About Mary
Mary Lindsey Higgins uses a client-centered approach to tailor therapy to each person's needs. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and brings eight years of clinical experience. Mary Lindsey keeps sessions practical and grounded so people can start making small changes right away.
She earned her Master of Social Work from Western Kentucky University and has worked in mental health since 2009. Her background includes direct experience with stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and addiction concerns.
How Mary works
She also supports people coping with trauma, grief, self-esteem struggles, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. Her approach blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices. She sometimes uses motivational interviewing and narrative methods to help people clarify values and reframe unhelpful stories about themselves.
Interventions are chosen to match how each person expresses and learns, not a one-size-fits-all plan. Mary Lindsey focuses on real-life problems like parenting stress, compassion fatigue, career strain, blended family issues, and body image. She also addresses deeper patterns linked to family of origin, codependency, guilt and shame, and emptiness.
Sessions emphasize practical skills, insight, and steps people can take between meetings. Overall, she offers a calm, empathetic space where people can name their concerns and build forward momentum. If someone is unsure what they want from therapy, she helps them discover goals and workable next steps.
Mary lists 8 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.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kentucky |
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Online support options
How client-centered and CBT approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and adapting to how each person expresses themselves; online sessions follow the same idea by letting the conversation shape goals and pacing. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change thinking patterns and behaviors and is often used for anxiety, depression, and mood issues in short exercises during sessions.Mindfulness therapy offers techniques to notice thoughts and sensations without judgment, helping with stress, emotional regulation, and coping with cravings or intense feelings. Mary Lindsey will collaborate with each person to decide which approaches fit best, combining methods as needed and adjusting over time based on progress and preference.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging so people can choose what suits their day. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging lets someone reflect between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while still working toward clear, practical goals.
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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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