Mary Ann Godefroy, LPCC, LPC

Mary Ann Godefroy is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in California. She focuses on helping adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, and big life changes. Her approach aims to make day-to-day life more manageable and relationships easier to navigate.

She listens first and then works with each person to set clear, realistic goals. Mary Ann uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered and attachment-based ideas to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new ways of thinking and relating. Sessions are practical and task-focused while still allowing space for emotions.

Over 14 years she has supported people through substance concerns, career strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. She also helps with relationship problems, communication issues, separation and blended family challenges, and self-esteem or body-image worries. Her experience includes support for mood disorders such as bipolar conditions as well as grief work.

Therapy often includes skill work - learning coping tools, emotion regulation strategies, and ways to rebuild trust in relationships. Motivational interviewing and mindfulness techniques appear in sessions to strengthen commitment and increase present-moment awareness. The goal is steady progress that fits each person's life.

Mary Ann welcomes sessions in English and sees people across regions, including international clients. She offers a warm, straightforward style that aims to make therapy understandable and useful from the first visit.

How evidence-based approaches translate online

Mary Ann often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy to guide online work. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and practice new behaviors, which suits issues like anxiety, depression, and addiction. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in relationships and helps people build more secure ways of relating to others and to themselves.

Finding the right fit is part of the process. She will work with each person to choose approaches that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That collaboration makes it easier to try techniques, reflect on results, and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and guided skill practice. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and messaging suit short updates, tracking progress, or people who prefer writing between sessions. These options help therapy fit into busy days and different schedules.