About Mary
Mary Yost is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 29 years of experience. She focuses on helping people facing depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, and struggles with self-esteem. Her manner is direct and compassionate, aimed at clear steps forward rather than long theory talks.
Mary uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people manage difficult feelings and change unhelpful patterns. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thoughts and behaviors that get in the way of daily life.
How Mary works
Attachment-based ideas guide work on closeness and trust issues. Her practice also addresses a wide range of related issues. These include adoption and foster care matters, aging and geriatric concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, body image, codependency, and substance use.
She helps people sort through commitment and communication problems, and recover after separation or other major life changes. Sessions are framed around what the person needs right now. Mary blends client-centered listening with skills training from Dialectical Behavior Therapy when emotions become overwhelming.
She helps people set realistic goals, practice new responses, and track small gains over time. People who come to Mary often want straightforward guidance and steady support during transitions. She works to build practical tools and clearer relationships so daily life feels more manageable.
Her long experience in New Hampshire informs a calm, steady approach to recovery and growth.
Mary lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
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.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 29 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Hampshire |
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Online support options
Online therapy using proven approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most and take steps toward those values even when emotions feel heavy. It combines mindfulness skills with practical actions to reduce avoidance and increase engagement in life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches concrete techniques to challenge unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems in place, which can be useful for depression, anxiety, and addictions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Mary will listen to your goals and try methods that match your needs, adjusting over time based on what helps. This collaborative process makes it easier to learn new skills and notice real progress.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets you work face to face when you want a conversational format. Phone sessions can fit a lunch break or avoid using bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, written reflections, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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