Mary Ellen Cullity , LCSW

Mary Ellen Cullity is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 10 years of practice in New Hampshire. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting struggles, and life transitions. Her manner is calm and straightforward, and she focuses on practical steps people can use right away.

She draws on client-centered work to listen closely and tailor sessions to each person's needs. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and develop new habits. Mindfulness practices and solution-focused strategies are woven in for coping, problem solving, and building small wins.

Mary Ellen's background includes roles in maternal and child health, early intervention, and hospice settings. That experience informs her work with parenting concerns, pregnancy and childbirth issues, postpartum depression, and caregiving stress. She brings experience with adoption, attachment questions, blended family dynamics, and family of origin concerns.

Sessions often focus on clear, achievable goals. She helps people address anger, low self-esteem, career stress, and feelings of isolation. For someone coping with trauma, abuse, or loss, she combines practical skills with steady support to navigate the next steps.

Therapy is collaborative and paced to fit each person. Mary Ellen emphasizes simple tools clients can use between sessions. She works in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote care.

Approaches that translate well to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a therapeutic relationship. In practice this means sessions start with what matters most to the person and the therapist adapts questions and exercises to fit their goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot patterns of thinking that create stress and then try new behaviors to reduce symptoms; it works well for anxiety, depression, and parenting-related stress. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity and increase focus, which can be used between sessions to manage overwhelm.

Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the therapy process. The therapist works collaboratively to choose and adjust approaches based on the client's needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying a strategy, reviewing how it went, and shifting course if something isn't helpful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people see each other's expressions and try exercises together. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera isn't wanted. Live chat and text messaging allow quick check-ins, short problem-solving conversations, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options add flexibility so therapy can fit work, parenting, and caregiving schedules.