Hi!
I’m Marlo.
I’m a Registered Social Worker with fourteen years in this field, and I work with women across Ontario who are carrying more than they were ever meant to carry. Old wounds. Motherhood. A nervous system that learned, a long time ago, how to survive. It is time to move past surviving to thriving.
Marlo Drago, MSW RSW
Registered Social Worker & EMDR Trained
Therapist in Ontario
Before you decide whether I’m your person
Here is who is actually in the room with you.
I’m a wife and a mom of two. I have lived my own childhood wounds and adult trauma, not just studied it. I’m a recovering perfectionist and a fully practising overthinker. I have no poker face, so you will always know what I’m thinking. I don’t speak in jargon. And I swear. I will hold space for you when you need it, and challenge you when you have the capacity.
HOW I WORK
Paces to your nervous system, not to my plan.
My work is trauma-informed and led by what your nervous system can handle. I draw on whatever serves you, and you do not have to know which one you need. That part is my job.
EMDR Internal Family Systems Somatic Polyvagal-informed ACT DBT
What you’ll actually feel is simpler. No fixing. No rushing. No performing for me. A place where you can finally say the true thing out loud and watch someone not flinch.
WHAT WE BUILT FIRST
Seen. Heard. Understood.
Safe enough to finally feel it.
Because before you can work through any of it, you have to feel safe enough to stop managing it, controlling it and protecting it. That is what we build first, and everything else follows from there.
GOOD TO KNOW
Questions, answered.
What is it actually like to work with you?
Warm, honest, and human. No jargon, no rushing, and no need to perform. We go at your pace, and we start by making you feel safe enough to feel.
Who do you work with?
Women across Ontario carrying old wounds, the load of motherhood, anxiety, or the sense that their past still runs their present. You do not have to be a mother to work with me.
Do you work in person or online?
I offer virtual sessions through the Jane Platdform, so you can work with me from anywhere in Ontario. I also have an office space in Etobicoke that I offer in-person session at on Wednesday between 9am and 5pm.
Do you offer direct billing?
Yes, to Telus eHealth and Sun Life, Blue Cross. For other plans, I provide receipts you can submit.