About Mary
Mary Clifford is an Arizona licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She talks plainly and offers steady support as clients take steps toward change. Mary emphasizes each person’s strengths and helps them build on what already works.
Mary uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral approaches to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. She also draws on mindfulness practices to help people stay grounded and calm in stressful moments.
How Mary works
Motivational interviewing is part of her style when someone needs help finding the internal reasons to make a difficult change. In sessions Mary keeps direction clear and goals realistic. She helps people break big problems into small steps they can try between meetings.
Conversations include problem-solving, skill practice, and reviewing what worked and what didn’t. Her background includes work with people facing addiction, bipolar disorder, and sleep difficulties, as well as concerns around grief, anger, and self-esteem. She also has experience with first responder issues, gender dysphoria, hospice and end-of-life counseling, intellectual disability, OCD symptoms, paranoia, and personality disorder challenges.
Mary has eight years of professional experience and holds an LPC credential, indicating a licensed professional counselor in Arizona. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. To begin, a short questionnaire and scheduling step match people to her practice and style.
Mary lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arizona |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches and online options for everyday problems
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and focuses on choosing actions that match personal values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy targets unhelpful thinking and behaviors by teaching skills to test beliefs and build new habits, which often helps with stress, mood, and sleep problems.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Mary works with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. Together they set clear steps to try and adjust the plan based on what works in real life.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper connection is wanted. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or text messaging is useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, and when written reflection feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or busy days.
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