About Mary
Mary Lindsey Higgins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on person-centered care. She speaks plainly and meets people where they are. She encourages anyone who is curious about therapy to see that curiosity as a brave step toward change.
She has worked in mental health since 2009 and has been a therapist since 2015. She earned a Master’s in Social Work from Western Kentucky University and holds Kentucky LCSW 253593.
Background and approach
That background informs practical work in sessions rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. Mary Lindsey uses a client-centered foundation and draws on cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches, motivational interviewing, and narrative therapy. She adapts techniques to how each person processes and learns, so sessions match individual needs.
This helps keep therapy relevant and straightforward. Her areas of focus include stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, grief, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also supports people dealing with parenting challenges, blended family issues, body image, codependency, guilt and shame, mood disorders, and recovery from substance use.
In sessions she aims for an honest, empathetic tone. She uses teaching, practical strategies, and questions that invite new ways of thinking. If someone is unsure of their goals, she helps clarify what change might look like and how to take the next steps.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy puts the person’s experience first. The therapist follows each person’s lead and adapts the pace and techniques to how they think and feel, which helps when sorting out goals or next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and mood-related concerns. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and ease stress symptoms.Deciding which approach fits best is a team effort. The therapist will discuss options, try different methods, and adjust based on what works. That collaborative process aims to match tools to the person’s goals and daily life, not force a particular model.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a more traditional face-to-face feel, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging provide flexible, on-the-go contact and can make it easier to schedule brief conversations between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or other commitments while keeping the therapeutic focus.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English