- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Mary
Mary Griffith is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 15 years of clinical experience. She draws on a pragmatic, person-centered style to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and difficult life changes. Her approach is steady and straightforward, aimed at helping parents and individuals find workable strategies for everyday challenges.
Mary focuses on clear, practical steps rather than jargon. She listens for what matters most and helps people set realistic goals.
Background and approach
Sessions often include skills practice, emotional check-ins, and planning for change in small, achievable ways. Her background includes long-term work with mood concerns, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, trauma, and addictions. She also supports people navigating parenting concerns, career transitions, ADHD, and caregiving stress.
This scope reflects a broad clinical experience rather than a single specialty. Mary uses several evidence-based methods to tailor care to each person. She blends acceptance and commitment ideas with cognitive tools and person-centered listening.
If emotional intensity or self-regulation is part of the problem, she draws on techniques to build coping skills and tolerate strong feelings. People who connect best with her tend to want practical tools plus a respectful, nonjudgmental space to talk. She works collaboratively to identify priorities and to try steps that fit daily life.
To begin, she asks a few questions about goals and offers options for how to meet them.
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
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- 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
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- 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
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mary lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative 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.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on helping people accept difficult emotions while committing to actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions where people want clearer direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep or anger concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review your goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. Clients and the therapist make those choices together and adjust as needed based on progress and comfort.
Online sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and practicing new skills. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not convenient. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or use short, focused exchanges when a longer appointment is not possible. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep consistent momentum.
Questions people ask about Mary
What concerns does Mary commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, grief, trauma, addictions, ADHD, and related life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-centered and practical. Sessions combine listening with skill-building and goal-focused steps.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working with a wide range of mood, relationship, and life transition concerns.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds an MS and is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing from Mississippi.
Can someone who lives outside the United States work with her?
International clients are accepted and she offers sessions in English.
Which session formats are offered?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in starting therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a time based on the therapist's availability.
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