About Mary
Mary Tobias is a licensed mental health clinician based in Louisiana. She is an LMFT and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with three years of practice helping people who come in feeling overwhelmed or stuck. Her manner is warm and respectful, and she treats each person as the expert on their own life.
Mary focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, grief, and trauma. She also helps people dealing with ADHD, anger, low self-esteem, intimacy challenges, parenting strain, and relationship concerns.
Background and approach
First responder issues are an additional focus she addresses in sessions. Her approach is practical and collaborative. She uses client-centered listening to understand what matters most, then draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques and emotionally focused work to shift patterns that cause pain.
Mindfulness and existential ideas may be used to help people find meaning and calm in difficult moments. Sessions typically involve talking through current problems, identifying small steps that bring relief, and practicing skills people can use between meetings. Mary aims to make sessions straightforward and focused on the changes a person wants to make.
People who choose Mary can expect a down-to-earth therapist who listens first and offers tools second. She works to build a plan that fits each person's goals and daily life.
Approaches for online sessions and how they help
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's goals. In an online session this looks like asking about what matters most, reflecting back concerns, and shaping a plan around personal priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and offers clear techniques to change them, which can be practiced between online meetings. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on emotions in relationships and personal bonds, helping people track feelings, name needs, and shift interaction patterns that cause distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mary will discuss options and try methods that match a client's needs, goals, and preferences. She collaborates with each person to test what helps, adjust the plan, and focus on achievable steps during follow-ups.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick updates, ongoing support between appointments, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while still accessing licensed professionals and therapeutic techniques.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English