Mary Lee Palmer, LCSW, CSW

Mary Lee Palmer is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Georgia. She brings 41 years of experience supporting people through relationship strains, mood changes, anxiety, grief, and sexual intimacy concerns. Her style is warm, interactive, and often playful, and she treats people with respect and sensitivity.

She draws on several therapeutic approaches to tailor care to each person. Mary Lee uses client-centered methods to follow what matters most to the client. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and mindfulness to help with stress and anxiety.

Her background includes work in psychiatric hospitals and private practice. She led parent groups, adolescent daily groups, and family therapy while on a child and adolescent unit at Peachford Hospital in Atlanta. She also served as Director of Child and Adolescent Services at Brawner Hospital in Atlanta, and has experience with people from about age 4 through 96.

Over decades she has helped people recover from physical trauma, emotional abuse, chronic conditions, and serious mood disorders such as bipolar disorder. She has particular experience with infidelity and sex-related issues within relationships. She also supports people facing caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency, and challenges tied to aging and geriatric issues.

Mary Lee works collaboratively to build a treatment plan based on each person’s needs. She emphasizes courage, practical steps, and ongoing support while people make life changes. To begin, prospective clients complete the platform matching process and then schedule sessions according to availability.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. The therapist creates space for people to say what they need and helps them set goals based on those priorities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and actions interact. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to reduce worry, change unhelpful habits, and improve mood.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and name core emotions in relationships. It is useful for repairing connection and working through attachment or bonding concerns.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and needs. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as progress is made.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days and help maintain momentum between appointments. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm current options before booking. Many people find that remote work saves travel time, makes scheduling breaks or check-ins simpler, and allows focused work on thought patterns, grief, relationship issues, and coping skills without changing daily routines.