Episode 18

What is a Digital Detox with Therapist Mara Mueller

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On this episode of The Andrew Taylor Show, Andrew sits down with Mara Mueller, Clinical Director and Primary Therapist at PureLife Adventure, to explore the power of a digital detox. Mara shares how unplugging from phones—often a young person’s first coping mechanism—can feel overwhelming at first, but ultimately leads to a powerful reset. They discuss what happens when phones are returned after the program concludes at PureLife, how to reframe technology as a tool, and why slowing down is essential to healing.

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About

Mara Mueller LCSW, MSW, CADC I

Mara is passionate about supporting people through the growth process and believes that each person has within them the means to achieve emotional, mental, physical and spiritual health. She often employs approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She takes a Family Systems and solutions-focused approach in her work with parents. Mara holds advanced EMDR training, is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor and a Certified Yoga Instructor. She feels competent working with people who experience a range of struggles including anxiety, depression, trauma, identity development, substance misuse and addiction, adoption and attachment struggles, and difficulties with executive functioning.

Mara has worked as a mental health clinician in wide-range of treatment settings beginning in 2000 including therapeutic boarding schools, in and out-patient therapy, hospital emergency departments, and her favorite, wilderness therapy. She earned her Master of Social Work degree from Portland State University and was shortly thereafter introduced to the healing power of wilderness therapy. She feels deeply fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with several wilderness therapy companies serving adolescents and young adults. In her time away from work you can find her running, surfing or practicing yoga. Mara also enjoys biking and spending time with her friends, family and her pup, Mija, who she and her husband adopted from Peru during their travels there.