María Mercedes Dominguez, PhD, LMFT
Dr. D (María Mercedes Dominguez, PhD, LMFT) is a bilingual, multicultural, licensed marriage and family therapist and executive coach. As a clinician, her work focuses on cultivating resilience as a tool of empowerment within each client to guide them in transforming their own mindsets, emotions, and relationships. As an executive coach, she supports leaders in living aligned, empowered, and elevated by their legacy.
Dr. D began her professional journey in the mental health field 15 years ago managing teams in residential programs that served adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She is a proud military spouse who understands what it means to put the mission first. Dr. D’s background includes more than a decade serving military communities, plus several years in the university setting as an instructor, researcher, and clinician for Kansas State University. Currently serving busy entrepreneurs, attorneys, artists, politicians, and executives at their convenience, personal and professional leadership development is the crux of her work.
Dr. D’s research, clinical, and personal experience emphasizes that personal leadership development is mission-critical work. Whether focused on personal life or professional development, helping her clients live a life aligned by resilience, empowered by purpose, and elevated by legacy is at the core of her work.
The Resilient Living Mission
Dr. D is committed to living life aligned, empowered, and elevated by purposeful legacy, and she enthusiastically serves others committed to doing the same.
With a systemic, strengths-based approach, she supports clients in embodying the versions of themselves their visions of legacy call forward.
Achievements
PhD specializing in Couple and Family Therapy from Kansas State University.
Masters specializing in Marriage and Family Therapy from Kansas State University.
Bachelors in Psychology from State University of New York at Geneseo.
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the states of Michigan, Hawaii, & Missouri, providing psychotherapy to military officials for more than a decade.
Certified in Motivational Interviewing.
Published author in professional peer reviewed journals.
Expertise
Team development and executive coaching for state officials.
Therapy and/or coaching services to hundreds of individuals, couples, and families.
Workshop facilitation (e.g. thought management, premarital couples, stress management, suicide prevention and awareness, team building).
Online instructor for undergraduate and graduate level courses.
Dr. D is bilingual (English, Spanish) and provides services in both languages.
