Mary Clisbee, LMHC

Mary Clisbee is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 20 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, burnout, and major life changes. She works with adults and teens who are feeling overwhelmed by work pressure, caregiving demands, illness, or transitions. Her style is warm and practical, aimed at helping people find clearer footing when life feels uncertain.

She offers a collaborative space where clients can talk through patterns that increase distress. Sessions focus on building resilience, developing coping skills, and creating simple strategies that fit day-to-day life. Mary emphasizes practical tools that people can try between meetings, so progress continues outside sessions.

Mary brings decades of international experience in insecure and volatile areas. That background informs her work with trauma, chronic stress, and the effects of instability. She also supports people navigating specific concerns such as chronic pain and illness, cancer, aging and geriatric issues, immigration challenges, and post-traumatic stress.

Her practice also attends to identity and life-stage issues like self-esteem, emptiness, life purpose, midlife shifts, and women’s issues. She is mindful of multicultural concerns and the particular strains faced by caregivers and healthcare workers experiencing compassion fatigue.

Mary practices in Massachusetts and conducts sessions in English. She holds an MA and the LMHC credential. If you are ready to begin, follow the Start Therapy steps to complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online support

Mary uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common method helps people identify and shift unhelpful patterns in thinking and behavior so anxiety and low mood become easier to manage. This approach teaches concrete skills for day-to-day life, such as breaking tasks into smaller steps and testing new ways of coping.

Another approach she draws on helps process trauma and chronic stress by creating gradual exposure to distressing memories and stressors while strengthening coping tools. This method aims to reduce the grip of past events on daily functioning and improve resilience over time.

Finding the right method is part of the work together. Mary will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that fit their goals, preferences, and life situation. She adjusts pace and focus as progress unfolds so the plan feels doable and relevant.

If you are considering online therapy, check the session format options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make follow-up tasks simpler to carry out between sessions. Ask about available formats when you schedule to find the best match for your routine.