Faculty

Margaret Laracy, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Maryland. Her prior clinical experience includes work in community-based, hospital, and group practice settings. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the Institute for the Psychological Sciences, she also completed post-graduate training in psychoanalysis through the Contemporary Freudian Society and is a member of the International Psychoanalytical Association. Dr. Laracy has taught at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences and Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, and she has lectured and presented to professional and lay audiences on topics such as: attachment theory, religious and spiritual issues in psychotherapy, beauty and psychological healing, and gender differences in communication. She has also given workshops for marital preparation and enrichment. Her dissertation was entitled “The Role of the Experience of Beauty in Psychotherapy.”