Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
How Mary works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Louisiana
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Mary
Mary Hartenstein is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Louisiana with five years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, addiction concerns, and life changes. Mary centers her work on practical steps people can use right away.
Mary believes clients are the experts on their own lives and brings a strengths-based attitude to sessions. She listens for what is already working and helps people build on those skills.
Background and approach
This approach aims to make progress feel doable and clear. Her style is direct and collaborative. Sessions usually involve setting small, achievable goals and checking what helps between meetings.
Mary uses conversation to identify patterns, try new strategies, and track real changes over time. She often helps people dealing with grief, relationship struggles, family-related stress, parenting worries, and issues with eating or body image. Additional areas she supports include abandonment and adoption-related concerns, caregiver stress, blended family challenges, and substance use issues.
Mary practices using Solution-Focused Therapy, which concentrates on what someone wants to change and the next steps toward that outcome. She works with each person to choose approaches that fit their life and goals.
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
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Mary lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Solution-Focused care for online therapy
Solution-Focused Therapy centers on what someone wants to change and the steps that will lead there. It looks for exceptions to problems and builds on existing strengths to create practical next steps that can be tested between sessions. This approach is useful for focused issues like managing anger, navigating life changes, and reducing stress. Mary uses a collaborative process to find the best approach for each person. She asks about goals, listens to what has worked before, and adapts techniques to fit day-to-day life. Finding the right style is part of the work together rather than a one-time decision. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and a more traditional session feel. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging support shorter check-ins, flexible scheduling, and ongoing reflection between appointments, which can help keep momentum toward goals.Questions people ask about Mary
What problems does Mary commonly help people with?
She helps people who struggle with stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, grief, relationship and family concerns, eating issues, and self‑esteem challenges.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is practical and collaborative, focusing on small steps and solutions people can use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Mary has five years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including life adjustments, trauma, addiction, and communication problems.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LA LCSW, and practices in Louisiana.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Mary?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.