Mary Booth, LMHC

Mary Booth is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 29 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. She practices from New York and brings a calm, steady presence to sessions. Her style is warm, straightforward, and focused on practical progress.

Mary blends several approaches to meet each person's needs. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. She draws on Client-Centered methods to listen deeply and respond with respect. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness tools are added when clients need help managing strong emotions or staying present.

Sessions tend to focus on clear goals and small, doable steps. Conversations uncover what matters most and what gets in the way. Homework is common - short exercises to practice between meetings and build new habits.

She also supports people dealing with aging concerns, caregiving stress, codependency, workplace strain, isolation, and obsessive thoughts or behaviors. Substance use and recovery are included in her practice when they are part of a person’s struggles.

Mary approaches therapy as a collaborative process. She listens first, then helps craft a plan that fits a person’s routine and values. The aim is steady, practical change rather than quick fixes.

Using CBT, Client-Centered Work, and DBT Online

Mary often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test different actions. CBT breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related patterns.

She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which centers on listening, empathy, and responding to what each person says matters most. That approach helps people feel heard and clarify their own goals. For people struggling with intense emotions or impulsive behavior, elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy are added to teach concrete skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to a person’s concerns, goals, and preferences, and then suggest methods to try. Decisions are collaborative and can be adjusted as progress is made.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is good for conversation and visual cues, phone can be a quicker check-in with lower bandwidth needs, and messaging supports brief check-ins or ongoing written work between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work consistently over time.