Mary Verberne, LCSW
Compassionate, practical support for parenting and life challenges
Book with Mary- Years in practice
- 12
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Mary
Mary Verberne is a licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of experience based in Louisiana. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship or parenting concerns. Her work aims to make emotional struggles easier to talk about and more manageable day to day.
Mary uses a straightforward, respectful style in sessions. She listens first and tailors practical steps to each person's needs. She also brings faith-informed sensitivity when clients want that included in their care.
Background and approach
In therapy she draws on approaches like client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness. That means conversations about current problems are paired with simple skills for shifting thoughts, behaviors, and daily routines. The goal is usable tools rather than long lectures.
Mary often helps people cope with life changes, workplace stress, caregiver strain, addiction concerns, and sleep difficulties. She also supports those dealing with attachment or abandonment issues, body image worries, and compassion fatigue. Her range includes both immediate problems and longer-term growth work.
Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Mary works collaboratively to set goals and checks in regularly to adjust care. If you want clear steps and a respectful listener, she aims to meet you where you are.
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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- 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
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-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.
How Mary’s Approaches Shape Online Care
Mary uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques to guide online sessions. Client-centered therapy means the conversation follows the person’s priorities and the therapist reflects understanding and support. This approach helps people feel heard and clearer about what they want to change.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioral changes. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many daily life challenges because it gives concrete skills to practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mary will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She adapts techniques over time and checks in to see what is or isn’t helping so the plan stays relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills visually. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use a camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for short check-ins, coaching-style support, or quick skill reminders between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy life schedules and varied routines.
Questions people ask about Mary
What concerns does Mary commonly address?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and parenting challenges, addiction and trauma issues among others.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth, focusing on listening first and teaching simple skills clients can use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Mary has 12 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker and brings clinical experience working with a wide range of life and mental health concerns.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is licensed as an LCSW in Louisiana and practices with that state credential.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Mary offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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