About Mary
Mary Clifford is an Arizona-based licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She writes plainly and listens closely, helping each person name their goals and take small steps toward change. Mary sees strengths in everyone and offers steady support through hard moments.
Mary uses practical, goal-focused methods in session. She often helps people recognize unhelpful thoughts and try new actions that match their values.
Background and approach
Mindfulness techniques are used to bring attention to the present moment and reduce overwhelm. Motivational interviewing is used when someone needs help finding their own reasons to change. Her work draws on eight years of clinical experience in Arizona.
That background includes supporting people with mood shifts, addiction concerns, sleep problems, and grief. She also has additional focus in areas such as first responder challenges, gender dysphoria, hospice and end-of-life concerns, intellectual disability, compulsive behaviors, paranoia, and personality disorders. Sessions are conversational and practical.
Mary helps clients break larger problems into manageable steps and track progress between visits. She encourages clients to use skills in daily life and to reflect on what works and what needs adjusting. People who come looking for straightforward guidance and steady encouragement may find her approach helpful.
She combines evidence-informed techniques with a calm, nonjudgmental presence to help people move toward clearer priorities and better day-to-day coping.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Mary often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take committed steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult. This approach can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by linking actions to personal priorities.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a practical method for spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving. CBT can be effective for worry, sleep problems, compulsive behaviors, and mood regulation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Mary will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks progress and adjusts strategies as needed so treatment stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for ongoing support, brief skill practice, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it simpler to fit sessions into busy lives and to practice skills between meetings.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English