Dr. Mary Fields, CO Psychologist, NC Psychologist
Supportive psychologist for parenting challenges
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 3
- Credentials
- CO Psychologist, NC Psychologist
- Licensed in
- Virginia, North Carolina, Indiana, Colorado
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Mary
Dr. Mary Fields helps parents who feel overwhelmed, burned out, or unsure how to manage daily stressors. She writes short, practical plans with each person and focuses on clear steps parents can try at home.
Her approach is warm and straightforward so people can use what they learn right away. She is a psychologist licensed in Colorado (CO Psychologist PSY.0006894) and North Carolina (NC Psychologist 5755) and practices from Indiana.
Background and approach
She has three years of clinical experience and has worked with many concerns that commonly affect caregivers, such as parenting stress, anxiety, depression, sleep and eating difficulties, and coping with life changes. In sessions she mixes goal-focused work with reflective conversation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used to spot unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Mindfulness techniques are offered to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment focus. Dr. Fields also draws on existential and Jungian ideas to help people find meaning and understand personal patterns that repeat across relationships.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone needs a bit more support to make real-life changes. She frames therapy as a collaboration. Early meetings focus on short-term goals and practical strategies, then shift to deeper themes as needed.
Outside sessions she encourages small experiments parents can try between meetings to test what helps. Her style is down-to-earth and compassionate. She aims to make sessions useful and manageable for people juggling work and family demands.
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
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- 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
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- 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
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mary lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic 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.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Dr. Fields uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT is practical and action-oriented, which works well when parents need concrete steps to manage stress, anxiety, or sleep problems.She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices. These techniques help reduce reactivity and make it easier to respond calmly during difficult parenting moments. Existential ideas may be woven in to talk about values and meaning when someone wants to reorient priorities.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, suggest methods that fit, and adjust the plan as you try things out. Sessions focus first on immediate, manageable goals and then move to deeper work when it makes sense.
Online formats make therapy more flexible for busy caregivers. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and demonstrations of techniques. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into short breaks. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, journaling support, or planning small experiments between sessions. These options help people build new habits without rearranging their whole schedule.
Questions people ask about Mary
What kinds of parenting concerns are addressed?
Issues include parenting stress, managing anger, sleep and eating disruptions, and balancing career and caregiving demands. The therapist also helps with related worries like anxiety, depression, and grief.
How is therapy typically approached?
Sessions combine practical techniques and reflective work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness tools are used alongside conversations about meaning and personal patterns.
What is Dr. Mary Fields' background?
She has three years of clinical experience and has supported people facing trauma, ADHD, relationship and parenting stress, and life transitions.
Where is the therapist licensed and based?
She is a psychologist licensed in Colorado as CO Psychologist PSY.0006894 and in North Carolina as NC Psychologist 5755, and practices from Indiana.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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