- Years in practice
- 23
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Mary
Mary Smith, LMSW, helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by parenting, stress, anxiety, depression, or life transitions. She offers steady, practical support and listens without judgment. Many clients seek her help for sleep problems, relationship strain, addictions, or grief.
Her work also covers concerns such as ADHD, anger, and intimacy-related issues. Mary brings 23 years of clinical experience in Michigan to each session. She centers conversations on what matters to the person in front of her and adapts her style to fit individual needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clearer communication, better coping skills, and small changes that add up over time. Her approach draws on client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral ideas, and mindfulness practices. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and build awareness of how feelings affect choices.
She also uses motivational interviewing to support change and psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat over a lifetime. Mary works with a wide range of issues beyond parenting, including bipolar mood patterns, trauma and abuse, chronic health challenges, caregiver stress, and career concerns. She pays attention to how past experiences shape current difficulties while keeping goals focused on the present.
People who want straightforward, compassionate help with practical steps often find her approach useful. Her style is conversational and goal-oriented, while still making room to process strong emotion. She encourages parents to try manageable strategies that fit daily life.
What Mary works with
Everything Mary lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Mary helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mary lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online parenting and life work
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and responding with empathy. It helps people feel heard and encourages them to set their own goals for change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it is often useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and behavior changes.Finding the right approach often takes collaboration. Mary will listen to your concerns, try out techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Together you set short-term goals and check progress so the work stays practical and relevant to daily life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to work that can fit a busy parenting schedule. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer, focused session is needed. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or quick coping strategies between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, caregiving, and other demands.
Questions people ask about Mary
What concerns does Mary commonly help with?
She helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, sleep problems, addictions, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is client-centered and conversational. Sessions mix practical problem solving with emotional understanding to help people try new behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
Mary has 23 years of experience supporting people through mood concerns, life transitions, workplace stress, and family-related worries.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is licensed as a LMSW in Michigan and practices with that credential in the state.
Which languages are sessions offered in and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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