- Years in practice
- 27
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Grief
About Mary
Mary Meehan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 27 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and parenting concerns. She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where a worried parent can talk through their immediate challenges and find practical steps forward.
Her approach focuses on understanding what is happening now and building small, usable strategies that fit daily life. Mary listens for patterns in thinking and behavior and then helps people try different ways of responding.
Background and approach
She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral work to challenge unhelpful thoughts and from client-centered work to keep the conversation focused on the person’s goals. She also draws on emotion-focused methods when relationships or strong feelings need attention. Sessions often include clear, doable tools for handling anxiety, anger, or difficult transitions.
She works with people on parenting strains, family-related stress, and coping with loss or health issues. Short-term goals and step-by-step plans are common parts of her work when someone needs relief quickly. Over nearly three decades she has guided people through career changes, chronic illness, attachment concerns, and trauma recovery.
Her background includes helping those facing adoption and foster care questions, caregiver stress, and complicated grief. Mary treats each person as an individual and adjusts methods to match their needs. Conversations with her tend to be straightforward and practical.
She helps people develop self-compassion, better communication, and stronger coping skills. Many clients leave sessions with a clear next action to try before the next visit.
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
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- 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
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- 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
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mary lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- 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 Mary’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own goals and perspective. In practice this means sessions start where the person is, with the therapist reflecting what matters most and helping set priorities. It is useful for people who want a supportive listener and a plan tailored to their values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on linking thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT sessions often include homework such as tracking thoughts or trying new behaviors between meetings, which helps reduce anxiety and improve mood over time. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes skills for regulating intense emotions and improving coping under stress, which can be especially helpful for anger, relationship strain, or mood instability.
Mary approaches choice of method as a team effort. She will talk with each person about what feels most helpful and try different techniques as needed. The goal is to find an approach that matches the person’s needs, goals, and preferences rather than sticking to one fixed method.
Online therapy offers flexibility that fits busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more nuance is needed. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat or text-based messaging supports quick check-ins, short coaching moments, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep consistency and fit therapy into a parent's schedule.
Questions people ask about Mary
What concerns does Mary help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting challenges, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, anger, career questions, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and practical. She listens closely, helps set short-term goals, and teaches concrete skills people can use between sessions.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 27 years of counseling experience working with a wide range of issues from attachment and adoption concerns to chronic illness and trauma recovery.
What credentials and location are listed?
Mary holds the LPC credential, listed as MO LPC, and she practices in Missouri.
In what languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to start working with her?
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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