About Mary
Mary Hartenstein is a licensed clinical social worker with five years of professional experience in Louisiana. She focuses on practical, goal-minded support for people coping with stress and anxiety. Mary emphasizes strengths and straightforward steps that fit day-to-day life.
Mary believes each person knows their story best and brings strengths to the therapy room. She helps clients identify what is working and build on small changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and aimed at moving toward clearer, manageable goals. Her work often centers on concerns such as addiction, relationship and communication problems, and major life adjustments. She also addresses grief, eating and body image concerns, anger, self-esteem, and caregiver stress.
Mary pays attention to family of origin issues, blended family dynamics, and adoption or foster care backgrounds when they shape a person’s current struggles. Mary uses Solution-Focused Therapy to keep conversations forward-looking and concrete. That approach highlights clients' existing resources and next steps rather than dwelling on problems alone.
People who prefer a direct, collaborative style tend to find this approach useful. Sessions aim to be practical and respectful of how busy life can be. Mary helps people make changes they can maintain, one step at a time.
She supports clients through transitions with clear options and realistic action plans.
Solution-Focused care and online access
Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on what a person wants to achieve next and the small steps that move them there. It’s a short-term, practical way to work on issues like anxiety, stress, relationship and communication problems, and coping with life changes.Mary centers sessions on client strengths and clear goals. She collaborates with each person to choose approaches that fit their needs and preferences rather than imposing a single method. Together they decide what to try and how to measure progress so the work feels relevant and useful.
Online sessions come in several formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for deep conversations and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat suit quick check-ins or brief support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping the same therapeutic focus.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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