- Collaborative approach
- Strengths focused
- Goal oriented
About Mary
Mary Kivett is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with six years of clinical experience. She greets clients warmly and focuses on helping people take the first steps toward change. Her work emphasizes building self-worth and practical ways to manage stress and anxiety.
Mary frames sessions around collaboration and real-life goals. She listens for strengths and helps clients apply them to daily challenges. Her style tends to be energetic and encouraging, with an emphasis on simple, achievable steps toward feeling better.
In practice she draws from Client-Centered Therapy to make sessions feel centered on the person. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and Mindfulness techniques to reduce reactivity. Solution-Focused Therapy helps set short-term goals and track progress.
Mary commonly supports people facing ADHD, compassion fatigue, relationship and family concerns, grief, parenting struggles, and self-esteem issues. She also works with career, workplace stress, and questions about life purpose and midlife transitions. Codependency and attachment issues are listed among areas she addresses.
Her approach is tailored to each person. She builds a plan that fits the client’s goals and pace, checking in along the way. New clients complete a short intake questionnaire to match needs and schedule sessions according to her availability.
How Mary’s approaches work in online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s experience at the center of sessions and focuses on listening and understanding. It helps people feel heard and supported while they sort through what matters most to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and to try new behaviors for anxiety, stress, or low mood.
Mary treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and then try methods that fit those aims. Adjustments happen along the way based on what helps most.
If you are considering online work, confirm which session formats Mary currently offers before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Different formats can also help when bandwidth or camera use is a concern. Talk with Mary about what will work best for your routine and goals.
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Experience
6+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Mary helps with stress, anxiety, self-esteem, grief, parenting concerns, and workplace issues. She also lists ADHD, codependency, attachment and communication problems among areas she addresses.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and encouraging with an emphasis on practical steps. Sessions focus on strengths, goal-setting, and simple strategies to manage daily life.
What is her professional background?
She has six years of experience and has worked in public education settings with adolescents and adults. That background informs a practical, solution-oriented approach.
What credentials and region are listed?
Mary holds the credential LMHC, listed as FL LMHC, and practices in Florida.
Are sessions available in other languages or countries?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a 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.