Sanctuary, A Space for Healing

Sanctuary, A Space for Healing Sanctuary is New York City’s premier and first Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for the treatment of PTSD and related disorders.

Easier said than done, but a good intention for the week ahead ✨ pc: .design
05/23/2022

Easier said than done, but a good intention for the week ahead ✨ pc: .design

The best is yet to come ✨
05/21/2022

The best is yet to come ✨

What would it be like to let all that heaviness go? pc:
05/19/2022

What would it be like to let all that heaviness go? pc:

What do you need to hear tonight? 👀 pc:
05/12/2022

What do you need to hear tonight? 👀 pc:

Friendly reminder via : your symptoms are not a flaw, it is your body trying to survive 🌱
05/11/2022

Friendly reminder via : your symptoms are not a flaw, it is your body trying to survive 🌱

A great reminder on this Mother's Day that there are many ways to practice nurturing and spreading healing energy toward...
05/09/2022

A great reminder on this Mother's Day that there are many ways to practice nurturing and spreading healing energy towards yourself 🌱 pc:

6 reminders for anyone healing from trauma 🌱
05/06/2022

6 reminders for anyone healing from trauma 🌱

Give yourself the permission you need to rest and heal. Take the time you need on your journey 🌱
04/30/2022

Give yourself the permission you need to rest and heal. Take the time you need on your journey 🌱

You are worthy of good things ❤️ pc:
04/28/2022

You are worthy of good things ❤️ pc:

“A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.” 🌷
04/26/2022

“A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.” 🌷

Healing is not easy, but it is worth it. Keep climbing whatever mountain is in front of you 🗻💗
04/26/2022

Healing is not easy, but it is worth it. Keep climbing whatever mountain is in front of you 🗻💗

Meet Mary Pivarunis, LMFT, SEP one of our wonderful Therapists at Sanctuary 👋Mary is a Licensed Marriage and Family Ther...
04/04/2022

Meet Mary Pivarunis, LMFT, SEP one of our wonderful Therapists at Sanctuary 👋

Mary is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in trauma, PTSD, grief and loss. She is trained in Somatic Experiencing, Attachment Focused EMDR, and Trauma Resiliency.

Mary is delighted to be back on the East coast after spending many years in California. Most recently, Mary was part of the team at Promises Malibu Vista, a nationally respected trauma-focused residential treatment center for women, in Malibu, CA. Mary served as their Trauma Therapist and developed their trauma program over the six years of its existence.

Mary also worked as Primary and Trauma Therapist at Resolutions Therapeutic Services, an outpatient program in Santa Monica, CA.  and as a Trauma Therapist at Bridges to Recovery, a residential treatment center, in Pacific Palisades, CA. In addition, Mary worked at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center’s psychiatric hospital in Berkeley, CA, for eight years, in both the inpatient and outpatient program with diverse patient populations. She served as Program Director and Main Therapist for a variety of adult and adolescent programs.

Mary is very passionate about her work in the field of trauma and the body. Her enthusiasm, optimism and infectious sense of hope have been a comfort to hundreds of clients she has worked with over the years. Combining a real curiosity, compassionate exploration and a sense of humor, Mary helps clients understand their stories and history to create a path towards healing. Mary received her Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology with a specialization in Somatic Psychology from John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, CA.

Mary maintains a private practice in New York City where she works with adults in short and long-term psychotherapy. She is licensed in both New York and California.

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About Us

At Sanctuary, we believe, and research shows, that trauma healing necessitates the repair of the nervous system and new understandings about ourselves and others. We created Sanctuary to provide a space for healing that uses both somatic and cognitive therapies to help clients create and access internal resources, address specific maladaptive coping behaviors that clients use to manage their trauma responses, increase emotional regulation and stabilization, increase an inner sense of safety, and improve overall functioning in daily life.

In order to cope with unhealed trauma, clients often develop certain coping strategies such as eating disorders, substance use disorders, self-injurious behaviors, and mood disorders. Many clients we have treated over the years end up going into an inpatient or residential facility due to the severity of their maladaptive coping behaviors.

In working with clients who have a trauma who have gone to inpatient or residential treatment, we regularly have encountered two barriers:


  • Throughout the many years of treating clients in NYC, we have come across many clients who struggle after they come out of inpatient or residential treatment, with no local support. Our clients step down from treatment without an appropriate level of outpatient trauma treatment and recovery support, which makes it difficult for clients to hold the therapeutic work and feel contained in between outpatient therapy sessions, thereby increasing the risk of destabilization and readmissions to higher levels of care.