Mary Bulla , LMHC

Mary Bulla is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life changes. She works with individuals dealing with relationship strain, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, and issues related to LGBT identity. Mary also supports people coping with chronic illness, caregiving stress, postpartum struggles, and career or self-esteem questions.

Her style is warm and flexible. Sessions focus on what the client needs right now and adjust as progress is made. Mary invites feedback and keeps the conversation straightforward so people can make practical steps toward their goals.

Mary draws on several therapeutic approaches to shape sessions around each person. She uses client-centered methods to follow a client's lead, solution-focused work to set small achievable goals, psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat, and EMDR for clients processing traumatic memories. These tools are mixed in ways that fit the person in front of her.

Mary earned a master's degree from Nova Southeastern University and holds a Florida LMHC credential. Her background includes grief and bereavement work in hospice care, community work with children and teens, facilitation of support groups, and private practice with teens and adults. She also brings lived experience after a personal cancer diagnosis, which informs her work with chronic and terminal illness.

Sessions are conversational and practical. Mary aims to help people find clearer direction, manage symptoms, and build coping strategies that fit their daily life. She encourages honesty and partnership in therapy.

How Mary’s Approaches Work Online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead, helping people clarify goals and feel heard during sessions. It is useful for stress, relationship concerns, and life transitions.

EMDR, which stands for eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, helps people process traumatic memories by pairing guided attention with memory work. It can reduce the intensity of trauma-related symptoms when used as part of treatment.

Mary will work together with each person to figure out which approach or combination suits their needs and goals. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made. She encourages clients to give feedback so the plan matches real-life needs.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let you see facial expressions and use visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflections, and more flexibility for busy schedules. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or treatment routines while maintaining regular contact with a licensed professional.