- Client-centered approach
- Focus on parenting
- Mindfulness and CBT
About Mary
Mary Ellen Cullity is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with a decade of practice helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and parenting struggles. She focuses on clear, practical help so parents and individuals can take small steps forward. Her tone is compassionate and nonjudgmental while keeping discussions focused on what people want to change.
She has worked in maternal and child health, early intervention, and hospice settings. That background shaped how she listens for patterns that keep people stuck. She often helps people who are parenting young children and those navigating adoption and foster care concerns.
Sessions center on the person's goals and on building tools that work day to day. Techniques draw on client-centered conversation, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness skills, and solution-focused planning. Motivational interviewing is used when people want help finding the next right step.
Clients can expect practical strategies for mood, anxiety, grief, and relationship stress. Mary Ellen also supports people coping with life changes such as pregnancy, postpartum adjustment, cancer, and midlife transitions. She pays attention to attachment and family-of-origin issues that show up in parenting and relationships.
Her approach emphasizes collaboration. She listens first, then offers techniques that match each person's needs. The goal is to reduce overwhelm and help people make steady, manageable progress toward their goals.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person without judgment. Online work uses that same focus to let people name what matters most and set goals they care about.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps break down unhelpful thoughts and behaviors into manageable parts and builds practical skills for anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and help with emotional ups and downs.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose which techniques to try, and will adjust plans based on how those strategies are working and what the client prefers.
Session formats for this profile are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, shorten travel time, and allow a quicker check-in during a work break or after childcare. They also let people practice mindfulness and CBT skills in the environments where challenges happen, which often makes techniques easier to apply between sessions.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Credentials
New Hampshire
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting challenges, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and ADHD. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, and postpartum struggles.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and compassionate with practical techniques. She blends conversational listening with tools drawn from CBT, mindfulness, solution-focused work, and motivational interviewing.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience working in settings such as maternal and child health, early intervention, and hospice.
What credentials and region should I know about?
She is an LCSW licensed in New Hampshire and practices in that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with the therapist's location and scheduling model; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing the short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.