Dr. Mary Fawcett, LPC

Dr. Mary Fawcett is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Minnesota with 25 years of experience in counseling and counselor education. She brings a calm, respectful presence to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her background includes long work in training and supervising other counselors as well as direct client care.

She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship difficulties, and struggles around self-esteem. She also supports those facing addiction, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, and career or life transitions. Additional areas of focus include aging and geriatric issues, chronic illness or pain, codependency, and multicultural concerns.

Dr. Fawcett uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered methods, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques. Sessions emphasize clear goals, small experiments between meetings, and short-term plans that can be adjusted over time. Conversations are practical, warm, and interactive rather than full of jargon.

Her style is nonjudgmental and compassionate. She avoids stigmatizing labels and works to tailor each plan to a person’s needs and values. People can expect to be listened to and to leave sessions with concrete ideas to try.

Seeking help is a brave step and Mary aims to make it manageable. She supports clients as they take the first steps toward change and toward a more balanced life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Dr. Fawcett commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy when working with online clients. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors through short experiments, which can be easy to plan between video or phone sessions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and building a collaborative relationship so people feel heard and respected during chats or messaging.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adjust techniques over time. That collaborative process helps shape whether sessions emphasize skill-building, reflective conversation, or quick problem-solving.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which add flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skills practice, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and everyday life.