Dr. Mary Schacht, LICSW

Dr. Mary Schacht offers individual therapy to adults, drawing on more than a decade of clinical experience in community mental health settings. She has worked with youth, adolescents, adults, and families, and her practice reflects both local clinical work and international perspectives shaped by exchanges across languages and contexts. She is also an International Trauma Psychologist and co-founder of a non-governmental agency in western Kenya that focuses on youth and conflict analysis.

She practices from a flexible, evidence-informed stance, selecting analyses and interventions to match each person’s needs and circumstances. That range can include psychodynamic ideas, family-of-origin and developmental lenses, systems thinking, and cognitive behavioral methods, along with education about stress and trauma responses. Dr. Schacht emphasizes a client-centered, strengths-based orientation in which the client’s goals guide the therapeutic plan.

Dr. Schacht holds an LICSW, a license that authorizes clinical social work practice, and she attends closely to the social, cultural, and political factors that shape an individual and their community. Her aim is to help clients recognize and expand their existing capacities and assets so that therapy yields meaningful, relevant support aligned with the client’s life and priorities.

Approaches That Guide Online Care

Dr. Mary Schacht uses client-centered, mindfulness, and trauma-focused approaches to guide online therapy, adapting each method to the individual’s needs and goals. Client-centered therapy emphasizes collaboration and respect for the person’s perspective - the therapist follows the client’s priorities and supports self-directed growth, which is helpful for people navigating life transitions, relationship concerns, or caregiving stress.

Mindfulness therapy introduces practices that cultivate present-moment awareness and calm, often aiding those managing anxiety, stress, or difficult emotions. Trauma-focused therapy attends directly to the effects of traumatic experiences, offering structured ways to understand and work through trauma responses while supporting restoration of safety and functioning.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Dr. Schacht works collaboratively with each client to determine which strategies best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers practical flexibility - sessions can occur by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier for clients to access consistent care and to use formats that feel most effective for them.