Mary Beth Barbush-Kirila , LPCC

Mary Beth Barbush-Kirila is an Ohio Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 15 years of experience. She focuses on common but heavy problems like stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and ADHD. Her style is respectful and down-to-earth. She aims to create a practical plan that fits each person's life.

In sessions she listens closely and tailors conversations to what matters most to the client. That might mean working through past hurts, building daily routines to manage attention and mood, or practicing simple skills to reduce anxious moments. She also helps people facing relationship strain, caregiving stress, health challenges, body image concerns, and family of origin issues.

Her work often centers on small, concrete steps. Clients can expect clear goals, regular check-ins, and adjustments when something isn't working. She emphasizes compassionate dialogue and problem-solving rather than long lectures.

Mary Beth supports people dealing with divorce and separation, domestic violence impacts, chronic illness or pain, grieving loss, and complicated feelings about aging. She also addresses patterns like codependency, control issues, and dependent personality traits.

Sessions are offered in English and are available through multiple online formats. The intake process asks a few questions so she can match approach and scheduling to your situation. She encourages people who are nervous about starting to take that first step.

Her approach is pragmatic and person-centered: work together, try things, and change course when needed. The goal is to help people feel steadier and more able to handle daily life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Mary Beth uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional processing. One approach emphasizes building everyday skills to manage anxiety and depression, such as activity planning, attention management, and brief coping strategies that can be practiced between sessions. Another approach addresses trauma and abuse by creating a steady, paced plan to talk through painful memories, reduce intense reactions, and restore a sense of control over daily life.

Finding the right way of working is part of therapy. She will collaborate with each person to identify which techniques fit their needs, goals, and comfort level, and will adjust methods as progress is made. That collaborative process helps ensure the approach stays useful and relevant.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or health routines while keeping the focus on steady progress.