About Mary
Mary "Jackie" Downie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life changes. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical next steps. Jackie draws on two decades of counseling experience to help clients find clearer ways forward.
She starts by looking at what has worked in a person’s past and brings those strengths into current challenges. Conversations focus on concrete ideas and small changes that can shift daily life.
Background and approach
Jackie pays attention to patterns from childhood and recent events that continue to cause trouble. Jackie has worked with people managing panic, mood disorders, attention differences, and the effects of sexual assault and other trauma. She also supports those navigating grief, relationship strain, addictions, and work-related stress.
Her approach adapts to each person’s situation rather than relying on one fixed method. In sessions she helps clients test new ways of thinking and behaving. That can mean practicing different responses, trying short exercises, or setting small goals between meetings.
Jackie emphasizes clear, usable tools to ease daily struggles and build confidence over time. Clients can expect straightforward conversation and collaborative planning. Jackie offers help for parenting stresses, attachment and family of origin issues, and recovery from domestic violence and other harms.
She works from Wyoming and brings 20 years of experience to each person’s journey.
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s perspective and building on their strengths to set meaningful goals. This approach helps when someone needs support sorting feelings and deciding what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical strategies to change them, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and panic. Trauma-Focused Therapy pays attention to how past hurts affect present life and uses steady, paced work to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that match your needs and preferences. Over time the plan can change based on what helps most, and you’ll decide together which tools to keep using.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and working through exercises together. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text are useful for shorter check-ins, quick coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy days.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Wyoming, Oregon
- Languages
- English