Mary Harbin, LICSW, LCSW

Mary Harbin is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping adults navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and major life transitions. She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials, indicating advanced clinical social work licensure and training, and brings a warm, active style to therapeutic work that emphasizes connection as a foundation for healing.

Her practice blends practical skill-building with trauma-informed methods. By combining cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) techniques with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), she helps clients reduce overwhelming symptoms, develop coping strategies, and process difficult memories. This integrative approach aims to clear mental clutter, address patterns that maintain distress, and promote meaningful change in daily functioning.

Mary meets people where they are, treating symptoms as experiences rather than identities. She works collaboratively to shift the focus from merely getting by to building a life that feels more hopeful and authentic. Areas of additional focus include communication challenges, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety.

Mary offers an initial consultation at no cost to discuss goals and fit. Interested individuals can reach out to learn more about starting therapy and how her evidence-based methods might support recovery and growth.

Evidence-Based Approaches for Online Recovery and Growth

Mary Harbin uses several well-researched methods to support clients remotely. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; it is helpful for anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching practical skills for managing mood and reactions. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness; it is useful for people who struggle with intense emotions or relationship conflicts. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) helps process distressing memories and reduce their emotional impact, often used for trauma-related symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mary collaborates with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques over time so the therapy fits the individual rather than forcing a single model. This collaborative stance helps clients feel engaged and empowered in their progress.

Online options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to access regular care around busy schedules and life demands. These formats provide flexibility for ongoing skill practice, timely check-ins, and consistent therapeutic support from licensed professionals, helping people integrate therapy into everyday life.