About Mary
Mary Beth Ritchie is a licensed clinical social worker with two decades of experience. She has worked with many kinds of problems and brings a practical, straightforward style to sessions. She aims to help people reduce symptoms, improve relationships, and move toward the goals that matter to them.
She creates a nonjudgmental and warm space for honest conversation. Sessions are grounded and down-to-earth. Mary Beth adapts methods to each person instead of using a single formula.
Background and approach
Her work includes attention to stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues around self-esteem and intimacy. She also supports people facing parenting concerns, career decisions, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and struggles with eating or sleeping. Additional focuses include caregiver stress, blended family concerns, and body image.
Mary Beth uses a mix of therapy styles that fit the person and problem. She often relies on both live sessions and asynchronous messaging. Many clients appreciate having time between messages to think and respond, which can deepen reflection and clarify next steps.
She is licensed as an LCSW, holding Oklahoma and Texas credentials. Sessions are offered in English and she works with clients in Oklahoma and beyond. Mary Beth aims to collaborate with each person to find an approach that fits their life and goals.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Mary Beth often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck on them. ACT focuses on values and small, practical steps toward the life a person wants. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test new ways of responding to situations. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many everyday struggles.Finding the right approach is a team effort. She collaborates with each client to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying strategies together, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan based on real-life results.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for full conversations and teaching skills. Phone sessions can be easier when less bandwidth is available or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Messaging and live chat let people reflect before replying and keep momentum between live meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life and keep progress moving forward.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma, Texas
- Languages
- English