Mary Boyle, LMHC, LPC

Mary Boyle brings thirty years of clinical experience to her practice as a licensed counselor. She has worked in both community mental health settings and private practice, developing extensive experience with seriously and persistently mentally ill individuals as well as with conditions such as depression, anxiety, interpersonal conflict, and personality disorders. Mary holds the credentials LMHC and LPC - LMHC refers to Licensed Mental Health Counselor and LPC refers to Licensed Professional Counselor - and she practices with the perspective those licenses reflect.

Her therapeutic style is warm and compassionate, focused on understanding a person’s symptoms as well as the coping strategies they have already tried. Mary routinely asks about living situations and family of origin to build a fuller picture of each client’s context and strengths. She draws from a range of methods, including interpersonal therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and solution-focused therapy, and she adapts other approaches when appropriate to meet a client’s needs.

Although Mary has a history of couple’s therapy, she is not currently accepting couple clients. She particularly enjoys working with women who face low self-esteem, codependency, life adjustment challenges, and relationship concerns. Mary also supports clients dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting and career issues, and many other areas of concern.

Mary is mindful of safety and appropriate levels of care. If someone has experienced suicidal thoughts with or without intent within the past year, she recommends seeking a more intensive level of treatment than online therapy can provide. She understands that emergencies happen and maintains a clear scheduling policy - she will wait up to ten minutes for a late arrival, after which she will ask the client to reschedule to ensure they receive a full session. She expects clients to attend scheduled sessions, and if a client no-shows or cancels without 48 hours advance notice more than once, she may request reassignment to another therapist.

Mary accepts new clients in Florida and looks forward to meeting people ready to begin work on improving their life situation.