About Mary
Mary Knight is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Texas. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, and life changes. Her style is calm and practical, aimed at small steps that make daily life more manageable.
She draws on 34 years of experience to tailor sessions to each person's needs. Mary listens closely to personal stories and helps clients set realistic goals.
Background and approach
Sessions often include learning simple skills to reduce intense emotions and improve day-to-day functioning. Her work often covers relationship strain, parenting pressures, caregiving stress, and the emotional impact of chronic illness. She also addresses issues like codependency, guilt, shame, and difficulties with attachment or abandonment.
These topics are discussed in straightforward language and with attention to what feels useful in the moment. Mary uses proven approaches such as cognitive behavioral methods, mindfulness, acceptance and commitment strategies, and client-centered techniques. She blends these methods to match a person's goals, whether that means handling anger, rebuilding self-esteem, or navigating end-of-life concerns for a loved one.
People who choose Mary can expect a collaborative process. She helps clients notice patterns, practice new responses, and build coping skills they can use between sessions. The focus is on practical change and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Mary uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. This approach is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress by breaking problems into manageable steps and practicing alternatives.She also draws from mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy to teach present-moment awareness and to clarify personal values. These methods help with emotional regulation, reducing reactivity, and making choices that align with what matters most.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mary will discuss different methods and collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and preferences. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to real-life needs rather than forcing a single method.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat can fit brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reminders and short reflections. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep consistent momentum over time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 34 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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