Dr. Mariel Buqué is an Afro-Dominican, Columbia University-trained Psychologist, intergenerational trauma expert, and the author of the book Break the Cycle: a book that focuses on healing wounds of intergenerational trauma. Her clinical framework is holistic and infuses ancient and indigenous healing practices into a modern, comprehensive therapeutic approach. During her clinical training, she completed a 3-year immersive holistic mental health care fellowship in collaboration with the United States Health Administration and Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where she offered holistic psychotherapy, in the Spanish language, across multidisciplinary clinics in the Columbia hospital system, including obstetrics and gynecology and primary care.

She has utilized her training in holistic care to integrate holistic practices, like sound bath meditation and breathwork, into therapy, which has helped to deepen trauma healing for her clients. She additionally provides healing workshops to Fortune 500 companies including Google, X (Twitter), Capital One, and Meta. Dr. Buqué is widely sought out for her clinical expertise and trauma approach and has been featured on major media outlets including The Today Show, Good Morning America, and ABC News. During her doctoral training and then within her clinical position as a psychologist at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center, Dr. Buqué was able to see the profound impact of intergenerational trauma, which led to her adopting a more holistic lens to healing layered trauma. This is now the underlying methodology behind her proprietary intergenerational healing approach. Dr. Buqué now makes her healing practices accessible through her book Break the Cycle and her practice.

Dr. Buqué was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and migrated at the age of 5 to the city of Newark, New Jersey, where she lived most of her life. She has always admired the world of journalism, because her father, who she was separated from for 10 years of her childhood due to U.S. immigration policies, was a journalist in the Dominican Republic. She even majored in journalism in her undergraduate studies at Rutgers University. After 5 years of working in media in New York City, she started volunteering back at her hometown of Newark and realized the depths of intergenerational trauma and health disparities reflected in her community. At the same time, she started a personal journey of healing with her family that led her to her grandmother's love of tea as healing medicine. This motivated her to go to graduate school and become a holistic-centered psychologist. She obtained her Masters in Psychology from Seton Hall University and her Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University, where she focused on healing practices that stemmed from a holistic framework.

Dr. Mariel Buqué (pronounced like a bouquet of flowers) is a first-generation Afro-Latina psychologist, a world-renowned intergenerational trauma expert, and the author of the bestselling book Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma. Her mission is to help reduce the recurrence of Intergenerational ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) within communities of color. Dr. Buqué earned her doctoral degree in counseling psychology at Columbia University, where she also trained as a 3-year fellow in holistic mental health within Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), a grant-based initiative that was backed by the United States Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). There, she offered culturally-responsive mental health services across multiple specialty clinics, including Columbia Medical’s OB/GYN and Primary Care clinics. Upon seeing the huge gap in trauma-informed care and trauma-corrective institutional action that specifically addresses the needs of underserved communities, Dr. Buqué sought out to develop a holistic system of care, with equity and prevention at the center. This is the method she teaches within her consultation practice, Break the Cycle of Trauma (BTC). Dr. Buqué is widely sought out for her clinical expertise and trauma approach.

Her work can be found on www.drmarielbuque.com.

Dr. Mariel Buqué is an Afro-Latina psychologist and CEO of Break the Cycle of Trauma, where her mission is to help reduce the recurrence of Intergenerational ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences). She earned her doctoral degree in psychology at Columbia University, where she also trained as a holistic mental health fellow within Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC). Within this role, she helped to build an integrated system of care in specialty clinics across Columbia Medical, with a focus on helping Black and Latine community members overcome trauma and build better health; a mission she continues to carry into her consultation with health organizations and Fortune 500 companies. She is originally from the Dominican Republic and currently lives in New Jersey.

Her work can be found on www.drmarielbuque.com.