Mary Beth Adams, LPC
Virginia · 10 years in practice
Mary Beth Adams is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who blends emotion-focused work with practical tools to help people manage stress, anxiety, and life changes.
License and registration
- LPC, Virginia
- 0701015898 · expires June 2027
- LPC, South Carolina
- 11952 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1104491646 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
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About Mary
Mary Beth Adams is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who blends emotion-focused work with practical tools to help people manage stress, anxiety, and life changes. She centers sessions on the person in front of her and uses clear techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and build coping skills.
She draws from Emotionally-Focused Therapy to notice patterns in emotions and relationships, and uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools like cognitive restructuring and behavioral activation.
Background and approach
Mindfulness strategies are woven in to help slow down intense feelings and increase awareness of thoughts and bodily sensations. Mary Beth takes a client-centered stance, listening carefully and adapting goals to each person. She may include faith-based perspectives when clients request that integration, pairing spiritual values with therapeutic tasks in a straightforward way.
Her practice serves adults 18 and older and focuses on concerns such as depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, and parenting stress. She also supports people facing chronic illness, caregiver strain, career shifts, and challenges like ADHD and bipolar mood concerns.
Sessions aim to clarify what matters to the client, reduce patterns that keep problems going, and build skills that fit daily life. The first visit focuses on the client’s story and priorities, then Mary Beth and the client set a simple plan to track progress and adjust as needed.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Mary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mary names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Approaches that translate to online care
Mary Beth commonly uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and name strong emotions and change unhelpful interaction patterns, which can improve how they relate to themselves and others. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify values and take small, meaningful actions even when emotions are difficult, making it useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions.She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, offering a respectful, listening-focused stance that lets clients set the pace and goals of therapy. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process - the therapist and client review needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that feel like a good fit, adjusting as work progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face interaction when discussing emotions and relationships, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging provide flexibility for brief check-ins, tracking goals, and homework between longer sessions, making therapy easier to fit into a busy schedule.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship issues, grief, addictions, sleeping problems, parenting strain, career concerns, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and related areas.
What is her approach in sessions?
Sessions combine Emotionally-Focused Therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and a client-centered stance to clarify feelings and build skills for everyday life.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of clinical experience working with adults on a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with licensure in South Carolina and Virginia and practices from South Carolina.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote sessions.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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