Mary Katherine Garcia, LPC - Therapist in Arizona

About Mary

Mary Katherine Garcia is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who focuses on common family and parenting concerns like stress, anxiety, and relationship tensions. She helps people facing depression, grief, and trauma-related issues. Her style is direct and encouraging, aimed at helping parents and caregivers find practical ways forward.

Sessions emphasize small, manageable steps that build confidence over time. She centers her work on the idea that clients know their lives best.

Background and approach

Mary uses parts-based perspectives to help people recognize different inner voices and responses. This approach supports clearer choices and less self-judgment when parenting or navigating family change. Her methods draw from several evidence-informed therapies.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and shift behavior. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Emotionally-Focused Therapy supports connection and improved communication between people.

Mary also uses narrative and trauma-focused techniques to reframe painful events and reduce their hold on daily life. Together these tools help people who struggle with attachment, control issues, or lingering shame. She works to make therapy practical and relevant to everyday parenting demands.

With nine years of clinical experience, Mary brings a steady, compassionate presence to sessions. She practices in Arizona and conducts work in English. Her goal is to walk alongside clients as they rebuild safety, confidence, and clearer relationships at home.

Approaches that translate well to online family work

Mary combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to guide online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new actions to change how someone feels. It is useful for managing anxiety, mood shifts, and day-to-day parenting stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at patterns of emotion and connection between people and helps repair communication and closeness in relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Mary will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. She takes a collaborative stance and adjusts the plan based on what feels most helpful in early sessions.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy family lives. These formats let people practice skills between meetings and check in when schedules or childcare make in-person work hard. The variety of options supports flexibility while still allowing focused therapeutic work with a licensed professional.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Mary Katherine Garcia address?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, self-esteem struggles, depression, grief, parenting issues, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is encouraging and practical. She emphasizes manageable steps, parts-based awareness, and strengthening everyday coping skills.

What background and experience does she bring?

Mary has nine years of clinical experience and draws on multiple therapy approaches to tailor work to each person’s needs.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a licensed professional counselor - LPC - with licence AZ LPC LPC-19392, and she practices in Arizona.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are offered for online work?

Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are costs handled for therapy?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started with therapy?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist’s availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Self esteem

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 9 years
Licensed: Arizona
Languages: English

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