Tara Pistorio is the Clinical Director at Maryland Addiction Recovery Center. In her role, Tara is responsible for the overall clinical operations of MARC, clinical program development, and supervision of the clinical team. Additionally, she oversees and manages all MARC family treatment and support services and the MARC Family Recovery Program (FRP.)
Previously, Tara worked in several different substance use disorder and co-occurring mental health disorder treatment settings, as well as in outpatient mental health counseling. In these environments, she provided individual counseling and group therapy to adult populations suffering from addiction and mental health issues.
Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Person-Centered Therapy are the basis for Tara’s therapeutic approach to patients. She strives to connect with and develop a working therapeutic relationship with the patient to create and sustain lasting life changes.
Tara began working at MARC as a Primary Therapist. During her tenue at the organization, she has also worked in the roles of MARC Family Therapist, and as a member of the MARC management team as the Director of Clinical Development, where she was responsible for the overall educational and training development of the MARC clinical team, as well as the ongoing development and implementation of MARC family services and the 3 ½ day Family Recovery Program (FRP) intensive.
Outside of work, Tara enjoys reading, playing with her two dogs, and spending time with her family.
