Mary Robinson, LMFT

Mary Robinson earned her graduate degree from Nova Southeastern University and is licensed by the state of North Carolina as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT. The license is listed as NC LMFT 927. As an LMFT she is trained to work with individuals, couples, and families to address relationship dynamics and life transitions. With 30 years of clinical experience, she brings seasoned judgment and practical skills to each therapeutic relationship.

Mary practices from a systemic, strength-based, and trauma-informed perspective, attending to how relationships and past experiences shape current patterns. She approaches therapy as a collaborative process, offering warmth, authenticity, and genuineness to help people feel heard and supported. Her aim is to create an inclusive environment where diverse family systems and identities can build insight, restore balance, and pursue meaningful change.

Mary has experience addressing a wide range of concerns, including relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, stress management, self esteem, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, communication problems, divorce and separation, family of origin concerns, guilt and shame, infidelity, life purpose, self-love, and workplace issues. She is EMDR certified and is able to work with trauma-related issues. Across these areas Mary emphasizes identifying and mobilizing clients' strengths to reach personal goals and navigate transitions.

Proven Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Mary uses EMDR, a trauma-focused method that helps the brain process distressing memories by combining guided attention with structured therapeutic steps - it can be helpful for people coping with traumatic events and persistent trauma symptoms. She also draws on systemic family therapy, which looks at relationships and patterns across family or couple systems to improve communication and resolve conflicts that affect daily life. A strength-based approach is another key element of her work, focusing on identifying personal and relational resources that support resilience and practical change.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Mary works collaboratively with each person to determine what fits best based on needs, goals, and preferences. Together they explore techniques, adjust strategies, and measure progress as therapy unfolds.

Online therapy with Mary is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility for varied schedules and life demands. These options make it easier to access consistent care from licensed professionals while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities, and they support ongoing therapeutic work between in-depth sessions.