About Mary
Mary Beth Ritchie is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and life transitions. She practices from Oklahoma and works with a wide range of concerns, including grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. She approaches sessions with a warm, nonjudgmental manner.
Conversations are honest and straightforward. She adapts methods to each person instead of using the same plan for everyone.
How Mary works
Mary Beth uses both live sessions and a lot of asynchronous messaging. Messaging lets both the client and the therapist reflect between exchanges. That can make it easier to process emotions and track progress over time.
Her style blends practical tools with acceptance-based and mindfulness ideas. She helps people build skills for coping, improve communication, and clarify life or career goals. She also supports those dealing with caregiver stress, body image struggles, blended family concerns, and complicated family histories.
Therapy sessions focus on clear goals and steady steps. Mary Beth emphasizes collaborative planning so clients know what to expect each week. She aims to help people feel more able to handle everyday problems and major life changes.
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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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oklahoma |
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Online support options
How her methods translate to online care
Mary Beth draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered work, and cognitive behavioral tools to support people online. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it is useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the person directs the pace and focus. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) provides concrete strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which can help with depression, sleep, and coping skills.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Mary Beth will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She adapts the mix of ACT, client-centered work, and CBT as progress unfolds and priorities shift.
Online care offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people have face-to-face conversation when that is helpful. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing, asynchronous exchanges that give both parties time to reflect between messages. Together these options provide flexibility for different schedules and communication styles.
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