- Strengths focused
- Practical skills
- Trauma aware
About Mary
Mary Frances Hudson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 35 years of experience who helps people handle stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and major life changes. She approaches each person as the expert on their own story and looks for strengths to build on. Taking the first step toward feeling better is hard, and she offers steady support through that beginning process.
In sessions she listens closely and focuses on what matters most to the client. Her style is direct and compassionate, with practical steps people can use between meetings. She uses tools from several well-known approaches to help with thinking patterns, emotional regulation, and relationship patterns.
Mary Frances draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters and commit to small behavior changes. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test them in real life. Elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy are used when people need skills for intense emotions or to improve emotional connection.
She has worked across many settings over three and a half decades and brings that experience to each client. Her work includes supporting people facing caregiving stress, codependency, addiction, loss, and trauma. She practices in Indiana and offers services in English.
If someone is considering starting, she recommends completing the short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session. That initial step helps match needs and availability and begins a plan tailored to the person’s goals.
How therapy approaches shape online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what they value and take small steps toward those values. It focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and on choosing actions that match a person’s priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses simple experiments to test and change unhelpful thinking. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches specific skills for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they will pick or combine methods that match the client’s needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Some people prefer focusing on skills practice in a session, while others use meetings for processing emotions and planning steps for the week. Licensed professionals can guide how to use the approaches above in a way that works with everyday routines and responsibilities.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
35+ years
Credentials
California, Indiana
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
Mary Frances supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. She also addresses related issues like codependency, caregiver stress, addiction, and relationship communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is warm and practical. She listens, highlights client strengths, and offers concrete skills to try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 35 years of professional experience to her practice, drawing on work across varied clinical settings.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in California and Indiana, and practices in Indiana.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. The matching process will clarify how sessions are offered.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.