- Years in practice
- 16
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Mary
Mary Hamm is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 16 years of experience in Tennessee. She focuses on people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, burnout, or life changes. Mary offers a calm, affirming approach that centers each person's needs and goals.
She tailors sessions using practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. Those methods are used to help with mood, stress, and thought patterns that get in the way of daily life.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing and acceptance and commitment techniques are used when people want to clarify values and take steps toward change. Mary often works with parents managing parenting stress and postpartum challenges, as well as people coping with ADHD, compassion fatigue, or career strain. She helps clients break problems into manageable steps and practice skills between sessions.
Conversations focus on small, doable changes rather than vague promises of quick fixes. Her style is warm and collaborative. Sessions are shaped around the person in front of her, with straightforward strategies and space to process feelings.
The aim is to help someone feel more present, regain energy, and move toward what matters most to them. Mary uses a mix of talk therapy and simple practices for mood regulation. She supports people through grief, relationship problems, addiction concerns, eating and sleeping difficulties, and other life stressors.
The goal is clearer direction and practical coping skills that fit everyday 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
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mary lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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 Work Online
Mary draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered methods to help people change unhelpful thought patterns and build useful habits. CBT focuses on practical tools and homework to shift thinking and behavior, which can help with anxiety, depression, panic, and mood disorders. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and meeting each person where they are to create a trusting therapeutic relationship.She also uses acceptance and commitment therapy when values-based action is helpful. ACT encourages noticing hard thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then taking small steps toward what matters most in life. Together these approaches give a mix of skills work, emotional processing, and goal-focused action that can be adapted to each person's needs.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Mary will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and daily life to choose methods that fit. That collaborative process may include trying a few tools to see what helps and adjusting plans over time.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video sessions allow real-time conversation and skills practice, phone work can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat supports short check-ins or step-by-step coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, and other routines.
Questions people ask about Mary
What kinds of concerns does Mary address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, burnout, parenting strain, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, and several other mood and coping challenges.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is collaborative and person-centered, blending cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and acceptance-based work to create practical steps for change.
What is her background and experience?
Mary is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 16 years of professional experience offering clinical care in Tennessee.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a Tennessee LCSW license and practices with clients in Tennessee.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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