Mandy Dalrymple , LMSW, LICSW

Mandy Dalrymple is a Licensed Master Social Worker and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with 25 years in social work and long experience counseling adults. She focuses on building a strong working relationship first. Mandy listens closely, stays nonjudgmental, and helps clients set clear, realistic goals they can work toward.

She often helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and addictions. Mandy also supports those facing parenting challenges, relationship struggles, grief, trauma and abuse, and identity or intimacy-related issues. Her work includes attention to sleep problems, anger, career shifts, and compassion fatigue.

Mandy draws on several practical approaches to therapy to meet each person where they are. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and take action, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and Client-Centered methods to keep sessions focused on the client's experience. Mindfulness and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills appear when they suit a client’s needs.

Her background includes roles in foster care, adoption and child protective services, hospice, community mental health, inpatient psychiatric and detox settings, and private counseling agencies. That range gives her experience with chronic illness, caregiver stress, adoption and foster care concerns, and complex co-occurring issues.

Mandy lives in Michigan and speaks English. Outside work she enjoys time with her teenage sons, a family pug, reading, photography, and listening to music. She aims to make therapy a practical, collaborative effort to help people cope and move forward.

Therapeutic approaches and what they look like online

Mandy commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people identify what matters to them and take small, values-driven steps. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions because it blends action with acceptance of difficult thoughts and feelings.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to track thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and to test practical changes. CBT is helpful for depression, sleep problems, anxiety, and habits that get in the way of daily life. Client-Centered Therapy underpins her work by keeping the client's experience central and allowing pace and topics to be led by what matters most to the person.

Choosing an approach is a shared process. Mandy will discuss options, try methods that fit goals, and adjust plans as progress is made. She works collaboratively so the strategies match the client's needs and preferences.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make shorter, flexible exchanges possible between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep consistent momentum toward goals.