- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and trauma
- Life purpose focus
About Mary
Mary Harbin is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Mississippi with five years of experience as a therapist. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and big life changes. Mary also focuses on communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety or phobia.
Mary takes a practical, active approach in sessions. She speaks plainly about coping skills and small changes that make a day feel easier. Conversations move between skill practice and looking at past events that still cause pain. The goal in early sessions is to identify a few clear steps the client can try right away.
In the room she blends structured techniques with trauma-focused work. That means using problem-solving and emotion regulation exercises alongside methods to process difficult memories. Sessions tend to alternate between learning concrete tools and talking through what is keeping someone stuck.
Mary describes therapy as collaborative. She helps people sort priorities, weigh options, and rebuild routines after change. For someone unsure about direction or purpose, she supports practical decision-making rather than offering quick fixes.
Her background includes long experience in community support roles before practicing as a therapist. That history informs a no-nonsense style that centers daily functioning and realistic goals. To begin, potential clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches translate to online work
Mary integrates evidence-based techniques that focus on skills and processing. Cognitive-behavioral techniques help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice different responses; they are useful for anxiety, depression, and social fears. Trauma-focused processing methods address how difficult memories affect current mood and behavior, and they aim to reduce the hold of past events on day-to-day functioning.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Mary collaborates with each person to choose which techniques to try first, based on their goals, current needs, and comfort. She will adjust methods over time, checking in about what feels useful and what should change.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats. Confirm the available options before booking so you know whether sessions are by video, phone, or another method. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into work breaks, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a quick touchpoint helps. Mary aims to help people use therapy tools in everyday life, and remote sessions can support practicing those tools between appointments.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Mississippi, Alabama
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Mary works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. She also addresses communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation, self-love, social anxiety, and life purpose.
How does she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
She uses a practical, active approach that mixes skills practice with processing past events. Sessions focus on identifying small, concrete steps to test between meetings.
What is her clinical background?
Mary has five years of experience as a therapist and many years in community support roles prior to that. That background shapes a focus on daily functioning and realistic goals.
Which credentials and where does she practice?
She holds AL LICSW and MS LCSW credentials and sees clients in Mississippi. Those are the listed credential details.
Can I work with her if English is not my first language?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options with Mary before booking to know what is offered.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and services. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. That begins the intake and matching process.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.