About Mary
Dr. Mary Ann Meli is a Florida licensed psychologist with 35 years of professional experience. She focuses on practical help for everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.
Her work also covers grief, addictions, sleep troubles, ADHD, and relationship and family concerns. She approaches sessions with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Conversations are tailored to the person in front of her rather than a one-size-fits-all script.
That means plans and goals are adjusted to fit the client's situation and strengths.
How Mary works
Dr. Meli uses straightforward techniques to help people manage emotions and change unhelpful patterns. She blends talking, problem solving, and exercises that can be practiced between sessions.
Mindfulness strategies are included when they suit a person's needs. Clients often come for help with life transitions, caregiving stress, chronic illness, or worries that get in the way of daily life. Dr.
Meli also supports people facing issues such as abandonment concerns, aging questions, cancer-related stress, and end-of-life matters. Her style is collaborative and calm. She aims to empower people to make steady progress at a pace that feels doable.
For someone ready to take a first step, she helps turn concerns into clear, manageable goals.
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What Mary works with
The areas below are the ones Mary selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
Training and background
| Register | FL Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to the person's own goals and values. The therapist provides a supportive space and follows the client's lead to build understanding and motivation.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It uses problem-solving and small experiments to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and obsessive patterns.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness practices that help with stress, sleep problems, and emotion management. These tools are brief and can be used between sessions to steady mood and attention.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the client's preferences, and adjust plans based on what helps most. This is a collaborative process where the client's needs guide decisions.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make scheduling more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when lower bandwidth is needed, and messaging can be useful for brief check-ins or ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum between sessions.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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