Mary Katherine Garcia is a Licensed Professional Counselor with nine years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns.
01About Mary
Mary Katherine Garcia is a Licensed Professional Counselor with nine years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier for people feeling overwhelmed or stuck. She takes a collaborative stance in sessions.
She treats clients as the experts on their lives and helps them name what matters most. Her work often centers on building skills for coping, improving communication, and reducing intense mood swings.
Background and approach
Mary Katherine uses a mix of evidence-based approaches. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and change behavior. She incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
Her background also includes emotionally focused ideas to help people understand patterns in close relationships. Narrative and trauma-focused methods are used when past events keep showing up in daily life. This combination helps people make sense of hard experiences and find more balance.
In sessions she often guides small exercises, teaches practical tools, and offers ways to practice between meetings. The pace is set by each person’s comfort and goals. She aims to make therapy feel useful and manageable while tracking small changes over time.
02Credentials
- LPC (Arizona)
- License LPC-19392 · expires October 2026
- NPI
- 1932541372 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Mary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
Methods Mary names
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the methods Mary names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Approaches that guide online work
Mary Katherine commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy during online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying patterns of thinking that lead to unhelpful behavior and teaching practical skills to shift those patterns, which is useful for anxiety and depression. DBT provides concrete tools for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and building better communication skills, which helps when reactions feel overwhelming.She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas to map patterns in close relationships and help people name and change recurring interaction cycles. Together, these approaches give a mix of skill-building and understanding of emotional patterns. Choosing which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and try approaches that fit those needs, adjusting as progress is made.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow visual cues and more interactive exercises. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging are useful for ongoing support, quick check-ins, or practicing skills between sessions. These options provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Mary Katherine help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, parenting strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and related issues like self-esteem and isolation.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She treats clients as experts on their lives and focuses on small, useful steps between sessions.
How much experience does she bring?
She has nine years of clinical experience working with a range of mood, trauma, and relationship concerns in Arizona.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential and practices in Arizona as an AZ LPC.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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