Mary Povolo, LMSW

Mary Povolo is a Michigan-licensed clinician with three years of professional experience who holds an LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker credential. She has worked with people facing addictions, relationship challenges, and parenting concerns, offering practical support aimed at helping them manage current struggles and build on their strengths.

Mary approaches each person as the expert of their own story and collaborates to identify existing resources and new strategies that can help move them toward their goals. Her style emphasizes recognizing strengths, developing coping skills, and addressing the obstacles that interfere with everyday functioning and relationships. Mary understands that beginning therapy often takes courage and she acknowledges and supports that first step toward change.

Clients can expect a respectful, steady partner in the work of healing and growth. Mary focuses on helping people navigate setbacks, develop clearer communication and coping approaches, and find sustainable ways to address addiction, parenting demands, and relationship strains while honoring each person’s unique experience and values.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Flexible Online Care

Mary uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that include work focused on thoughts and beliefs - helping clients notice and reframe unhelpful thinking patterns so they can respond differently to stress, anxiety, and low mood. She also uses skills-based strategies that teach practical coping tools such as emotion regulation, stress management, and relapse prevention skills to support recovery from addictions and to improve daily functioning.

Mary also integrates relational and family-focused methods that address communication, parenting dynamics, and patterns that affect relationships, which can be useful when working on family concerns, intimacy-related issues, or conflict resolution. Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process - Mary collaborates with each client to determine which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy with Mary is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and access consistent support from a licensed professional regardless of location within Michigan.