Mary Verberne, LCSW

Mary Verberne is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Louisiana. She has 12 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and other stressful life events. Mary combines compassion with a straightforward style to help people find workable strategies for day-to-day life.

Mary's approach is person-centered and collaborative. She listens for what matters most to each person and then helps map out small, practical steps toward change. Sessions often focus on improving communication, coping with loss, sorting through family tensions, and making sense of difficult emotions.

She uses a mix of cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try healthier habits. Narrative ideas are sometimes used to reframe difficult experiences and find new meaning. Motivational interviewing helps when people want change but feel stuck.

Mary works with concerns such as grief, addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, career stress, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people coping with ADHD, abandonment issues, body image worries, and caregiving stress.

Her style is respectful and faith-informed while keeping the focus on the client's goals. People who want clear steps, honest feedback, and a steady, listening presence may find her approach helpful when navigating life changes and relationship strains.

How her approaches translate to online work

Mary draws on client-centered therapy to place the person's priorities first, meeting each session where the client is and tailoring conversation to immediate concerns. Client-centered work helps when someone needs a listening space to sort through feelings and decide next steps.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on noticing patterns of thought and trying small behavioral changes. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing stress at work or home.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each client to decide which methods fit best for their goals and preferences. That may mean combining elements from different approaches and adjusting plans as progress is made.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know how Mary is offering services. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Discussing how to structure sessions during the first meeting helps ensure they fit into everyday life.