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Its Therapy, Entertainment

A drug addiction counselor uses storytelling on the job and just for fun.

Mary Marguerite Dessein is a storyteller — and a therapist.

She uses storytelling as a therapeutic tool in addiction treatment. Group therapy is based on sharing life stories.

Dessein may have clients who are losing custody of a child or experiencing other losses, and "story bridges the gap," she said.
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Storytelling Comes to Snohomish

The perfect combination of sipping tea while listening to a storyteller came together with a chance encounter at a tea shop in Snohomish.

Mary Dessein has been performing for more than 10 years around the county and in Seattle. She fell in love with the power of storytelling when she went to a storytelling conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Mary Dessein
marystories@hotmail.com
2610 Wetmore Ave
Everett, Washington 98201
425-879-4650