Dr. Marino provides therapeutic services to children, adolescents, adults, couples and families dealing with a range of concerns related to emotional and behavioral health. She specializes in treating Anorexia Nervosa, OCD/Anxiety, Hair-pulling/Skin-picking, self-injury, and chronic suicidality. Dr. Marino is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Maudsley Family-Based Treatment (FBT), Exposure with Response Prevention (ERP), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She also works with “high conflict” couples using Alan Fruzzetti’s DBT approach.

Dr. Marino is “intensively trained” by Behavioral Tech/Linehan Institute in DBT for adolescents and adults as well as DBT for Children (DBT-C). She has also completed the Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI) certification through the International OCD Foundation and is certified in Maudsley Family Based Treatment for adolescent eating disorders. Joanna has also been intensively trained in Radically-Open DBT for disorder of overcontrol (eating disorders, anxiety, depression, autism).

Dr. Marino’s clinical internship at the University of Florida/Shands Hospital included rotations in medical psychology, neuropsychology, and pediatric/child psychology. She received her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of North Dakota and her B.A. from Susquehanna University. Dr. Marino serves in leadership roles for the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) and Northern Virginia Clinical Psychologists (NVCP).