How Mary works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Tennessee
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Mary
Mary Hamm is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Tennessee. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed, anxious, burned out, or weighed down by depression. She also works with concerns like anger, parenting stress, and relationship strain.
Her style is warm and practical, aimed at small, manageable changes. Mary uses a mix of methods chosen to fit each person. Sessions often include tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness practices, and acceptance-based work to reduce avoidance and increase valued action.
Background and approach
She also draws on motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. People come to Mary for many issues, including stress, trauma, addictions, grief, ADHD, and career transitions. She helps clients notice unhelpful patterns, try new behaviors, and practice skills that improve mood and daily functioning.
Her work includes attention to sleep, eating concerns, and compassion fatigue for caregivers. With 16 years of clinical experience, Mary offers steady, experienced support without jargon. She aims to make sessions feel like a collaboration rather than a lecture.
Practical steps and simple skills are central to her approach. Mary invites people who feel stuck to explore what matters to them and to take small steps toward change. Her goal is to help people reconnect with meaning and move toward a livable, hopeful routine.
What Mary works with
Everything Mary lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Mary's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mary lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Mary commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to improve mood and reduce anxiety. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people clarify personal values and take committed steps, even when uncomfortable feelings remain.She works collaboratively to find the best fit between approach and goals. Early sessions explore what matters to the client, what has or hasn’t worked before, and which tools feel most useful. Together they adjust methods over time so therapy matches changing needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skill practice and feedback. Phone sessions can fit a work break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or people who prefer written communication.
Questions people ask about Mary
What concerns does Mary commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, trauma, grief, addictions, ADHD, and related life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is client-driven and practical, blending cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, and acceptance-based techniques to suit each person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
Mary has 16 years of clinical experience working with a range of mood, stress, and behavioral concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Tennessee.
What languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Mary?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.