Ms. Blair D. Manning-Garrido, MSW, LICSW

(She/Her)
Preferred Name: Blair

EMDRIA Certified Therapist™

EMDRIA Approved Consultant-in-Training™

Online Therapy

About Me

I am a Senior Social Worker at Brigham Mass General and work as an EMDR Certified therapist where I have been full-time since 2013. I also started a telehealth private practice 1/2024 for EMDR and DBT skills-based therapy for complex trauma and depressive disorders, medical conditions, neurological disorders. I have a spiritual lens and am a certified Spanish language practitioner with a bicultural therapy practice.
You can contact me at HelloAlma.com I am credentialed through HelloAlma.com with Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Optum and also accept private pay clients for $200 a session.
I became certified in EMDR in December of 2022 after 4 years of EMDR intensive practice at BPS.
I EMDR 1.0 and 2.0 with a compassionate, emotionally attuned, client-centered lens. The sessions are structured, trauma healing focused and goal-oriented with expert emotional support and gentle guidance which brings deep healing. You will experience immediate behavioral changes and a sense of calm and stillness, real positive energy and renewal.
I have expertise in single and complex PTSD, traumatic grief and loss, PNES, medical trauma and illness, anxiety and depressive disorders, narcissistic abuse and chronic pain.
Please reach out and schedule an evaluation through Hello Alma or email me at blairmswlicsw@icloud.com. I can map out a specific treatment plan that will yield immediate relief and excellent short and long-term results with a brief therapy model.
My EMDR practice is comprehensive and addresses the root of the traumas, offers present solutions and bring positive transformative core beliefs to adverse life experiences.
In between EMDR sessions, I maintain my positive energy flow with the practice of hot yoga and Pilates and attend a yearly yoga retreat in Mexico. I also play tennis regularly and meditate spiritually in my garden to clear my energy and stay grounded and focused so that I can provide healing energy in sessions.

Education & Experience

Boston University School of Social Work 5/1994
Cambridge Hospital Program for Psychotherapy 1994-1997 after internship on Latino team 1994
HRI Certification Trauma Therapy 1996
BU Alcohol and Drug Certificate Program 1997-98
DBT level 3 Training 50 hours/Supervision 20+ hours-2016-2017 at Mass Mental
CBT- Beck online training 2017
EMDR Training 12/2018-22 Supervision with EMDRIA consultant: individual 11 hours and 20 hours group
Additional trainings:
David Kessler, The Sixth Stage of Grief, Finding Meaning, online course/certificate. 2022
Peter Levine MD, PHD- Bibliotherapy, Healing Trauma- 2021
Jon Kabat-Zinn- Bibliotherapy, Full Catastrophy Living, Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief 2018
Intro to Brainspotting tools, David Grand, PHD 2022
Intro Relational EMDR, Deany Laliotis, LICSW-2022

Professional & Volunteer Affiliations


EMDRIA member
NASW member
Mass Audobon Sanctuary member
Compassionate Friends member
Helping Parents Heal member
Cape Ann Wildlife contributor


Specialty Area

  • ADD/ADHD/Disruptive Behavior Disorders
  • Abuse/Neglect
  • Addictions
  • Adoption
  • Alcohol/Substance Abuse
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety/Panic Attacks
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Birth Trauma/Pregnancy Loss
  • Brain Injury
  • Chronic Illness/Medical Issues
  • Chronic Pain
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Domestic Violence
  • Eating Disorders
  • Family Issues
  • Gender Identity
  • Grief/Loss/Mourning
  • Headaches/Migraines
  • Marriage/Relationship Issues
  • Mood Disorders
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
  • Personality Disorders
  • Phobias
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Dysfunction
  • Somatic Issues
  • Spirituality
  • Stress Management
  • Survivor's Guilt
  • Traumatic Incident

Population Served

  • Adults
  • First Responders
  • Group
  • Immigrants
  • LGBTQ+
  • Seniors

Language

  • English
  • Spanish

Insurance

  • Aetna
  • BlueCross BlueShield
  • Cigna
  • UnitedHealth