- Years in practice
- 30
- Credentials
- LMHC, LPC
- Licensed in
- Florida, Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Grief
About Mary
Mary Boyle is a licensed mental health counselor and licensed professional counselor with thirty years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship strain, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Her style is direct and caring, and she focuses on practical ways to improve daily life.
Mary listens first. She asks about current symptoms and the strategies a person has tried. She also asks about living situation and family of origin to better understand background and patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to name the problem, identify what’s working, and try realistic changes. Her work draws on client-centered listening and cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses psychodynamic and existential ideas to look at long-term patterns and meaning.
Techniques are chosen to fit the issue at hand rather than follow a rigid plan. Mary has worked in community mental health and independent practice. That experience includes supporting people with long-term serious mental illness as well as those facing life transitions and relationship conflict.
She has previously done couple work, though that is not part of her current practice. People often come to her for help with codependency, life adjustments, career stress, and body image concerns. She describes her approach as compassionate and practical, and looks to collaborate with each person on realistic steps they can use between sessions.
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
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Mary lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Psychodynamic 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.
Approaches to change and meaning in online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience without judgment. It helps people feel heard and discover their own solutions to problems like low self-esteem, parenting stress, and relationship strain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers practical tools for managing anxiety, depression, and unhealthy behavior patterns by testing and changing unhelpful thinking and building new habits.
Psychodynamic ideas are used to notice recurring life patterns and how past relationships influence current choices. This can be useful for people wanting to understand long-standing issues such as attachment difficulties or repeating relationship problems.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will try methods that fit the client’s needs and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by phone or video, and there are options for live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging supports quick check-ins or ongoing coaching. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, and busy routines.
Questions people ask about Mary
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship problems, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, trauma, and related issues such as caregiver stress and chronic illness.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
The approach is caring and straightforward. She listens closely, asks about symptoms and life context, and then works with clients on realistic, concrete changes.
What background and experience does she have?
She has thirty years of experience in community mental health and independent practice, including work with serious and persistent mental illness and a range of mood and interpersonal issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LMHC and LPC credentials and practices from Florida.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
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?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on therapist availability.
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