Mary Booth, LMHC

Mary Booth is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York with nearly three decades of clinical experience. She began helping people early in life and carried that calling into a counseling career. Mary brings steady compassion and practical focus to conversations about stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, self-esteem, and depression.

Mary draws on many proven methods rather than one fixed style. She uses client-centered work to follow what each person brings to the session. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also uses dialectical behavior skills and motivational techniques when they fit the situation.

Her background includes long experience supporting people facing loneliness, workplace stress, codependency, obsessive-compulsive concerns, and struggles with life purpose. Mary also pays attention to aging and geriatric issues and caregiver stress when those topics come up in sessions. She blends practical tools and careful listening so people can try manageable changes between appointments.

People who prefer clear, straightforward guidance and a warm, patient listener often find her style comfortable. Sessions focus on measurable steps and personal goals rather than abstract theory. Mary invites clients to name what matters most and then helps them test small, concrete changes.

To begin, prospective clients use the site matching process and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability. Mary offers counseling in English and works from her New York licensure and experience to support each person's process.

How Mary’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what each person brings. Online sessions using this approach let the therapist reflect back what matters most and shape the work around the client's priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches simple, practical steps to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and actions; it works well for anxiety, depression, and stress by giving clear skills and homework to try between meetings. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers specific coping skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships, and can be used in shorter skill-building segments or longer problem-focused work.

Finding the right combination of methods is part of the process. Mary will work collaboratively to see which approaches fit the client's goals and daily life, and she adjusts plans based on what helps most in practice.

Details about online session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find remote sessions helpful because they can fit appointments into a workday, reduce travel time, or use a shorter check-in when schedules are tight. Whether sessions become skill-focused CBT work, DBT skill practice, or client-centered conversations, the emphasis is on usable strategies that can be tried between meetings and reviewed together.