2019-01/2020)
-Compassion International: El Salvador Field Office [contracted through International Justice Mission]- Trauma Informed Care Techniques when Working with Children, Adolescents, and their Family (05/2019)
Publications
American Psychological Association. (2019, October 1). Support for Central Americans. Monitor on Psychology, 50(9). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/10/support-central-americans
Marquez, M. (2007). Spotlight: Eastern regional center. The APA/ NIGMAS project Newsletter: Pipeline, 5, 11-14.
Marquez, M. (2007). The Dream Act. Communiqué: Retrospective on the Social Issues, 6, 20-21.