- Warm collaborative care
- Focus on practical change
- Longstanding clinical experience
About Mary
Mary Leonardo is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 26 years of experience. She works with people facing anxiety, stress, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem struggles. Mary also helps clients dealing with codependency and concerns around substance use and life transitions.
She focuses on making people feel heard and understood from the start. Her style is warm, collaborative, and strength-based. Sessions aim to identify what matters most and focus on practical changes that fit everyday life.
Mary adapts her work to each person rather than using a single method for everyone. She considers a person in the context of their relationships and life experiences and pulls from different evidence-based therapeutic techniques as appropriate. This means therapy is shaped by the client’s goals and what proves useful week to week.
Her background includes over two decades as a school social worker and extensive experience in substance use treatment. That range informs her approach to grief, parenting transitions, recovery, and other challenges people bring to therapy. She leans on real-world skills clients can apply between sessions.
Mary practices in New York and sees clients in English. To begin, users choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time.
How therapeutic approaches and online work come together
Mary draws from evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person’s needs. One common approach she uses involves building strengths and skills to manage anxiety and stress through practical exercises and short-term tools that can be tried between sessions. Another approach focuses on understanding attachment and relationship patterns so people can improve communication and reduce repeating harmful dynamics like codependency.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try different strategies, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. That means the work changes as the client makes progress and as new issues come up.
The biography does not list which session formats Mary offers, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing appointments during breaks or evenings. It can also make some check-ins shorter when needed and let people join from wherever they are, which helps keep momentum between sessions.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
26+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Mary commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem. Additional focus areas include codependency, substance use, and life transitions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is warm, collaborative, and strengths-based. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client and on practical steps that fit daily life.
What is her professional background?
Mary brings over 26 years of clinical practice, more than 20 years as a school social worker, and extensive work in substance use treatment to her practice.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She holds the credential LCSW-R and practices in New York.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Mary?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s 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.