About Mary
Mary Brooks is a licensed clinical social worker with five years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship conflict, and family concerns. Mary also focuses on body image, guilt and shame, panic attacks, self-love, life purpose, and challenges common to young adults.
Her background includes social work across settings and age groups. That breadth shaped how she notices patterns and strengths in day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Mary uses straightforward conversation to identify what feels stuck and what small changes might help. Sessions tend to be practical and collaborative. She listens first, then helps people set clear, doable goals.
Work often includes coping skills for panic and anxiety, and steps to rebuild self-worth and clearer boundaries in relationships. Mary values pacing that fits each person. She balances problem-solving with chances to reflect on meaning and purpose.
Her style is warm and down-to-earth, and she aims to make therapy feel manageable for a busy life. Outside work she reads with a book club, enjoys thrift shopping, and spends time laughing with her son. Those simple pleasures inform her belief in everyday resilience and small changes that add up.
Practical approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Mary works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and real-life changes. One common approach she uses is skills-based work for anxiety and panic - this teaches breathing, grounding, and stepwise exposure to reduce panic attacks and worry. Another approach emphasizes building self-worth and addressing body image and shame through guided reflection and behavioral steps that help people make small, meaningful changes in how they treat themselves.Finding the right method is part of the process. Mary collaborates with each person to choose which techniques to try based on their goals, what has or hasn't worked before, and their comfort level. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan so the work stays useful and realistic.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection helps. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a less visual check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging offer brief check-ins, quick skill reminders, or ongoing support between sessions. These options provide flexibility so people can work on anxiety, relationships, and self-esteem in ways that fit their daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English