About Mary
Dr. Mary Ann Hensley uses a practical, person-focused approach to help people manage anxiety and stress. She combines clear strategies with steady support to help clients handle overwhelming feelings and regain control.
Dr. Hensley brings 23 years of counseling experience to her work in Florida and speaks English. She aims to give clients easy-to-use tools.
Sessions often include straightforward exercises and talk that help people notice patterns and try small changes.
Background and approach
The work is collaborative - clients and therapist set goals together and pick methods that fit daily life. Her background includes work with trauma, depression, grief, anger, relationship strain, parenting concerns, ADHD, and issues affecting LGBT people. She also has experience addressing multicultural concerns, immigration-related stress, and recovery after disasters.
This range informs an adaptable approach rather than a single method. Dr. Hensley draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral ideas, and trauma-focused techniques.
Those approaches are used to help with panic, post-traumatic stress, self-harm thoughts, and struggles with self-esteem and self-love. Sessions tend to be practical and down-to-earth. Her goal is to help people develop skills that fit their life.
She focuses on clear steps that can be practiced between sessions. If you want a steady, experienced counselor to work with on anxiety or related concerns, she offers structured support and a calm, respectful presence.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then identify values-driven actions to move forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on recognizing unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and panic symptoms. Trauma-Focused Therapy provides steps to process traumatic memories and build coping skills for post-traumatic stress and related symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. Treatment plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most, so clients stay involved in choosing next steps.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations, phone sessions can be lower bandwidth and easier when movement is needed, chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging helps with quick reflections between sessions. These options give flexibility for different schedules and communication styles while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Georgia, Florida
- Languages
- English
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