About Mary
Mary Anne Cox is a licensed clinical social worker with forty years of practice in New York. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, grief, and major life changes. Her approach is direct and respectful, with an emphasis on listening and practical support.
She works with clients dealing with relationship strain, compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, and chronic illness or pain. Sessions address mood concerns, loneliness, and questions about life purpose or midlife shifts.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing end-of-life and hospice-related issues and those carrying guilt or shame. Her style is collaborative and tailored. Conversations and plans are adjusted to fit each person’s circumstances and goals.
She aims to be compassionate and nonjudgmental while offering clear options for coping and change. Mary Anne draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions and find what helps most for a given concern. She will talk through practical steps, coping skills, and ways to manage emotions between meetings.
The focus is on what works for the individual in daily life. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Her practice offers several remote session formats so people can choose what fits their schedule and needs.
Evidence-based approaches used in online care
Mary Anne uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide work with anxiety, grief, depression, and caregiving stress. One common focus is learning practical coping skills and emotion regulation techniques that help reduce day-to-day worry and stress. These are hands-on steps clients can try between sessions to manage reactions and feel more in control.She also emphasizes problem-focused strategies that break larger issues into manageable pieces. That approach helps with relationship strain, role overload, caregiving challenges, and life transitions by setting small goals and testing solutions. For grief and end-of-life concerns she supports processing loss while helping people find ways to honor needs and values.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss options and tailor techniques to a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. The therapist and client decide together what methods to try and revisit progress over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Messaging and live chat allow shorter, flexible touchpoints between appointments. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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