Mary Allen, LCSW
California · 31 years in practice
Mary Allen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over 31 years of experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, California
- 29109 · expires June 2026
- LCSW, North Dakota
- 6242 · expires December 2027
- LCSW, Wisconsin
- 8198-123 · expires February 2027
- LCSW, Nevada
- 10384-C · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1659500882 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 31
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Mary
Mary Allen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over 31 years of experience. She offers straightforward, compassionate care to people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and life transitions. She blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with attachment-based and client-centered approaches to help people understand feelings and connection.
Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps that fit each person’s situation. Mary uses plain language and a direct, warm style in sessions.
Background and approach
Mary has worked with a wide range of concerns across careers and life stages. She supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, intimacy difficulties, anger, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses issues like ADHD, career questions, chronic illness, and blended family complexities.
Her work attends to attachment and commitment worries, abandonment and adoption-related stress, communication problems, and caregiver strain. Mary helps people manage coping after separation or loss and navigate challenges tied to aging, cancer, or chronic pain. The therapist encourages clients to set goals together and choose approaches that make sense for them.
Sessions can include cognitive-behavioral strategies, mindfulness practice, and narrative work when useful. Mary aims to support steady progress so people can make thoughtful changes in everyday life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Mary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mary names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How emotion-focused and attachment work online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and name core feelings and the interaction patterns that keep them stuck. It is often useful for relationship and intimacy-related worries and for people who want to change how they respond to strong emotions.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connection patterns shape current behavior and expectations. This approach helps when abandonment, attachment issues, blended family stress, or caregiver strain affect how someone relates to others.
Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s goals and perspective at the center of sessions. The therapist follows the client’s lead, offers empathy, and helps shape next steps that feel realistic and relevant.
Mary approaches choice of method as a team effort. She will talk with the client about goals, try out different ways of working, and adjust based on what feels most effective. Clients help decide which approach fits their needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short check-ins, daily coaching, or people who prefer writing. These formats make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy lives.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Mary help address?
Mary supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, ADHD, and related issues such as intimacy and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is direct, warm, and interactive. Sessions are goal focused and practical, with attention to emotions and connection.
How much experience does she have?
She has 31 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns and life stages.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is an LCSW and practices from Wisconsin.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Mary offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How are cost and getting started handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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