Mary Schoen, LICSW

Minnesota · 17 years in practice

Mary Schoen, LICSW, helps people who are feeling stuck by focusing on what matters most to them.

License and registration

LICSW, Minnesota: 13969 · expires December 2026
NPI: 1003414376 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 17
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 Schoen, LICSW, helps people who are feeling stuck by focusing on what matters most to them. She listens without judgment and aims to make therapy feel straightforward and useful. Her approach centers on the person sitting across from her and what they want to change in their life.

Mary brings 17 years of clinical social work experience in Minnesota. She previously stepped away from full-time practice and returned because she missed helping people make practical progress.

Background and approach

That history shaped a flexible style that adapts to each person’s needs and goals. In sessions she draws from several approaches including Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She uses techniques that help people understand emotions, notice unhelpful patterns, and try small changes that add up over time.

Mary has experience with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and grief. She also supports people dealing with relationship concerns, intimacy issues, parenting strains, ADHD, career stress, and caregiving fatigue. She describes her stance as nonjudgmental and accepting, and she prioritizes meeting people where they are.

Therapy with Mary can happen over video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin someone completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a time that works with her availability.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Mary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Self esteem
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Intimacy-related issues
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster

Approaches Mary names

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Online support

How Mary blends EFT, ACT, and CBT online

Mary uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people tune into their feelings and the patterns those feelings create in relationships and daily life. EFT helps identify emotional needs and create new, healthier responses when old patterns cause pain.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which encourages noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and choosing actions that match personal values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thinking and try small behavior changes that reduce symptoms like worry or low mood.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Mary talks with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggests methods to try. She adjusts the plan as people learn what helps most, so therapy fits each person’s situation and pace.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to work into a busy life. Video works well for in-depth conversations and reading nonverbal cues, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can fit quick check-ins or workday breaks. These options give flexibility so people can keep therapy consistent around other demands.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Mary commonly help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and grief, as well as relationship and intimacy-related issues and parenting stress.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is accepting and nonjudgmental. She uses a mix of Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to match each person’s needs.

What is her professional background?

Mary is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 17 years of experience in Minnesota practice settings and a history of working in community and agency environments.

Where is she based and what credential does she hold?

She practices in Minnesota and holds the credential LICSW, which stands for Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are offered online?

Mary offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different communication preferences.

How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?

Sessions use a subscription model that varies with location and therapist availability, and the subscription can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Mary?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

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