About Mary
Mary Skinner is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Florida who helps people facing anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, relationship and family problems, and stress. She also supports people dealing with parenting strain, career concerns, anger, intimacy issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her style aims to be warm and practical so clients can try new ways of coping and feel heard.
She uses a collaborative approach. Sessions focus on real-life steps and discoveries rather than labels.
Background and approach
Mary favors clear, doable strategies alongside listening and reflection. Humor and straightforward conversation may be part of the process. Her work draws on cognitive-behavioral ideas and client-centered methods.
She also brings perspectives from Jungian and existential thinking when they fit a person’s goals. That mix lets her tailor sessions to practical change or deeper self-reflection as needed. Mary has about ten years of experience helping adults navigate grief, trauma, addiction recovery, and questions about identity and sexuality.
She aims to challenge stigma and support people working toward better day-to-day functioning and meaning. Sessions tend to look at what’s going wrong now and what can be tried differently next week. People can expect straightforward guidance, reflective listening, and collaborative planning for coping and growth.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and choose actions that reflect their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and making life changes when feelings feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches concrete skills to reduce symptoms like worry, low mood, and sleep trouble. Client-Centered Therapy centers conversations on the person’s experience, offering empathic listening and support to build confidence and insight.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mary treats the choice of methods as collaborative and will help figure out what fits each person’s goals and preferences. That might mean trying CBT techniques for immediate symptom relief, using ACT to clarify values, or using client-centered listening for deeper reflection.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video suits in-depth sessions that use body language and visual cues. Phone calls work when lower bandwidth or hands-free conversations are needed. Live chat and text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or times when writing feels easier than speaking. These options let people fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain continuity during life transitions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English