Mary Griffith, LPC

Mary Griffith is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She offers calm, practical support and focuses on what each person needs right now. Mary writes plainly and listens carefully to understand the problem behind the pain.

Her practice emphasizes clear goals and simple tools. She uses methods like cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered work also appear in sessions when they fit the person's goals.

Mary pays attention to relationship patterns, grief, trauma, and intimacy-related concerns. She also addresses issues such as sleep disruption, parenting strain, addiction, career stress, and compassion fatigue. She is attentive to diverse identities and life stories, including LGBT clients and those with caregiving or chronic illness roles.

Sessions are conversational and focused on problem-solving. Mary helps people build coping skills, manage strong emotions, and make steady changes they can keep. Progress often begins with small, practical steps that reduce daily distress.

Her counseling style is warm and direct. She encourages collaboration and keeps work straightforward so people can apply what they learn between sessions. Mary practices from Mississippi and works with English-speaking clients, including people living outside the United States.

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Mary frequently draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thought patterns and test new behaviors. CBT is practical and action-focused, and it can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress by breaking big problems into manageable steps.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and accept difficult feelings while taking steps that matter to them. ACT can be useful for chronic worries, grief, and life transitions when someone wants to live a more meaningful life despite discomfort.

Finding the right method is a collaborative process. Mary will discuss goals and preferences in early sessions and adapt techniques to fit each person's situation. She emphasizes working together to select strategies that feel useful and realistic for daily life.

Online sessions offer flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. Video calls allow real-time conversation and nonverbal connection, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent during work, travel, or caregiving demands.